Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year

The Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year award is a category of the annual Reuben Awards, presented by the National Cartoonists Society since 1946.

Past winners

1940s

• 1946: Milton Caniff -- Steve Canyon
• 1947: Al Capp -- Li'l Abner
• 1948: Chic Young -- Blondie
• 1949: Alex Raymond -- Rip Kirby

1950s

• 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 Schulz -- Peanuts
• 1956: Herbert L. Block (Herblock) -- Editorial
• 1957: Hal Foster -- Prince Valiant
• 1958: Frank King -- Gasoline Alley
• 1959: Chester Gould -- Dick Tracy

1960s

• 1960: Ronald Searle -- Advertising and Illustration
• 1961: Bill Mauldin -- Editorial
• 1962: Dik Browne -- Hi & Lois
• 1963: Fred Lasswell -- Barney Google
• 1964: Charles Schulz -- Peanuts
• 1965: Leonard Starr -- Mary Perkins, On Stage
• 1966: Otto Soglow -- The Little King
• 1967: Rube Goldberg -- Humor in Sculpture
• 1968: Pat Oliphant -- Editorial
• 1968: Johnny Hart -- B.C. and The Wizard of Id
• 1969: Walter Berndt -- Smitty

1970s

• 1970: Alfred Andriola -- Kerry Drake
• 1971: Milton Caniff -- Steve Canyon
• 1972: Pat Oliphant -- Editorial
• 1973: Dik Browne -- Hagar the Horrible
• 1974: Dick Moores -- Gasoline Alley
• 1975: Bob Dunn -- They'll Do It Every Time
• 1976: Ernie Bushmiller -- Nancy
• 1977: Chester Gould -- Dick Tracy
• 1978: Jeff MacNelly -- Editorial
• 1979: Jeff MacNelly -- Shoe

1980s

• 1980: Charles Saxon -- Advertising
• 1981: Mell Lazarus -- Miss Peach and Momma
• 1982: Bil Keane -- Family Circus
• 1983: Arnold Roth -- Advertising
• 1984: Brant Parker -- The Wizard of Id
• 1985: Lynn Johnston -- For Better or for Worse
• 1986: Bill Watterson -- Calvin and Hobbes
• 1987: Mort Drucker -- Mad Magazine
• 1988: Bill Watterson -- Calvin and Hobbes
• 1989: Jim Davis -- Garfield

1990s

• 1990: Gary Larson -- The Far Side
• 1991: Mike Peters -- Mother Goose & Grimm
• 1992: Cathy Guisewite -- Cathy
• 1993: Jim Borgman -- Editorial
• 1994: Gary Larson -- The Far Side
• 1995: Garry Trudeau -- Doonesbury
• 1996: Sergio Aragones -- MAD Magazine
• 1997: Scott Adams -- Dilbert
• 1998: Will Eisner -- The Spirit
• 1999: Patrick McDonnell -- Mutts

2000s

• 2000: Jack Davis -- MAD Magazine
• 2001: Jerry Scott -- Zits
• 2002: Matt Groening -- The Simpsons
• 2003: Greg Evans -- Luann

External links

NCS - Reuben Center