The Silver Reuben Award () is an award for cartoonists organized by the National Cartoonists Society. Until 2015, the awards was known as the National Cartoonists Society Division Awards.
Current categories
Advertising Illustration Award From its inception until 1975 this award was known as the Advertising and Illustration award. The following year, it divided into two separate categories, Advertising and Illustration, combining again from 1982 to 1985. They divided again in 1986. This category was titled Commercial in 1989 and 1990.
1956 Harry Devlin 1957 Russell Patterson 1958 Carl Rose 1959 Ronald Searle 1960 Noel Sickles 1961 Eric Gurney 1962 Harry Devlin and Noel Sickles (tie) 1963 Harry Devlin 1964 Dick Hodgins, Jr. 1965 Ronald Searle 1966 Dick Hodgins, Jr. 1967 Roy Doty 1968 Dave Pascal 1969 Ronald Michaud 1970 Roy Doty 1971 Eric Gurney 1972 Irwin Caplan 1973 Al Jaffee 1974 Bill Kresse 1975 Burne Hogarth 1976 Mike Berry 1977 Charles Saxon 1978 Roy Doty 1979 Mischa Richter 1980 Jack Davis 1981 Irwin Caplan 1982 Arnold Roth 1983 Ronald Michaud 1984 Arnold Roth 1985 Arnold Roth 1986 Ronald Searle 1987 Ronald Searle 1988 Bob Bindig 1989 Roy Doty 1990 Steve Duquette 1991 W. B. Park 1992 Daryl Cagle 1993 Edward Sorel 1994 Jerry Buckley 1995 Jack Pittman 1996 Roy Doty 1997 B. B. Sams 1998 Jack Pittman 1999 Craig McKay 2000 Craig McKay (Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce posters) 2001 Pat Byrnes 2002 Jim Hummel 2003 Tom Richmond 2004 Mike Lester 2005 Roy Doty 2006 Tom Richmond 2007 Tom Richmond 2008 Craig McKay 2009 Steve Brodner 2010 Dave Whamond 2011 Nick Galifianakis 2012 Ed Steckley 2013 Rich Powell 2014 Ed Steckley 2015 Anton Emdin 2016 Luke McGarry 2017 Dave Whamond 2018 James E. Lyle 2019 Luke McGarry 2020 Luke McGarry 2021 Johnny Sampson 2022 Dave Whamond 2023 Chuck Dillon
Animation Award In 1989 and 1990, the category was titled Electronic Media. In 1995, it was divided into Feature Animation and Television Animation. The Online Animation Award category was introduced starting with the 2018 awards, but it didn't give out its first award until the following year.
1957 Walt Disney 1958 Paul Terry 1960 Bill Hanna & Joe Barbera 1961 Walt Disney 1963 Walt Disney 1972 Bill Melendez 1973 Johnny Hart 1974 Jim Logan 1975 Isadore Klein 1976 Howard Beckerman 1977 Sergio Aragonés 1978 Ralph Bakshi 1979 Hilda Terry 1980 Selby Kelly 1981 Selby Kelly 1982 Bill Melendez 1983 Howard Beckerman 1984 Nancy Beiman 1985 Chuck Jones 1986 Chuck Jones 1987 Chuck Jones 1988 Bill Melendez 1989 Chuck Jones 1990 Chuck Jones 1991 Glen Keane (Beauty and the Beast) 1992 Eric Goldberg (Aladdin) 1993 Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas) 1994 David Silverman (The Simpsons)
Feature Animation Award
