Complex sentence: Alex Raymond received a Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society in 1949 for his work on "Rip Kirby", and was inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame in 1996.
Split into simpler sentences: Alex Raymond received a Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society in 1949 for his work on "Rip Kirby". He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996.