Roundup: Reuben Awards, Lulu Awards, Canadian Awards, Erlangen Festival
Apparently, everyone decided to give out awards and/or nominations in the past week, as my email is filled with messages about the various winners and nominees. Here’s a quick rundown of what was awarded, who won it (or in some cases, was nominated for it) and where to find a more comprehensive report on the whole affair:
The Beat has a roundup of the 2008 Reuben Award winners, including the least surprising recipient of them all, legendary MAD Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee (pictured here). Here are a few others:
COMIC BOOKS: Shaun Tan, (The Arrival)
NEWSPAPER STRIPS: Jim Meddick, (Monty)
MILTON CANIFF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Sandra Boynton
Tom Spurgeon provides some additional context for the Reuben Awards over at The Comics Reporter, including the following note:
I do know that the Reuben and the NCS division awards have a reputation for 1) rewarding creators that have been around a while or that are seen as having properly paid their dues maybe more than first-time nominees or those early in their careers, and 2) rewarding creators in non-popular categories according to their better-known work. To be honest, I couldn’t tell you if those two characterizations are deserved or not.