The National Cartoonists Society will announce its winner of the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year this Saturday night at the 66th Annual Reuben Awards Weekend in Las Vegas, NV.

The winner of Cartoonist of the Year, as well as the division award winners, will be available at http://www.reuben.org at midnight Pacific Time.

CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR:

Brian Crane, Stephan Pastis and Tom Richmond.

DIVISION NOMINEES:

TELEVISION ANIMATION: Ben Bocquelet and Antoine Perez- Production Design on "The Wonderful World of Gumball" - Cartoon Network; Erik Wiese- Production Design on "The Mighty B" ? Nickelodeon; Penn Ward- Character Design on "Adventure Time" - Cartoon Network.

FEATURE ANIMATION: Mark McCreery, character design ? "Rango"; Carlos Saldanha, Director - "Rio"; Jennifer Yuh-Nelson, Director - "Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom".

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION: Glen LeLievre; Michael McParlane; Bob Rich.

GAG CARTOONS: Mathew Diffee; Zach Kanin; Barbara Smaller.



GREETING CARDS: Dave Klug; Glenn McCoy; Rick Stromoski.

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS: Glenn McCoy - "The Duplex"; Jeff Parker and Steve Kelley ? "Dustin"; Mike Peters ? "Mother Goose and Grimm".

NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS: Mark Parisi ? "Off the Mark"; Stephanie Piro ? "Smile"; Wiley Miller ? "Non Sequitur".

MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION: Victor Juhasz; Bruce McCall; Edward Sorel.



BOOK ILLUSTRATION: Barbara Lehman ? "The Secret Box"; Mark Pett ? "The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes"; John Rocco - "Blackout".

EDITORIAL CARTOONS: Lisa Benson; Mike Lester; Mike Ramirez.



ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION: Nick Galifianakis; Kevin Kallauger (KAL); Tom Stiglich.

COMIC BOOKS: Darwyn Cooke - "Betty Saves the Day"- Rocketeer Adventures #2; Duncan Fegredo ? "Hellboy: The Fury"; J.H. Williams ? "Batwoman".

GRAPHIC NOVELS: Chester Brown ? "Paying For It"; Rick Geary - "The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti"; Ben Katchor ? "The Cardboard Valise".



ON-LINE COMIC STRIPS: Matthew Inman ? "The Oatmeal"; Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins ? "Penny Arcade"; Jon Rosenberg ? "Scenes from a Multiverse".

To interview NCS president Tom Richmond, please contact tom@tomrichmond.com.

Samples of the nominees' work are available at www.reuben.org, where you will find more information about the National Cartoonists Society, including members' biographies, lists of past Reuben winners, and other historical information about the society and cartooning.