Advertising Illustration Award From its inception until 1975 this award was known as the Advertising and Illustration award. The following year, it divided into two separate categories, Advertising and Illustration, combining again from 1982 to 1985. They divided again in 1986. This category was titled Commercial in 1989 and 1990. • 1956
Harry Devlin • 1957
Russell Patterson • 1958
Carl Rose • 1959
Ronald Searle • 1960
Noel Sickles • 1961
Eric Gurney • 1962 Harry Devlin and Noel Sickles (tie) • 1963 Harry Devlin • 1964
Dick Hodgins, Jr. • 1965 Ronald Searle • 1966 Dick Hodgins, Jr. • 1967
Roy Doty • 1968
Dave Pascal • 1969
Ronald Michaud • 1970 Roy Doty • 1971 Eric Gurney • 1972
Irwin Caplan • 1973
Al Jaffee • 1974
Bill Kresse • 1975
Burne Hogarth • 1976 Mike Berry • 1977
Charles Saxon • 1978 Roy Doty • 1979
Mischa Richter • 1980
Jack Davis • 1981 Irwin Caplan • 1982
Arnold Roth • 1983 Ronald Michaud • 1984 Arnold Roth • 1985 Arnold Roth • 1986 Ronald Searle • 1987 Ronald Searle • 1988
Bob Bindig • 1989 Roy Doty • 1990
Steve Duquette • 1991
W. B. Park • 1992
Daryl Cagle • 1993
Edward Sorel • 1994
Jerry Buckley • 1995
Jack Pittman • 1996 Roy Doty • 1997
B. B. Sams • 1998 Jack Pittman • 1999
Craig McKay • 2000 Craig McKay (Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce posters) • 2001
Pat Byrnes • 2002
Jim Hummel • 2003
Tom Richmond • 2004
Mike Lester • 2005 Roy Doty • 2006 Tom Richmond • 2007 Tom Richmond • 2008 Craig McKay • 2009
Steve Brodner • 2010
Dave Whamond • 2011
Nick Galifianakis • 2012 Ed Steckley • 2013 Rich Powell • 2014 Ed Steckley • 2015
Anton Emdin • 2016
Luke McGarry • 2017 Dave Whamond • 2018 James E. Lyle • 2019 Luke McGarry • 2020 Luke McGarry • 2021 Johnny Sampson • 2022 Dave Whamond • 2023 Chuck Dillon
Animation Award In 1989 and 1990, the category was titled Electronic Media. In 1995, it was divided into Feature Animation and Television Animation. The Online Animation Award category was introduced starting with the 2018 awards, but it didn't give out its first award until the following year. • 1957
Walt Disney • 1958
Paul Terry • 1960
Bill Hanna &
Joe Barbera • 1961 Walt Disney • 1963 Walt Disney • 1972
Bill Melendez • 1973
Johnny Hart • 1974 Jim Logan • 1975 Isadore Klein • 1976 Howard Beckerman • 1977
Sergio Aragonés • 1978
Ralph Bakshi • 1979
Hilda Terry • 1980 Selby Kelly • 1981 Selby Kelly • 1982 Bill Melendez • 1983 Howard Beckerman • 1984
Nancy Beiman • 1985
Chuck Jones • 1986 Chuck Jones • 1987 Chuck Jones • 1988 Bill Melendez • 1989 Chuck Jones • 1990 Chuck Jones • 1991
Glen Keane (
Beauty and the Beast) • 1992
Eric Goldberg (
Aladdin) • 1993
Tim Burton (
The Nightmare Before Christmas) • 1994
David Silverman (
The Simpsons)
Feature Animation Award • 1995
Joe Grant (
Pocahontas) • 1996 Mark Miller & crew • 1997
Nik Ranieri (
Hercules) • 1998 Chen Yi Chang (
Mulan) • 1999
Brad Bird (
The Iron Giant) • 2000
Eric Goldberg (
Fantasia 2000: "Rhapsody in Blue") • 2001
Pete Docter (
Monsters, Inc.) • 2002
Chris Sanders (
Lilo & Stitch) • 2003
Andrew Stanton (
Finding Nemo) • 2004
Brad Bird (
The Incredibles) • 2005
