Winners of 2020 NCS Divisional Awards

The NCS 75th Annual Divisional Reuben Award-winners were also announced during NCSFEST between sessions throughout the day. These awards are chosen by specially-convened juries comprised of NCS members and industry professionals.

The Divisional Reuben Award-winners are as follows:

NCSFEST 2021 was made possible by the generous support of GoComics, Comics Kingdom, Wacom, The Charles M. Schulz Museum, The Society of Illustrators, The Lakes International Comic Arts Festival, and the National Cartoonists Society Foundation.

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COMIC BOOK

Walter Simonson – “Ragnarok: The Breaking of Helheim”

GRAPHIC NOVEL

Jared Cullum – “Kodi”

BOOK ILLUSTRATION

Janee Trasler – “Frog Meets Dog,” “Goat in a Boat,” and “Hog on a Log”

MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION

Peter Kuper

ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION

Luke McGarry

ONLINE COMICS – LONG FORM

Tom Siddell – “Gunnerkrigg Court”

ONLINE COMICS – SHORT FORM

Rosemary Mosco – “Bird and Moon”

GREETING CARDS

Scott Nickel

ANIMATION – FEATURE

Maria Pareja – Production Designer on “Wolfwalkers”

ANIMATION – TELEVISION

Genndy Tartakovsky – Creator/Director of “Primal”

ANIMATION – ONLINE

Sammy Moore and Ewen Stenhouse of Golden Wolf Studios – Directors of “Brawl Stars: Barley’s Bar” and “Piper’s Sugar & Spice” video game promotional videos

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIP

Ricardo Siri, aka Liniers – “Macanudo”

NEWSPAPER PANEL

Mark Parisi – “Off the Mark”

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Bruce MacKinnon

GAG CARTOON

Ellis Rosen

VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT

John Graziano – “Ripley’s Believe it or Not!”