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Tom Richmond wins 2012 Reuben Award; Division awards announced

Last night the National Cartoonists Society gathered in Las Vegas for their annual Reuben Award banquet. The top honor for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year went to MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond. Tom started his career doing caricatures and freelance work for magazines, publishers and advertisers. As a caricaturist, he has been honored by the National Caricaturist Network in 1998 and 1999.

After a couple of years of trying to get into MAD Magazine, he finally got his break in 2000. He’s been a regular in the magazine ever since. Tom has won the NCS Advertising Illustration division award in 2003, 2006 and 2007 in 2009 he won the Newspaper Illustration division award.

He became the NCS’ president in 2011.

The other division award winners were also presented. Here are the winners:

TELEVISION ANIMATION

Erik Wiese – Production Design on The Mighty B – Nickelodeon

FEATURE ANIMATION

Mark McCreery, character design: Rango

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION

Bob Rich

GAG CARTOONS

Zach Kanin

GREETING CARDS

Glenn McCoy

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS

Glenn McCoy – The Duplex

NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS

Mark Parisi – Off the Mark

MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION

Edward Sorel

BOOK ILLUSTRATION

John Rocco – Blackout

EDITORIAL CARTOONS

Mike Ramirez

ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION

Nick Galifianakis

COMIC BOOKS

J.H. Williams– Batwoman

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Ben Katchor– The Cardboard Valise

ON-LINE COMIC STRIPS

Jon Rosenberg Scenes from a Multiverse

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