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Cartoon Award Nominees for 2001

© Stu Rees

Every year the National Cartoonists Society hands out awards for many categories of cartooning. This year's awards will be handed out over Memorial Day weekend, and I'll be updating this article then to show the winners. The nominees for the year 2001 awards are:

Reuben for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year:

Pat Brady "Rose is Rose"

Greg Evans "Luann"

Jerry Scott "Baby Blues" and "Zits"

Magazine Illustration:

Mark Brewer

Kevin Kallaugher

Jack Pittman

Television Animation:

Steve Hillenburg for Spongebob Squarepants

Craig Kellman for Flintstones on the Rocks

Lynne Naylor & Chris Reccardi for Samurai Jack

Feature Animation:

Pete Docter for Monsters, Inc.

Doug Sweetland for Monsters, Inc.

Piet Kroon and Tom Sito for Osmosis Jones

Newspaper Illustration:

Paul Fell

Miel Prudencio Ma

Bob Staake

Book Illustration:

Guy Gilchrist

Bob Staake

Frank Cho

Editorial Cartoons:

Jeff Koterba

Mike Luckovich

Glenn McCoy

Comic Strips:

Lynn Johnston "For Better or For Worse"

Brian Crane "Pickles"

Jim Borgman/Jerry Scott "Zits"

Greeting Cards:

Bill Brewer

Oliver Christianson

Barbara Dale

Magazine Gag Cartoons:

Benita Epstein

Jerry King

Gary McCoy

Comic Books:

Frank Cho

Stan Goldberg

Charles Burns

New Media:

Mark Fiore

Rich Moyer

Werner Wejp Olsen

Advertising & Illustration:

Steve McGarry

Guy Gilchrist

Pat Byrnes

Newspaper Panels:

Dave Coverly "Speed Bump"

Hilary Price "Rhymes with Orange"

Dan Piraro "Bizarro"

In addition, the NCS will present the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award to Jerry Robinson and the Silver T-Square to Bil Keane ("The Family Circus").

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