Nick Galifianakis won the Reuben Division Award for Advertising Illustration at the 66th annual meeting of the National Cartoonists Society.
Born in Durham, N.C., and raised in Falls Church, Galifianakis does the cartoon Nick and Zuzu. Since 1997, he has drawn the cartoons for the national syndicated advice column Carolyn Hax, formerly known as Tell Me About It. He illustrated the book Tell Me About It: Lying, Sulking, Getting Fat … and 56 Other Things NOT to Do While Looking for Love, authored by Hax in 2001. He has also illustrated a number of books by writer and novelist Andrew Postman, and published his own book, If You Loved Me, You’d Think This Was Cute: Uncomfortably True Cartoons About You.