Rube Foster Award

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum has honored Omar Minaya with the Rube Foster Award as the National League Executive of the Year.

Seems to me that folks would do well to award executives now for what they did three years ago. Terry Ryan would still deserve his honor, though.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I thought you were writing about the Rube Goldberg award, or the Reuben, which is given to outstanding cartoonists.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I thought that was given to outstanding booking managers for family pop bands.

[seawolf17]

I thought that was given to people who ordered a corned beef, swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing sandwich.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Did you know there's also a sandwich called a "Rachael" or "Rachel" which is very similar to a Reuben?

I think one has corned beef and the other has pastrami. I can't remember which is which, though.



Oh, and congrats to Omar Minaya. I hope he enjoys his sandwich.

[Guest cooby]

Would you stop it, you're making me hungry

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Don't get hungry. Get happy.

[Guest cooby]

A reuben sandwich right about now would make me happy...and my hubby makes the best ones in the world

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

="Wikipedia"]The Reuben or Reuben sandwich is a grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and either Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing. It is typically made with rye bread, though originally it may have been served on pumpernickel bread, and is often served with potato salad on the side.

="Wikipedia"]Thousand Island dressing is sometimes substituted for the traditional Russian. The Reuben has many variations, including a sister sandwich, the "Rachel," which is made with pastrami or turkey instead of corned beef (and sometimes cole slaw instead of sauerkraut). A Georgia Reuben is made with turkey and cole slaw. The names of the various Reuben variations are dependent upon the region, and there are many approaches to a Reuben derivative. Most of them include a type of meat, cabbage product, a cheese, and a dressing. Almost all variations are grilled, with the exception of the monte cristo that is dipped in sweet batter and deep-fried.

="Wikipedia"]The National Cartoonists Society is a United States organization of professional cartoonists created in 1946. Rube Goldberg was among the founders and served as the Society's first president. Originally it was an all male society, operating a blackball to prevent female cartoonists from joining. This policy was changed in 1950, allowing Hilda Terry to join after her original application was rejected the previous year. The society awards a Cartoonist of the Year, the Reuben Award (named after Goldberg), among other awards. The Cartoonist of the Year award was originally known as the Billy De Beck Memorial Award, after the creator of Barney Google, but was renamed in 1954. In 1985, For Better or For Worse cartoonist Lynn Johnston was the first female cartoonist to win this award. In the late 1990s, the National Cartoonists Society announced a new rule: no cartoonist can win the award more than once.

Reuben Award Winners:
1992 must have been a terrible year for cartoons. Look at who won that year.

1946: Milton Caniff, Terry and the Pirates
1947: Al Capp, Li'l Abner
1948: Chic Young, Blondie
1949: Alex Raymond, Rip Kirby
1950: Roy Crane, Buz Sawyer
1951: Walt Kelly, Pogo
1952: Hank Ketcham, Dennis the Menace
1953: Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey
1954: Willard Mullin, Sports
1955: Charles Schulz, Peanuts
1956: Herbert L. Block (Herblock), Editorial
1957: Hal Foster, Prince Valiant
1958: Frank King, Gasoline Alley
1959: Chester Gould, Dick Tracy
1960: Ronald Searle, Advertising and Illustration
1961: Bill Mauldin Editorial
1962: Dik Browne, Hi and Lois
1963: Fred Lasswell, Barney Google
1964: Charles Schulz, Peanuts
1965: Leonard Starr, Mary Perkins, On Stage
1966: Otto Soglow, The Little King
1967: Rube Goldberg, Humor in Sculpture
1968: Pat Oliphant, Editorial
1968: Johnny Hart, B.C. and The Wizard of Id
1969: Walter Berndt, Smitty
1970: Alfred Andriola, Kerry Drake
1971: Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon
1972: Pat Oliphant, Editorial
1973: Dik Browne, Hagar the Horrible
1974: Dick Moores, Gasoline Alley
1975: Bob Dunn, They'll Do It Every Time
1976: Ernie Bushmiller, Nancy
1977: Chester Gould, Dick Tracy
1978: Jeff MacNelly, Editorial
1979: Jeff MacNelly, Shoe
1980: Charles Saxon, Advertising
1981: Mel Lazarus, Miss Peach and Momma
1982: Bil Keane, Family Circus
1983: Arnold Roth, Advertising
1984: Brant Parker, The Wizard of Id
1985: Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse
1986: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
1987: Mort Drucker, Mad Magazine
1988: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
1989: Jim Davis, Garfield
1990: Gary Larson, The Far Side
1991: Mike Peters, Mother Goose & Grimm
1992: Cathy Guisewite, Cathy
1993: Jim Borgman, Editorial
1994: Gary Larson, The Far Side
1995: Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury
1996: Sergio Aragones, Mad Magazine
1997: Scott Adams, Dilbert
1998: Will Eisner, The Spirit
1999: Patrick McDonnell, Mutts
2000: Jack Davis, Mad Magazine
2001: Jerry Scott, Zits and Baby Blues
2002: Matt Groening, The Simpsons
2003: Greg Evans, Luann
2004: Pat Brady, Rose Is Rose
2005: Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cathy beats the pants off of Mother Goose and Grimm.

There, I said it. I stuck my finger in the air and said it.

[Guest cooby]

Ack

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jeff McNelly won two in a row.

I never linked Zits and Baby Blues.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Neither did I. It's hard to believe they have the same artist.

ON EDIT: Different artists, same writer.

]Jerry Scott (born in South Bend, Indiana on May 2, 1955) is an American cartoonist. He lives in California with his wife, Kim, and two daughters. He is the creator of Baby Blues and Zits. He began his comic career in the mid-1970s by submitting gag strips to various magazines. In 1983, he took over Nancy, which was created by Ernie Bushmiller. Eventually, he became friends with Rick Kirkman and they created Baby Blues, a comic based on family life with little children. Later on, Scott and Jim Borgman collaborated to create Zits, which follows family life with a teenaged son. He has been recognized for his work with the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for 2001 for Zits.

[Guest cooby]

Both very enjoyable

[seawolf17]

They must only allow you to win once per cartoon, because otherwise, the Mutts guy would win every single year.

[Frayed Knot]

The 'Reuben'

[Vic Sage]

that statue looks like its got a gang bang going on there.

And might the award be for best drawing of full-figured gals?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens

[Guest Edgy DC]

"And the winner is... wow! Al Capp again!"