Reuben Award

The Reuben Awards, named for Rube Goldberg, are presented each year by the National Cartoonists Society to the person chosen as Cartoonist of the Year.

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Rube Goldberg - National Cartoonists Society

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The award is presented at the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Awards Weekend. The Society also gives various other awards, such as the Lifetime Achievement Awards. The award given for print cartoonists, primarily comic strips and is often compared to the Academy Awards in its stature. The first award was given in 1946.

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Cartoon - Comic strip - Academy Award

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For Better or For Worse cartoonist Lynn Johnston was the first female cartoonist to win this award, in 1985.

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For Better or For Worse - Lynn Johnston

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