Over the Memorial Day Weekend the annual Reuben Awards were presented and animator Glen Keane won The Reuben for cartoonist of the year. Best known for his groundbreaking animation for Disney (includingThe Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Tarzan and Tangled), and his oscar winning short Dear Basketball. Keane is also a second generation winner, as his father Bil Keane previously won the award for his Family Circus comic strip – which Glen might have inspired a bit!
The Reubens are presented by the National Cartoonists Society at their annual fete held over the holiday weekend.
Other winners before but Emil Ferris continues her sweep with a win in the best graphic novel category. (via The Daily Cartoonist)
Editorial Cartoons
Mike Peters (tie)
Michael Ramirez (tie)
Newspaper Illustration
Dave Whamond
Feature Animation
Lee Unkrich (director) and Adrian Molina (co-director) – Coco
Television Animation
Alan Bodner (Art Director) – Disney’s Tangled, The Series
Newspaper Panels
Off the Mark – Mark Parisi
Gag Cartoons
Will McPhail
Advertising / Product Illustration
Dave Whamond
Comic Books
Monstress Vol. 2 The Blood by Sana Takeda
Graphic Novels
My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
Magazine Feature / Illustration
Peter Kuper
Online Comics – Long Form
John Allison – Bad Machinery
Online Comics – Short Form
Gemma Correll – Gemma Correll
Book Illustration
Adam Rex – The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
Newspaper Strips
Mike Peters – Mother Goose and Grimm
BTW, its just about impossible to find the other winners of Hall of Fame, Caniff awards and so on online. IF anyone has the information I’ll gladly update!
Hmmm, does this make Glen Keane the first Oscar winner to win The Reuben? Couldn’t happen to a better artist!
No Hall of Fame or Caniff Lifetime awards this year.
There were Silver T-Squares (Brendan Burford, Rick Stormoski)
and A.C.E. (newsman Jake Tapper) awards handed out.,
Along with the rare Medal of Honor (Lynn Johnston)
and the Super rare Gold T-Square (Arnold Roth).
http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2018/05/25/reuben-awards-poster-reveals-special-honorees/
Rick Stromoski…Stromoski. correct spelling.
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