 Margulies has won the National Headliner Award and Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition (1996), and the Barryman Award from the National Press Foundation (2005).The National Rifle Association placed him on their blacklist, which he considers a badge of honor.In its 2009 "Best of Everything" lists, Time Magazine listed Margulies's "Save the Women and Children...and my bonus too" as its top editorial cartoon of the year.