Nick Park (
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) • 2006 Carter Goodrich (
Open Season) • 2007
David Silverman (
The Simpsons Movie) • 2008
Nicolas Marlet (
Kung Fu Panda) • 2009
Ronnie del Carmen (
Up) • 2010 Nicolas Marlet (
How to Train Your Dragon) • 2011 Mark McCreery (
Rango) • 2012
Joann Sfar (''The Rabbi's Cat'') • 2013
Hayao Miyazaki (
The Wind Rises) • 2014
Tomm Moore (
Song Of The Sea) • 2015 Steve Martino (
The Peanuts Movie) • 2016 Cory Loftis (
Zootopia) • 2017
Lee Unkrich &
Adrian Molina (
Coco) • 2018
Justin K. Thompson (
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) • 2019 Nelson Lowry, Santiago Montiel & Trevor Dalmer (
Missing Link) • 2020 Maria Pareja (
Wolfwalkers)
Television Animation Award • 1995
Bruce Timm (
Batman: The Animated Series) • 1996
Everett Peck (
Duckman) • 1997
David Feiss (
Cow and Chicken) • 1998
Danny Antonucci (
Cartoon Sushi) • 1999
Rich Moore (
Futurama) • 1999
Danny Antonucci (
Ed, Edd n Eddy) • 2000
Gary Baseman (''
Teacher's Pet'') • 2001
Chris Reccardi &
Lynne Naylor (
Samurai Jack) • 2002
Stephen Hillenburg (
SpongeBob SquarePants) • 2003
Paul Rudish (
The Powerpuff Girls,
Samurai Jack, and
Star Wars: Clone Wars) • 2004
Craig McCracken (''
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'') • 2005
David Silverman (
The Simpsons) • 2006
Craig McCracken (''
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'') • 2007
Stephen Silver (
Kim Possible) • 2008
Jorge R. Gutierrez &
Sandra Equihua (
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera) • 2009
Seth MacFarlane (
Family Guy) • 2010
Dave Filoni (
Star Wars: The Clone Wars) • 2011
Erik Wiese (
The Mighty B!) • 2012 Rich Webber (
DC Nation)
Aardman Animation Studios • 2013 Paul Rudish (
Mickey Mouse) • 2014
Patrick McHale (
Over the Garden Wall) • 2015 Drew Hodges (
Tumble Leaf) • 2016
Chris Savino (
The Loud House) • 2017 Alan Bodner (
Tangled: The Series) • 2018 Chris Mitchell & Keiko Murayama (
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle) • 2019
Genndy Tartakovsky (
Primal) • 2020
Genndy Tartakovsky (
Primal)
Online Animation Award • 2019 Joe Bluhm (
Pinocchio – A Modern Retelling) • 2020 Sammy Moore & Even Stenhouse (''Brawl Stars: Barley's Bar and Piper's Sugar and Spice'')
Art for Animated Media • 2021 Lindsey Olivares
Book Illustration Award • 1999 T. Lewis • 2000
Mike Lester (
A Is for Salad) • 2001
Frank Cho • 2002
B. B. Sams • 2003
Chris Payne • 2004
Geefwee Boedoe • 2005
Ralph Steadman • 2006 Mike Lester • 2007
Sandra Boynton • 2008 Mike Lester • 2009 Dave Whamond • 2010 Mike Lester (
The ***Book) • 2011 John Rocco (
Blackout) • 2012 John Manders • 2013
William Joyce • 2014 Marla Frazee • 2015 Sydney Smith • 2016 Dave Whamond • 2017
Adam Rex (
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors) • 2018 Rafael Lopez • 2019
Stacy Curtis (
Karate Kakapo) • 2020 Janee Trasler (
Frog Meets Dog, Goat in a Boat, Hog on a Log) • 2021 Stacy Curtis (
Penguin and Moose Brave the Night) • 2022 Ed Steckley • 2023 Tom Richmond (
Claptrap)
