National Cartoonists Society Award Winners

Below are the winners of the NCS Awards as announced last night at the 63rd annual National Cartoonists Society Reubens dinner. The black tie event was presided over by Mike Luckovich.

List of Award Nominees here.

And the winners are:

2008 REUBEN AWARD
Dave Coverly

2008 NCS Division Award Winners:

TELEVISION ANIMATION
Sandra Equihua and Jorge Gutierrez - Creators - "El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera"

FEATURE ANIMATION
Nicolas Marlet - Character Designer - "Kung Fu Panda"

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION
Mark Marturello

GAG CARTOONS
Mort Gerberg

GREETING CARDS
Jem Sullivan

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS
Mark Tatulli - "Lio"

NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS
Mark Parisi "Off the Mark"

MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION
Sam Viviano

BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Mike Lester COOL DADDY RAT

EDITORIAL CARTOONS
Michael Ramirez

ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION
Craig McKay

COMIC BOOKS
Cyril Pedrosa THREE SHADOWS

There were 5 awards of recognition:

Silver T-Square
Jeff Bacon

Silver T-Square
James Kemsley

Gold Key Award
Bil Keane

Gold Key Award
Mell Lazarus

Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Award Winner
Chris Houghton

Congratulations to all!