Existing comment:
The NCS Reuben Award
for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year
* 1946: Milton Caniff, Terry and the Pirates
* 1947: Al Capp, Li'l Abner
* 1948: Chic Young, Blondie
* 1949: Alex Raymond, Rip Kirby
* 1950: Roy Crane, Buz Sawyer
* 1951: Walt Kelly, Pogo
* 1952: Hank Ketcham, Dennis the Menace
* 1953: Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey
* 1954: Willard Mullin, Sports
* 1955: Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts
* 1956: Herbert L. Block (Herblock), Editorial
* 1957: Hal Foster, Prince Valiant
* 1958: Frank King, Gasoline Alley
* 1959: Chester Gould, Dick Tracy
* 1960: Ronald Searle, Advertising and Illustration
* 1961: Bill Mauldin, Editorial
* 1962: Dik Browne, Hi and Lois
* 1963: Fred Lasswell, Barney Google
* 1964: Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts (First Repeat Winner)
* 1965: Leonard Starr, Mary Perkins, On Stage
* 1966: Otto Soglow, The Little King
* 1967: Rube Goldberg, Humor in Sculpture
* 1968: Pat Oliphant, Editorial, and Johnny Hart, B.C. and The Wizard of Id (First Tied Winners)
* 1969: Walter Berndt, Smitty
* 1970: Alfred Andriola, Kerry Drake
* 1971: Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon
* 1972: Pat Oliphant, Editorial (Second Repeat Winner)
* 1973: Dik Browne, Hägar the Horrible (Third Repeat Winner)
* 1974: Dick Moores, Gasoline Alley
* 1975: Bob Dunn, They'll Do It Every Time
* 1976: Ernie Bushmiller, Nancy
* 1977: Chester Gould, Dick Tracy (Fourth Repeat Winner)
* 1978: Jeff MacNelly, Editorial
* 1979: Jeff MacNelly, Shoe (First "back-to-back" Winner)
* 1980: Charles Saxon, Advertising
* 1981: Mell Lazarus, Miss Peach and Momma
* 1982: Bil Keane, The Family Circus
* 1983: Arnold Roth, Advertising
* 1984: Brant Parker, The Wizard of Id
* 1985: Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse (First Female (& Canadian) Winner)
* 1986: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
* 1987: Mort Drucker, Mad
* 1988: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (Fifth Repeat Winner)
* 1989: Jim Davis, Garfield
* 1990: Gary Larson, The Far Side
* 1991: Mike Peters, Mother Goose and Grimm
* 1992: Cathy Guisewite, Cathy
* 1993: Jim Borgman, Editorial
* 1994: Gary Larson, The Far Side (Sixth Repeat Winner)
* 1995: Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury
* 1996: Sergio Aragonés, Mad
* 1997: Scott Adams, Dilbert
* 1998: Will Eisner, The Spirit
* 1999: Patrick McDonnell, Mutts
* 2000: Jack Davis, Mad
* 2001: Jerry Scott, Zits and Baby Blues
* 2002: Matt Groening, Life in Hell
* 2003: Greg Evans, Luann
* 2004: Pat Brady, Rose Is Rose
* 2005: Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
* 2006: Bill Amend, FoxTrot
* 2007: Al Jaffee, Mad
* 2008: Dave Coverly, Speed Bump
* 2009: Dan Piraro, Bizarro
* 2010: Richard Thompson, Cul de Sac
* 2011: Tom Richmond, Mad
* 2012: Rick Kirkman, Baby Blues and Brian Crane, Pickles (Second Tied Winners)
* 2013: Wiley Miller, Non Sequitur
* 2014: Roz Chast, editorial cartoonist for The New Yorker
* 2015: Michael Ramirez, editorial cartoonist for Creators Syndicate
* 2016: Ann Telnaes, syndicated with Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate/New York Times Syndicate |