Comic Books Award In 1970, the Comic Books Award was divided into Humor Comic Books and Story Comic Books. They were merged back together in 1982. In 1989 and 1990, the Comic Books award was merged with the Magazine and Book Illustration Award. It was separated back into its own award in 1991. A separate award for Graphic Novels was created in 2009. • 1956
Jerry Robinson • 1957
Wallace Wood • 1958
Carmine Infantino and Steve Douglas (tie) • 1959
Wallace Wood • 1960
Bob Oksner • 1961
Bob Oksner • 1962
Bob Gustafson • 1963
Frank Thorne • 1964
Paul Fung Jr. • 1965
Wallace Wood • 1966
Al Williamson • 1967
Will Eisner • 1968
Will Eisner • 1969
Will Eisner • 1970
Henry Boltinoff (Humor) and
Tom Gill (Story) • 1971
Bob Gustafson (Humor) and
Gil Kane (Story) • 1972
Bob Gustafson (Humor) and
Gil Kane (Story) • 1973
Sergio Aragonés (Humor) and
Frank Springer (Story) • 1974
Sergio Aragonés (Humor) and
Joe Kubert (Story) • 1975
Hy Eisman (Humor) and
Gil Kane (Story) • 1976
Sergio Aragonés (Humor) and
Tex Blaisdell (Story) • 1977 David Pascall (Humor) and Frank Springer (Story) • 1978 Frank Johnson (Humor) and Alden McWilliams (Story) • 1979
Al Jaffee (Humor) and
Will Eisner (Story) • 1980
Paul Fung, Jr. (Humor) and
Joe Kubert (Story) • 1981
George Wildman (Humor) and Frank Springer (Story) • 1982 Bob Gustafson • 1983
Hy Eisman • 1984
Kurt Schaffenberger • 1985
Dick Ayers • 1986
Sergio Aragonés • 1987
Will Eisner • 1988
Will Eisner • 1989 N/A. See Magazine and Book Illustration Award. • 1990 N/A. See Magazine and Book Illustration Award • 1991
Frank Miller • 1992
Todd McFarlane • 1993
Mark Chiarello • 1994
Dan Jurgens • 1995
Jeff Smith (
Bone) • 1996 Jeff Smith • 1997
Don Perlin • 1998
Alex Ross (
Superman: Peace on Earth) • 1999
Chris Ware (
Acme Novelty Library) • 2000
Dan DeCarlo (
Betty and Veronica) • 2001
Frank Cho (
Liberty Meadows) • 2002
Stan Sakai (
Usagi Yojimbo (
Dark Horse Comics)) • 2003
Terry Moore • 2004
Darwyn Cooke (
DC: The New Frontier) • 2005
Paul Chadwick (
Concrete: The Human Dilemma) • 2006
Gene Luen Yang • 2007
Shaun Tan (
The Arrival) • 2008 Cyril Pedrosa • 2009 Paul Pope • 2010
Jill Thompson (
Beasts of Burden) • 2011
J. H. Williams III (
Batwoman) • 2012
Bernie Wrightson (
Frankenstein Alive, Alive!) • 2013
Sergio Aragonés • 2014
Jason Latour (
Southern Bastards) • 2015 Ben Caldwell • 2016 Max Sarin and Liz Fleming (
Giant Days) • 2017 Sana Takeda (
Monstress Vol. 2 The Blood) • 2018 Greg Smallwood • 2019
Stan Sakai (
Usagi Yojimbo) • 2020
Walt Simonson (
Ragnarok: The Breaking of Helheim) • 2021 David Peterson (
Mouse Guard) • 2022 Ben Bender • 2023 Jay Stephens (
Dwellings)
Editorial Cartoons Award • 1956
Bill Crawford (
Newark News) • 1957 Bill Crawford (
Newark News) and
Herbert Block (
Washington Post) (tie) • 1958 Bill Crawford (
Newark News) • 1959
Bill Mauldin (
St Louis Post-Dispatch) • 1960
Herbert Block (
Washington Post) • 1961
Karl Hubenthal (
Los Angeles Examiner) • 1962
John Fischetti (
New York Herald Tribune) • 1963 John Fischetti (
New York Herald Tribune) • 1964 John Fischetti (
New York Herald Tribune) • 1965 John Fischetti (
New York Herald Tribune) • 1966 Bill Crawford (Syndicated) • 1967 Karl Hubenthal (
