Congrats to our very own Mike Lester, who won the award for Book Illustration at the 61st Annual Reuben Awards Banquet in Orlando on May 26, 2007. The other winners were:
Advertising Illustration : Tom Richmond
Animation Feature: Carter Goodrich (character designer, Open Season
Animation Television: Craig McCracken (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
Book Illustration: Mike Lester
Comic Books: Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese)
Editorial Cartoons: Mike Ramirez
Gag Cartoons: Drew Dernavich
Greeting Cards: Carla Ventresca
Magazine Feature/Illustration: Steve Brodner
Newspaper Illustration: Laurie Triefeldt
Newspaper Panels: Hilary Price (Rhymes with Orange)
Newspaper Strips: Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine)
Cartoonist of the year is Bill (Foxtrot) Amend.
Photos from Chapter Prez Greg Cravens...
Bil Keane (no dotted line needed)
Bill (Foxtrot) Amend receives the Reuben for Cartoonist of the Year
Frank Springer
Our very own John (Snuffy Smith) Rose and his wife, Karen
That John Rose... Again... whatta camera hog!
Jerry Van Amerongen and Tim "Mr. Ollie" Oliphant
Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist, Reuben winner and SECNCS member Mike Luckovitch
Mel (Miss Peach, Momma) Lazarus
Mike (Mother Goose & Grimm) Peters
Mike Ramirez and Mike Lester bask in the limelight of victory
The SECNCS contingent at the Reubens... There goes the neighborhood!
