The National Cartoonists Society has announced the 2024 NCS Divisional finalists for the 79th Annual NCS Reuben Awards, which annually recognize creators of comic strips, illustrations, comic books and more. This follows the nominees that were announced for the Reuben Award itself last month.
The awards recognize the cartoonist or artists specifically, so you’ll note that the actual comic, the writer and the publisher aren’t called out in the nominations. Also, the comics category can be a bit eclectic compared to other awards programs; the NCS definitely have a type.
This year’s nominees in the comic book category include Jeff Austin and Phil Miller, artists of the independent comic Avenger (New Blood) #1, published by Lenovations Press; George Broderick Jr., creator of Scintillating Tales and Ballad of the Lavender Dot; and Gideon Kendall, the artist of Lester of the Lesser Gods.
In the graphic novel category, the nominees are Jay Fosgitt, creator of Bodie Troll; Manu Larcenet, who adapted Cormac McCarthy’s The Road into a graphic novel that was published last year; and LeUyen Pham, a children’s book author who drew Lunar New Year Love Story, which was written by Gene Luen Yang.
Webcomics creators are recognized in two categories — long form and short form. The long-form nominees are Amy Kurzweil, David Milgrim and Sean Wang. The short-form webcomics nominees include Sarah Andersen, Jen Bateman and Reza Farazmand.
Check out the full list of nominees across all the categories for this year:
ADVERTISING / PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION
Tyson Cole
Bill Morrison
Dave Whamond
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Chuck Dillon
James Lyle
Danesh Mohiuddin
COMIC BOOK
Jeff Austin & Phil Miller
George Broderick, Jr.
Gideon Kendall
EDITORIAL
Ruben Bolling
Rick McKee
Rob Rogers
GAG CARTOONS
Amy Hwang
Dan Misdea
Christopher Weyant
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Jay Fosgitt
Manu Larcenet
LeUyen Pham
MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION
Nick Galifianakis
Tom Richmond
Johnny Sampson
NEWSPAPER PANEL
Dave Blazek
Wayno ®
Bill Whitehead
NEWSPAPER STRIP
Steve Kelley & Jeff Parker
Dana Simpson
Ricardo Liniers Siri
ONLINE COMICS – LONG FORM
Amy Kurzweil
David Milgrim
Sean Wang
ONLINE COMICS – SHORT FORM
Sarah Andersen
Jen Bateman
Reza Farazmand
VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT
Chuck Dillon
Patrick Merrell
Bob Weber Jr & Scott Underwood