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner) • 1968
Warren King (
New York Daily News) • 1969
Blaine (
Hamilton Spectator) • 1970 Karl Hubenthal (
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner) • 1971
Pat Oliphant (
Denver Post) • 1972 Dick Hodgins, Jr. • 1973 Pat Oliphant (
Denver Post) • 1974 Pat Oliphant (
Denver Post) • 1975
John Pierotti (
New York Post) • 1976 Dick Hodgins, Jr. • 1977
Jeff MacNelly (
Richmond News Leader) • 1978
Paul Szep (
Boston Globe) • 1979
Frank Evers (
New York Daily News) • 1980
Larry Wright (
Detroit News) • 1981
Etta Hulme (
Fort Worth Star Telegram) • 1982
Mike Peters (
Dayton Daily News) • 1983 Mike Peters (
Dayton Daily News) • 1984 Pat Oliphant (Syndicated) and Larry Wright (
Detroit News) (tie) • 1985
Don Wright (
Miami News) • 1986
Jim Borgman (
Cincinnati Enquirer) • 1987 Jim Borgman (
Cincinnati Enquirer) • 1988 Jim Borgman (
Cincinnati Enquirer) • 1989 Pat Oliphant (Syndicated) • 1990 Pat Oliphant (Syndicated) • 1991 Pat Oliphant (Syndicated) • 1992
Jim Morin (
Miami Herald) • 1993
Bill Schorr (Syndicated) • 1994 Jim Borgman (
Cincinnati Enquirer) • 1995
Chip Bok (
Akron Beacon Journal) • 1996
Bill Day (Syndicated) • 1997
Glenn McCoy (
Belleville News-Democrat) • 1998 Etta Hulme (
Fort Worth Star Telegram) • 1999 Chip Bok (
Akron Beacon Journal) • 2000
Jerry Holbert (
Boston Herald) • 2001
Mike Luckovich (
Atlanta Journal-Constitution) • 2002
Clay Bennett (
Christian Science Monitor) • 2003
Tom Toles (
Washington Post) • 2004
Jeff Parker (
Florida Today) • 2005 Jim Borgman (
Cincinnati Enquirer) • 2006
Michael Ramirez (''
Investor's Business Daily'') • 2007
Bill Schorr • 2008 Michael Ramirez • 2009
John Sherffius (Syndicated) • 2010 Gary Varvel • 2011 Michael Ramirez • 2012
Jen Sorensen • 2013 Michael Ramirez • 2014 Michael Ramirez • 2015
Ann Telnaes • 2016 Mike Luckovich (
Atlanta Journal-Constitution) • 2017 Clay Bennett • 2018
Rob Rogers • 2019
Pat Bagley • 2020
Bruce MacKinnon • 2021
Ruben Bolling • 2022
Matt Davies • 2023 Michael de Adder
Gag Cartoons Award • 1956
Chon Day • 1957
John Gallagher • 1958
Eldon Dedini • 1959
Vahan Shirvanian • 1961 Eldon Dedini • 1962
Chon Day • 1963
Jack Tippit • 1964 Eldon Dedini • 1965
Orlando Busino • 1966 Jack Tippit • 1967 Orlando Busino • 1968 Orlando Busino • 1969
George Wolfe • 1970
Chon Day • 1971 John Gallagher • 1972
Don Orehek • 1973 George Wolfe • 1974
Mischa Richter • 1975 George Wolfe • 1976 George Wolfe • 1977
Bill Hoest • 1978
Henry Martin • 1979
Jack Markow • 1980
Charles Saxon • 1981
Bo Brown • 1982 Don Orehek • 1983
Sergio Aragones • 1984 Don Orehek • 1985 Don Orehek • 1986 Charles Saxon • 1987 Charles Saxon • 1988 Eldon Dedini • 1991 Arnie Levin • 1992 Arnie Levin • 1993
George Booth • 1994
John Reiner • 1995
Lee Lorenz • 1996
Glenn McCoy • 1997
Mark Tonra • 1998
Charles Barsotti • 1999
Rick Stromoski • 2000
Kim Warp • 2001
Jerry King • 2002 Glenn McCoy • 2003 Glenn McCoy • 2004 Robert Weber • 2005 Glenn McCoy • 2006 Drew Dernavitch • 2007
Mort Gerberg • 2008 Mort Gerberg • 2009 Glenn McCoy • 2010 Gary McCoy • 2011