1995 Joe Grant (Pocahontas) 1996 Mark Miller & crew 1997 Nik Ranieri (Hercules) 1998 Chen Yi Chang (Mulan) 1999 Brad Bird (The Iron Giant) 2000 Eric Goldberg (Fantasia 2000: "Rhapsody in Blue") 2001 Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.) 2002 Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch) 2003 Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) 2004 Brad Bird (The Incredibles) 2005 Nick Park (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) 2006 Carter Goodrich (Open Season) 2007 David Silverman (The Simpsons Movie) 2008 Nicolas Marlet (Kung Fu Panda) 2009 Ronnie del Carmen (Up) 2010 Nicolas Marlet (How to Train Your Dragon) 2011 Mark McCreery (Rango) 2012 Joann Sfar (The Rabbi's Cat) 2013 Hayao Miyazaki (The Wind Rises) 2014 Tomm Moore (Song Of The Sea) 2015 Steve Martino (The Peanuts Movie) 2016 Cory Loftis (Zootopia) 2017 Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina (Coco) 2018 Justin K. Thompson (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) 2019 Nelson Lowry, Santiago Montiel & Trevor Dalmer (Missing Link) 2020 Maria Pareja (Wolfwalkers)
Television Animation Award
1995 Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series) 1996 Everett Peck (Duckman) 1997 David Feiss (Cow and Chicken) 1998 Danny Antonucci (Cartoon Sushi) 1999 Rich Moore (Futurama) 1999 Danny Antonucci (Ed, Edd n Eddy) 2000 Gary Baseman (Teacher's Pet) 2001 Chris Reccardi & Lynne Naylor (Samurai Jack) 2002 Stephen Hillenburg (SpongeBob SquarePants) 2003 Paul Rudish (The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, and Star Wars: Clone Wars) 2004 Craig McCracken (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) 2005 David Silverman (The Simpsons) 2006 Craig McCracken (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) 2007 Stephen Silver (Kim Possible) 2008 Jorge R. Gutierrez & Sandra Equihua (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera) 2009 Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) 2010 Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) 2011 Erik Wiese (The Mighty B!) 2012 Rich Webber (DC Nation) Aardman Animation Studios 2013 Paul Rudish (Mickey Mouse) 2014 Patrick McHale (Over the Garden Wall) 2015 Drew Hodges (Tumble Leaf) 2016 Chris Savino (The Loud House) 2017 Alan Bodner (Tangled: The Series) 2018 Chris Mitchell & Keiko Murayama (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle) 2019 Genndy Tartakovsky (Primal) 2020 Genndy Tartakovsky (Primal)
Online Animation Award
2019 Joe Bluhm (Pinocchio – A Modern Retelling) 2020 Sammy Moore & Even Stenhouse (Brawl Stars: Barley's Bar and Piper's Sugar and Spice) Art for Animated Media
2021 Lindsey Olivares
Book Illustration Award
1999 T. Lewis 2000 Mike Lester (A Is for Salad) 2001 Frank Cho 2002 B. B. Sams 2003 Chris Payne 2004 Geefwee Boedoe 2005 Ralph Steadman 2006 Mike Lester 2007 Sandra Boynton 2008 Mike Lester 2009 Dave Whamond 2010 Mike Lester (The ***Book) 2011 John Rocco (Blackout) 2012 John Manders 2013 William Joyce 2014 Marla Frazee 2015 Sydney Smith 2016 Dave Whamond 2017 Adam Rex (The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors) 2018 Rafael Lopez 2019 Stacy Curtis (Karate Kakapo) 2020 Janee Trasler (Frog Meets Dog, Goat in a Boat, Hog on a Log) 2021 Stacy Curtis (Penguin and Moose Brave the Night) 2022 Ed Steckley 2023 Tom Richmond (Claptrap)
Comic Books Award In 1970, the Comic Books Award was divided into Humor Comic Books and Story Comic Books. They were merged back together in 1982. In 1989 and 1990, the Comic Books award was merged with the Magazine and Book Illustration Award. It was separated back into its own award in 1991. A separate award for Graphic Novels was created in 2009.
