National Cartoonists Society Division Awards

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.[1]

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,[2] but it didn't give out its first award until the following year.[3]

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.

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.[4]

In 2018,this and Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration Award was folded into one category to become Newspaper & Magazine Illustration.[5]

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.

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".[6]

• 2011 Jon Rosenberg (Scenes from a Multiverse)

• 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)

• 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)

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)