Zach Kanin • 2012
Roz Chast • 2013
Matt Diffee • 2014
Liza Donnelly • 2015 David Sipress • 2016 Will McPhail • 2017 Pat Byrnes • 2018 Joe Dator • 2019 Amy Hwang • 2020 Ellis Rosen • 2021 Christopher Weyant • 2022 Ben Bender • 2023 Dan Misdea
Graphic Novels Award • 2009
David Mazzucchelli (
Asterios Polyp) • 2010 Joyce Farmer (
Special Exits) • 2011 Ben Katchor (
The Cardboard Valise) • 2012
Chris Ware (
Building Stories) • 2013 Andrew C. Robinson (
The 5th Beatle) • 2014
Jules Feiffer (
Kill My Mother) • 2015 Ethan Young (
Nanjing: The Burning City) • 2016
Rick Geary (
Black Dahlia) • 2017
Emil Ferris (
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters) • 2018
Peter Kuper (
Kafkaesque) • 2019
Harmony Becker (
They Called Us Enemy) • 2020 Jared Cullum (
Kodi) • 2021
Eric Powell (
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?) • 2022 Alex Ross • 2023 Sarah Bollinger (
Malcolm and the Perfect Song)
Greeting Cards Award • 1991
Patrick McDonnell • 1992
Sandra Boynton • 1993
W. B. Park • 1994 Roy Doty • 1995
Rick Stromoski • 1996
Suzy Spafford • 1997
Dave Coverly • 1998 Rick Stromoski • 1999 Anne Gibbons • 2000 Bill Brewer • 2001
Oliver Christianson • 2002
Glenn McCoy • 2003 Glenn McCoy • 2004 Glenn McCoy • 2005 Gary McCoy • 2006 Carla Ventresca • 2007 Dave Mowder • 2008 Jem Sullivan • 2009 Debbie Tomasi • 2010 Jim Benton • 2011 Glenn McCoy • 2012 Jem Sullivan • 2013 Mark Parisi • 2014 Glenn McCoy • 2015
Jim Benton • 2016 Debbie Tomasi • 2018 Maria Scrivan • 2019 Scott Nickel • 2020 Scott Nickel • 2021 Scott Jensen
Magazine Feature and Magazine Illustration Award This award (originally titled Illustration) was separated from the Advertising and Illustration Award from 1976 to 1981. It then became permanently separated in 1986. The award name changed to Magazine and Book Illustration in 1989, and then changed to the current name in 2003. In 2018, this and Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration Award was folded into one category to become Newspaper & Magazine Illustration. • 1976
Arnold Roth • 1977 Harry Devlin • 1978 Harry Devlin • 1979 Arnold Roth • 1980 Ronald Searle • 1981 Arnold Roth • 1986 Arnold Roth • 1987 Arnold Roth • 1988 Arnold Roth • 1989
Sergio Aragonés • 1990 Harry Devlin • 1991
Patrick McDonnell • 1992
Burne Hogarth • 1993
Hal Mayforth • 1994
Rick Geary • 1995
Richard Thompson • 1996
Doug Cushman • 1997
Guy Gilchrist • 1998 Guy Gilchrist • 1999 Kevin Rechin • 2000
Peter de Sève • 2001 Mark Brewer • 2002
C. F. Payne • 2003 Hermann Meija • 2004 Jack Pittman • 2005
C. F. Payne • 2006
Steve Brodner • 2007 Daryll Collins • 2008
Sam Viviano • 2009 Ray Alma • 2010
Anton Emdin • 2011 Edward Sorel • 2012 Anton Emdin • 2013 Dave Whamond • 2014
Tom Richmond • 2015 Anton Emdin • 2016 Jon Adams • 2017
Peter Kuper Newspaper Illustration Award In 2018, this and Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration Award was folded into one category to become Newspaper & Magazine Illustration. • 1994
Jerry Dowling • 1995
Richard Thompson • 1996
David Clark • 1997
Bob Staake • 1998 Grey Blackwell • 1999
