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2009 Reuben Award Nominees

The nominees for the National Cartoonists Society’s highest honor, The Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year have been released to members for their vote. The nominees are:

  • Stephen Pastis
  • Dan Piraro
  • Richard Thompson

Stephen Pastis is the creator of the popular comic strip Pearls Before Swine. Dan Piraro is the mastermind behind the syndicated daily panel cartoon Bizarro, and Richard Thompson writes and draws the syndicated strip Cul de Sac. This is Pastis’s second time on this list, Piraro’s eighth and the first for Thompson.

Nominees for the NCS divisional award categories will be announced sometime in March.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 4:46 pm and is filed under News.

One Response to “2009 Reuben Award Nominees”

  1. Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 7:45 am

    [...] Awards | Cartoonists Stephen Pastis (Pearls Before Swine), Dan Piraro (Bizarro) and Richard Thompson (Cul de Sac) have been nominated for the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year. The winner will be announced in March. [National Cartoonists Society] [...]
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