1956 Jerry Robinson 1957 Wallace Wood 1958 Carmine Infantino and Steve Douglas (tie) 1959 Wallace Wood 1960 Bob Oksner 1961 Bob Oksner 1962 Bob Gustafson 1963 Frank Thorne 1964 Paul Fung Jr. 1965 Wallace Wood 1966 Al Williamson 1967 Will Eisner 1968 Will Eisner 1969 Will Eisner 1970 Henry Boltinoff (Humor) and Tom Gill (Story) 1971 Bob Gustafson (Humor) and Gil Kane (Story) 1972 Bob Gustafson (Humor) and Gil Kane (Story) 1973 Sergio Aragonés (Humor) and Frank Springer (Story) 1974 Sergio Aragonés (Humor) and Joe Kubert (Story) 1975 Hy Eisman (Humor) and Gil Kane (Story) 1976 Sergio Aragonés (Humor) and Tex Blaisdell (Story) 1977 David Pascall (Humor) and Frank Springer (Story) 1978 Frank Johnson (Humor) and Alden McWilliams (Story) 1979 Al Jaffee (Humor) and Will Eisner (Story) 1980 Paul Fung, Jr. (Humor) and Joe Kubert (Story) 1981 George Wildman (Humor) and Frank Springer (Story) 1982 Bob Gustafson 1983 Hy Eisman 1984 Kurt Schaffenberger 1985 Dick Ayers 1986 Sergio Aragonés 1987 Will Eisner 1988 Will Eisner 1989 N/A. See Magazine and Book Illustration Award. 1990 N/A. See Magazine and Book Illustration Award 1991 Frank Miller 1992 Todd McFarlane 1993 Mark Chiarello 1994 Dan Jurgens 1995 Jeff Smith (Bone) 1996 Jeff Smith 1997 Don Perlin 1998 Alex Ross (Superman: Peace on Earth) 1999 Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library) 2000 Dan DeCarlo (Betty and Veronica) 2001 Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows) 2002 Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse Comics)) 2003 Terry Moore 2004 Darwyn Cooke (DC: The New Frontier) 2005 Paul Chadwick (Concrete: The Human Dilemma) 2006 Gene Luen Yang 2007 Shaun Tan (The Arrival) 2008 Cyril Pedrosa 2009 Paul Pope 2010 Jill Thompson (Beasts of Burden) 2011 J. H. Williams III (Batwoman) 2012 Bernie Wrightson (Frankenstein Alive, Alive!) 2013 Sergio Aragonés 2014 Jason Latour (Southern Bastards) 2015 Ben Caldwell 2016 Max Sarin and Liz Fleming (Giant Days) 2017 Sana Takeda (Monstress Vol. 2 The Blood) 2018 Greg Smallwood 2019 Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) 2020 Walt Simonson (Ragnarok: The Breaking of Helheim) 2021 David Peterson (Mouse Guard) 2022 Ben Bender 2023 Jay Stephens (Dwellings)
Editorial Cartoons Award
1956 Bill Crawford (Newark News) 1957 Bill Crawford (Newark News) and Herbert Block (Washington Post) (tie) 1958 Bill Crawford (Newark News) 1959 Bill Mauldin (St Louis Post-Dispatch) 1960 Herbert Block (Washington Post) 1961 Karl Hubenthal (Los Angeles Examiner) 1962 John Fischetti (New York Herald Tribune) 1963 John Fischetti (New York Herald Tribune) 1964 John Fischetti (New York Herald Tribune) 1965 John Fischetti (New York Herald Tribune) 1966 Bill Crawford (Syndicated) 1967 Karl Hubenthal (Los Angeles Herald-Examiner) 1968 Warren King (New York Daily News) 1969 Blaine (Hamilton Spectator) 1970 Karl Hubenthal (Los Angeles Herald-Examiner) 1971 Pat Oliphant (Denver Post) 1972 Dick Hodgins, Jr. 1973 Pat Oliphant (Denver Post) 1974 Pat Oliphant (Denver Post) 1975 John Pierotti (New York Post) 1976 Dick Hodgins, Jr. 1977 Jeff MacNelly (Richmond News Leader) 1978 Paul Szep (Boston Globe) 1979 Frank Evers (New York Daily News) 1980 Larry Wright (Detroit News) 1981 Etta Hulme (Fort Worth Star Telegram) 1982 Mike Peters (Dayton Daily News) 1983 Mike Peters (Dayton Daily News) 1984 Pat Oliphant (Syndicated) and Larry Wright (Detroit News) (tie) 1985 Don Wright (Miami News) 1986 Jim Borgman (Cincinnati Enquirer) 1987 Jim Borgman (Cincinnati Enquirer) 1988 Jim Borgman (Cincinnati Enquirer) 1989 Pat Oliphant (Syndicated) 1990 Pat Oliphant (Syndicated) 1991 Pat Oliphant (Syndicated) 1992 Jim Morin (Miami Herald) 1993 Bill Schorr (Syndicated) 1994 Jim Borgman (Cincinnati Enquirer) 1995 Chip Bok (Akron Beacon Journal) 1996 Bill Day (Syndicated) 1997 Glenn McCoy (Belleville News-Democrat) 1998 Etta Hulme (Fort Worth Star Telegram) 1999 Chip Bok (Akron Beacon Journal) 2000 Jerry Holbert (Boston Herald) 2001 Mike Luckovich (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 2002 Clay Bennett (Christian Science Monitor) 2003 Tom Toles (Washington Post) 2004 Jeff Parker (Florida Today) 2005 Jim Borgman (Cincinnati Enquirer) 2006 Michael Ramirez (Investor's Business Daily) 2007 Bill Schorr 2008 Michael Ramirez 2009 John Sherffius (Syndicated) 2010 Gary Varvel 2011 Michael Ramirez 2012 Jen Sorensen 2013 Michael Ramirez 2014 Michael Ramirez 2015 Ann Telnaes 2016 Mike Luckovich (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 2017 Clay Bennett 2018 Rob Rogers 2019 Pat Bagley 2020 Bruce MacKinnon 2021 Ruben Bolling 2022 Matt Davies 2023 Michael de Adder
Gag Cartoons Award
1956 Chon Day 1957 John Gallagher 1958 Eldon Dedini 1959 Vahan Shirvanian 1961 Eldon Dedini 1962 Chon Day 1963 Jack Tippit 1964 Eldon Dedini 1965 Orlando Busino 1966 Jack Tippit 1967 Orlando Busino 1968 Orlando Busino 1969 George Wolfe 1970 Chon Day 1971 John Gallagher 1972 Don Orehek 1973 George Wolfe 1974 Mischa Richter 1975 George Wolfe 1976 George Wolfe 1977 Bill Hoest 1978 Henry Martin 1979 Jack Markow 1980 Charles Saxon 1981 Bo Brown 1982 Don Orehek 1983 Sergio Aragones 1984 Don Orehek 1985 Don Orehek 1986 Charles Saxon 1987 Charles Saxon 1988 Eldon Dedini 1991 Arnie Levin 1992 Arnie Levin 1993 George Booth 1994 John Reiner 1995 Lee Lorenz 1996 Glenn McCoy 1997 Mark Tonra 1998 Charles Barsotti 1999 Rick Stromoski 2000 Kim Warp 2001 Jerry King 2002 Glenn McCoy 2003 Glenn McCoy 2004 Robert Weber 2005 Glenn McCoy 2006 Drew Dernavitch 2007 Mort Gerberg 2008 Mort Gerberg 2009 Glenn McCoy 2010 Gary McCoy 2011 Zach Kanin 2012 Roz Chast 2013 Matt Diffee 2014 Liza Donnelly 2015 David Sipress 2016 Will McPhail 2017 Pat Byrnes 2018 Joe Dator 2019 Amy Hwang 2020 Ellis Rosen 2021 Christopher Weyant 2022 Ben Bender 2023 Dan Misdea
Graphic Novels Award
2009 David Mazzucchelli (Asterios Polyp) 2010 Joyce Farmer (Special Exits) 2011 Ben Katchor (The Cardboard Valise) 2012 Chris Ware (Building Stories)