Pierre Bellocq • 2000
Drew Friedman • 2001
Miel Prudencio Ma • 2002
Steve McGarry • 2003
Bob Rich • 2004 Michael McParlane • 2005
Bob Rich • 2006
Laurie Triefeldt • 2007 Sean Kelly • 2008 Mark Marturello • 2009 Tom Richmond • 2010 Michael McParlane • 2011
Bob Rich • 2012 Dave Whamond • 2013
Miel Prudencio Ma • 2014
Anton Emdin • 2015
Anton Emdin • 2016 David Rowe • 2017 Dave Whamond
Newspaper & Magazine Illustration • 2018
Tom Bunk • 2019
Tom Richmond • 2020
Peter Kuper • 2021
Nick Galifianakis • 2022 Nick Galifianakis • 2023 Nick Galifianakis
Newspaper Panel Award • 1956
George Lichty (
Grin and Bear It) • 1957
Jimmy Hatlo (''
They'll Do It Every Time'') • 1958
Bob Barnes (
The Better Half) • 1959 Jimmy Hatlo (''They'll Do It Every Time'') • 1960 George Lichty (
Grin and Bear It) • 1961
George Clark (
The Neighbors) • 1962 George Lichty (
Grin and Bear It) • 1963
Jerry Robinson (
Still Life) • 1964 George Lichty (
Grin and Bear It) • 1965
Jim Berry (''
Berry's World'') • 1966 Jim Berry (''Berry's World'') • 1967
Bil Keane (
The Family Circus) • 1968
Bob Dunn (''They'll Do It Every Time'') • 1969 Bob Dunn (''They'll Do It Every Time'') • 1970
Jack Tippit (
Amy) • 1971 Bil Keane (
The Family Circus) • 1972 Jim Berry (''Berry's World'') • 1973 Bil Keane (
The Family Circus) • 1974 Bil Keane (
The Family Circus) • 1975
Bill Hoest (
The Lockhorns) • 1976
Paul Frehm (''
Ripley's Believe It or Not!'') • 1977
Ted Key (
Hazel) • 1978
Brad Anderson (
Marmaduke) • 1979 Bob Dunn &
Al Scaduto (''
They'll Do It Every Time'') • 1980 Bill Hoest (
The Lockhorns) • 1981
Henry Boltinoff (
Stoker the Broker) • 1982
Jim Unger (
Herman) • 1983
Bob Thaves (
Frank and Ernest) • 1984 Bob Thaves (
Frank and Ernest) • 1985
Gary Larson (
The Far Side) • 1986 Bob Thaves (
Frank and Ernest) • 1987 Jim Unger (
Herman) • 1988 Gary Larson (
The Far Side) • 1989 N/A. See Newspaper Comic Strip Award. • 1990 N/A. See Newspaper Comic Strip Award. • 1991
Al Scaduto (''
They'll Do It Every Time'') • 1992
Don Addis (
Bent Offerings) • 1993
Bill Rechin (
Out of Bounds) • 1994
Dave Coverly (
Speed Bump) • 1995
Wiley Miller (
Non Sequitur) • 1996 Wiley Miller (
Non Sequitur) • 1997 David Gantz (
Gantz Glances) • 1998 Wiley Miller (
Non Sequitur) • 1999
Dan Piraro (
Bizarro) • 2000 Dan Piraro (
Bizarro) • 2001 Dan Piraro (
Bizarro) • 2002 Dave Coverly (
Speed Bump) • 2003 Jerry Van Amerongen (
Ballard Street) • 2004 Marcus Hamilton (
Dennis the Menace) • 2005 Jerry Van Amerongen (
Ballard Street) • 2006
Hilary B. Price (
Rhymes with Orange) • 2007
Chad Carpenter (
Tundra) • 2008
Mark Parisi (
off the mark) • 2009 Hilary B. Price (
Rhymes with Orange) • 2010 Glenn McCoy (
Flying McCoys) • 2011
Mark Parisi (
Off The Mark) • 2012 Hilary B. Price (
Rhymes with Orange) • 2013
Dave Coverly (
Speed Bump) • 2014 Hilary B. Price (
Rhymes With Orange) • 2015
Dan Piraro (
Bizarro) • 2016
Nick Galifianakis (
Nick and Zuzu) • 2017
Mark Parisi (
Off the Mark) • 2018
Dave Blazek (
Loose Parts) • 2019 Dave Blazek (
Loose Parts) • 2020
Mark Parisi (
Off the Mark) • 2021 Dave Coverly (
