Hilary B. Price, creator of Rhymes with Orange and the youngest woman to ever have a nationally syndicated comic strip, has won this year’s Reuben Award.
The National Cartoonists Society presented the award last weekend at their annual conference in San Diego. Price was one of six nominees for the award this year, in a field that also included Daniel Clowes, Darrin Bell, Dana Simpson, Mark Tatulli and Will Henry.
Price launched the comic strip in 1995, and it’s remained an award-winning staple of the comics page ever since, winning multiple divisional awards from the National Cartoonists Society. She’s also been nominated for the Reuben Award multiple times in the past.
“Rhymes With Orange has been my expressive outlet from my mid-twenties through my mid-forties,” Price told us back in 2018. “There’s a lot of change in that time – from sleeping on a futon to having a box spring and mattress, from negotiating roommates to negotiating a mortgage, from weddings to divorces. I remember a relative noting that when the strip first started, it was a window into the life of a twenty-something, but as I aged, the topics hit a broader audience. For example, more people are in the settled down phase than in the just starting out phase, so gags about long term relationships hit a wider mark than the hook-up at parties gags.”
The Reuben Award has been presented annually since 1954 and was named for Rube Goldberg. Past winners include Lynda Barry, Stephen Pastis, Al Jaffee, Matt Groening, Sergio Aragones, Roz Chast and Charles Schulz, to name a few who have taken home this prestigious award.
The National Cartoonist Society also recognized cartoonists and artists across several other categories at the event.
Jay Stephens, creator of Dwellings, won an award in the comic book category, while Sarah Bollinger, artist of Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song, won in the graphic novel category. Webcomics creators are recognized in two categories — long form and short form. In the long-form category, Evan Dahm won the award, while Sarah Andersen won in the short-form category.
Check out the complete list of winners below.
Editorial cartoons
- Ruben Bolling
- WINNER: Michael de Adder
- Michael Ramirez
Magazine/Newspaper Illustration
- Jason Chatfield
- WINNER: Nick Galifianakis
- Johnny Sampson
Newspaper Panels
- Dave Blazek
- Nick Galifianakis
- WINNER: Wayno
Gag Cartoons
- Tyson Cole
- WINNER: Dan Misdea
- Benjamin Schwartz
Advertising / Product Illustration
- WINNER: Chuck Dillon
- Sam Grinberg
- Pashur House
Comic Books
- Jesús Hervás
- Kelly Phillips
- WINNER: Jay Stephens
Graphic Novels
- Darren Bell
- WINNER: Sarah Bollinger
- Daniel Clowes
Online Comics – Long Form
- Jason Chatfield
- Brad Guigar
- WINNER: Evan Dahm
Online Comics – Short Form
- WINNER: Sarah Andersen
- Jim Benton
- Dee Fish
Book Illustration
- Landis Blair
- Danesh Mohiudden
- WINNER: Tom Richmond
Newspaper Strips
- Liniers
- Hector Cantu
- WINNER: Tauhid Bondia
Variety Entertainment
- Kieron Castano
- WINNER: Chuck Dillon
- Bob Weber Jr. and Scott Underwood
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