Reuben Rabbits

Last week, the National Cartoonist Society 2012 divisional awards for the Reubens were announced and incredulously, my little feature was named as one of the nominations for Best Online Comic - Short Form. It's truly a great honor to be nominated.  The other nominations are the incredible Ten Cats by Graham Harrop and the fabulous Mac by the uber-talented Michael McPharland so my chances of winning are minuscule but I hope to be in Pittsburgh to see them collect the award.  By a weird coincidence, all three of us hail from the British Isles, live in North America and are syndicated on GoComics!  Michael also has homefield advantage being a Gotham resident.

If you're curious about the nomination process for the Online Comics category, read this.

The full list of nominations is as follows:

TELEVISION ANIMATION Todd Kauffman, Executive Producer, “Sidekick” Alberto Mielgo, Production Design, “Tron: Uprising” Rich Webber, Director, Aardman Animation Studios, “DC Nation” FEATURE ANIMATION Rich Moore, Director, “Wreck-It Ralph” Joann Sfar, Director, “The Rabbi’s Cat” Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Director, “The Secret World of Arriety” NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Mark Brewer Bob Rich Dave Whamond GAG CARTOONS Roz Chast Sam Gross Mick Stevens Jack Ziegler GREETING CARDS Bill Brewer George Schill Jem Sullivan NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS Brian Basset “Red and Rover“ Jeff Parker and Steve Kelley “Dustin” Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman “Zits“ NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS Tony Carrillo “F-Minus” Dave Coverly “Speed Bump” Hilary Price “Rhymes with Orange” ONLINE COMICS – SHORT FORM Graham Harrop “Ten Cats“ Jonathan Lemon “Rabbits Against Magic“ Michael McParlane “Mac“ ONLINE COMICS – LONG FORM Vince Dorse “Untold Tales of Bigfoot“ Meredith Gran “Octopus Pie“ Pat N. Lewis “Muscles Diablo in Where Terror Lurks“ MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION Barry Blitt Daryll Collins Anton Emdin BOOK ILLUSTRATION John Manders John Martz Dave Whamond EDITORIAL CARTOONS Clay Bennett Michael de Adder Jen Sorenson ADVERTISING and PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION Luke McGarry Ed Steckley Wayno COMIC BOOKS Amanda Connor “Silk Spectre” Evan Dorkin “House of Fun” Bernie Wrightson “Frankenstein Alive, Alive!” GRAPHIC NOVELS Derf- “My Friend Dahmer” Joseph Lambert “Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller” Chris Ware- “Building Stories” REUBEN AWARD FOR “CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR”: Brian Crane Rick Kirkman Stephan Pastis