Speed Bump) • 2022 Dave Blazek (
Loose Parts) • 2023 Wayno (
Bizarro)
Newspaper Strip Award The Newspaper Comic Strips (Humor) Category was created in 1957. In 1960, it was joined by the Newspaper Comic Strips (Story) Category. In 1989 the two categories were combined. Also, in 1989 and 1990, Newspaper Panel Cartoon was part of this category. • 1957
Gus Arriola (
Gordo) and
Frank King (
Gasoline Alley) (tie) (Humor) • 1958
Martin Branner (
Winnie Winkle) (Humor) • 1959
Dik Browne (
Hi and Lois) (Humor) • 1960 Dik Browne (
Hi and Lois) (Humor) and
Leonard Starr (
On Stage) (Story) • 1961
Ernie Bushmiller (
Nancy) (Humor) and
Irwin Hasen (
Dondi) (Story) • 1962
Charles M. Schulz (
Peanuts) (Humor) and Irwin Hasen (
Dondi) (Story) • 1963
Fred Lasswell (
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith) (Humor) and Leonard Starr (
On Stage) (Story) • 1964
Frank O'Neal (
Short Ribs) (Humor) and
Hal Foster (
Prince Valiant) (Story) • 1965 Gus Arriola (
Gordo) (Humor) and
Roy Crane (
Buz Sawyer) (Story) • 1966
Mort Walker (
Beetle Bailey) (Humor) and
John Prentice (
Rip Kirby) (Story) • 1967
Johnny Hart (
B.C.) (Humor) and John Prentice (
Rip Kirby) (Story) • 1968
Al Smith (
Mutt and Jeff) (Humor) and
Alex Kotzky (
Apartment 3-G) (Story) • 1969 Mort Walker (
Beetle Bailey) (Humor) and
Stan Drake (
The Heart of Juliet Jones) (Story) • 1970
Bud Blake (
Tiger) (Humor) and Stan Drake (
The Heart of Juliet Jones) (Story) • 1971
Brant Parker (
The Wizard of Id) (Humor) and
John Cullen Murphy (
Big Ben Bolt and
Prince Valiant) (Story) • 1972 Dik Browne (
Hi and Lois) (Humor) and Stan Drake (
The Heart of Juliet Jones) (Story) • 1973
Mell Lazarus (
Miss Peach) (Humor) and
Dick Moores (
Gasoline Alley) (Story) • 1974
Reg Smythe (
Andy Capp) (Humor) and John Cullen Murphy (
Prince Valiant) (Story) • 1975
Russell Myers (
Broom-Hilda) (Humor) and
Dale Messick (
Brenda Starr, Reporter) (Story) • 1976 Brant Parker (
The Wizard of Id) (Humor) and John Cullen Murphy (
Prince Valiant) (Story) • 1977 Dik Browne (
Hi and Lois) (Humor) and
Gil Kane (
Star Hawks) (Story) • 1978 Bud Blake (
Tiger) (Humor) and John Cullen Murphy (
Prince Valiant) (Story) • 1979 Mell Lazarus (
Miss Peach) (Humor) and
Milton Caniff (
Steve Canyon) (Story) • 1980 Brant Parker (
The Wizard of Id) (Humor) and Dick Moores (
Gasoline Alley) (Story) • 1981
Jim Davis (
Garfield) (Humor) and Dick Moores (
Gasoline Alley) (Story) • 1982 Brant Parker (
The Wizard of Id) (Humor) and Dick Moores (
Gasoline Alley) (Story) • 1983 Brant Parker (
The Wizard of Id) (Humor) and Leonard Starr (
Annie) (Story) • 1984 Dik Browne (
Hägar the Horrible) (Humor) and John Cullen Murphy (
Prince Valiant) (Story) • 1985 Jim Davis (
Garfield) (Humor) and Dick Moores (
Gasoline Alley) (Story) • 1986 Dik Browne (
Hägar the Horrible) (Humor) and
John Prentice (
Rip Kirby) (Story) • 1987
Art and
Chip Sansom (
The Born Loser) (Humor) and John Cullen Murphy (
Prince Valiant) (Story) • 1988
Bill Watterson (
Calvin and Hobbes)(Humor) and
Jim Scancarelli (
Gasoline Alley)(Story) • 1989
Johnny Hart (
B.C.) • 1990
Art and
Chip Sansom (
The Born Loser) • 1991
Lynn Johnston (
For Better or For Worse) • 1992
Wiley Miller (
Non Sequitur) • 1993
Bud Grace (
Ernie) • 1994
Garry Trudeau (
Doonesbury) • 1995
Rick Kirkman (
Baby Blues) • 1996
Patrick McDonnell (
Mutts) • 1997
Scott Adams (
Dilbert) • 1998
Jerry Scott &
Jim Borgman (
Zits) • 1999
Jerry Scott &
Jim Borgman (
Zits) • 2000
Bud Blake (
Tiger) • 2001
Brian Crane (
Pickles) • 2002
Darby Conley (
Get Fuzzy) • 2003
Stephan Pastis (
Pearls Before Swine) • 2004
Glenn McCoy (
The Duplex) • 2005
Brooke McEldowney (
9 Chickweed Lane) • 2006
Stephan Pastis (
Pearls Before Swine) • 2007
Jim Meddick (
Monty) • 2008
Mark Tatulli (
Liō) • 2009
Jerry Scott and
Jim Borgman (
Zits) • 2010
Jeff Parker and
Steve Kelley (
Dustin) • 2011
Glenn McCoy (
The Duplex) • 2012
Brian Basset (
Red and Rover) • 2013
Isabella Bannerman (
Six Chix) • 2014
Stephan Pastis (
Pearls Before Swine) • 2015
Terri Libenson (
The Pajama Diaries) • 2016
Steve Kelley and
Jeff Parker (
Dustin) • 2017
Mike Peters (
Mother Goose and Grimm) • 2018 Will Henry (
Wallace the Brave) • 2019 Brian Crane (
Pickles) • 2020
Ricardo Siri (
Macanudo) • 2021
John Hambrock (
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee) • 2022 Will Henry (
Wallace the Brave) • 2023 Tauhid Bondia (
Crabgrass)
On-Line Comic Strip The award for
webcomics was first awarded in 2012 for work produced during the previous year. It was divided the following year into two separate categories, "On-Line Comics – Short Form" and "On-Line Comics – Long Form". • 2011
Jon Rosenberg (
Scenes from a Multiverse)
On-Line Comics – Short Form • 2012 Graham Harrop (
Ten Cats) • 2013 Ryan Pagelow (
Buni) • 2014 Danielle Corsetto (
Girls with Slingshots) • 2015
Dave Kellett (
Sheldon) • 2016
Ruben Bolling (
Donald & John) • 2017
Gemma Correll (
Gemma Correll) • 2018
Dorothy Gambrell (
Cat and Girl) • 2019
Jim Benton (
Jim Benton) • 2020
Rosemary Mosco (
Bird and Moon) • 2021 Rich Powell (
Wide Open!) • 2022 Rich Powell (
Wide Open!) • 2023
Sarah Andersen (''
Sarah's Scribbles'')
On-Line Comics – Long Form • 2012 Vince Dorse (
Untold Tales of Bigfoot) • 2013
Jeff Smith (
Tuki: Save the Humans) • 2014
Minna Sundberg (
Stand Still, Stay Silent) • 2015
Drew Weing (
The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo) • 2016
Ngozi Ukazu (
OMG Check Please) • 2017
John Allison (
Bad Machinery) • 2018 Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh (
Barbarous) • 2019
Alec Longstreth (
Isle of Elsi) • 2020 Tom Siddell (
Gunnerkrigg Court) • 2021
Dan Piraro (
Peyote Cowboy) • 2022
Phil Foglio (
Girl Genius) • 2023
Evan Dahm (
3rd Voice)
Variety Entertainment First introduced in 2019, Variety Entertainment is defined as any newspaper, magazine, or online cartoon feature that contains puzzles, games, activities, trivia, history, or instruction. • 2018 Dave Klüg • 2019 Joe Wos (
Mazetoons) • 2020 John Graziano (''
Ripley's Believe it or Not!'') • 2021
Bill Morrison (
All You Nerd is Love: A Yellow Submarine Puzzle Book) • 2022 Scott Nickel • 2023 Chuck Dillon (
Highlights for Children) ==Discontinued categories==