Harvey: NCS bias against non syndicated creators?
RC Harvey, writing over on The Comics Journal, raises a question about the bias of the National Cartoonist Society in awarding its top honor, the Reuben, to syndicated comic strip creators.
In this roster of the first 16 Reuben winners, only one cartooned outside of newspaper pages. Ronald Searle. All the rest were syndicated newspaper cartoonists. [...]
Posted on: Mar 9, 2010, Section: Awards, Comic strips, National Cartoonist Society, Reuben, Comments: 84 Comments
UP walks away with Best Animated Film and Score
Those watching last nights Academy Awards noted that Pixar’s “UP” won in two categories: Animated Feature Film and Music (Original Score). “UP” was nominated for Best Picture, but lost to “The Hurt Locker.”
Posted on: Mar 8, 2010, Section: Animation, Awards, Comments: 5 Comments
Brock Heasley’s Monsterplex wins Zuda competition
Brock Heasley of Super Fogeys fame won February’s Zuda competition for a feature he co-created entitled Monsterplex. The other two co-creators are David Schlotterback and Michael DeVito.
Brock talks about what it means to win on the Tall Tale Features blog:
This month has been a whirlwind of hard work and emotions for me and my family. [...]
Posted on: Mar 3, 2010, Section: Awards, Contests, web comics, Comments: 5 Comments
Pastis, Piraro, Thompson nominated for Reuben Award (UPDATED)
I’ve got confirmation that Stephen Pastis, Dan Piraro, and Richard Thompson have been nominated for this year’s Reuben Award For Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees are selected by a secret ballot from the members of the National Cartoonists Society. Both Stephan and Dan were nominated last year for the award (Dave Coverly took [...]
Posted on: Feb 23, 2010, Section: Awards, Comic strips, Reuben, Comments: 9 Comments
Bill Day honored by National Press Foundation
Bill Day, the former editorial cartoonist for Memphis Commercial Appeal, was honored by the Annual National Press Foundation Awards this last Wednesday. He received a Special Citation for “his work addressing the growing rate of infant mortality in the United States.”
“I was honored to join Bill, his wife Susan and their three sons last night [...]
Posted on: Feb 19, 2010, Section: Awards, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
Matt Wuerker wins the 2010 Herblock Prize
Matt Wuerker, editorial cartoonist for Politico, has won this year’s Herblock Prize for 2010. Matt was a finalist in last year’s Pulitzer Prize. According to a story on Politico, his editor congratulated Matt for being “at the top of his game and enjoying it more than ever at a moment when his work matters more [...]
Posted on: Feb 16, 2010, Section: Awards, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 5 Comments
The 2010 Glyph comics awards nominees are…
The 2010 Glyph Comics Awards nominees have been announced. The Glyph Award recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year.
Story of the Year
Luke Cage Noir; Mike Benson & Adam Glass, writers; Shawn Martinbrough, artist
The Original Johnson; Trevor von Eeden, writer and artist
Unknown Soldier #13-14; Joshua [...]
Posted on: Feb 15, 2010, Section: Awards, Cartoons, Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 0 Comments
The Secret of Kells up for Best Animated Feature
I reported earlier that Up was nominated for Best Picture – something rarely done for an animated film. I briefly mentioned it was also nominated in the Animated Feature Film category. What I did not mentioned was the other contenders which include: Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog and The Secret of [...]
Posted on: Feb 4, 2010, Section: Animation, Awards, Movies, Comments: 2 Comments
Up nominated for best picture + 4 other Oscars
Planet Pixar reports that Pixar’s “Up” has been nominated for Best Picture – only the second time an animated feature has been such nominated. The Pixar film is pitted against “Avatar”, “The Blind Side,” “District 9,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglorious Basterds,” “Precious” and “Up in the Air.” “Up” has also been nominated for [...]
Posted on: Feb 2, 2010, Section: Animation, Awards, Movies, Comments: 3 Comments
Golden Globes awards UP with two awards
Disney/Pixar’s “UP” took home two Golden Globe awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score. In the running for best animated feature: “Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs,” “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “The Princess And The Frog”.
Posted on: Jan 20, 2010, Section: Animation, Awards, Movies, Comments: 0 Comments
NCS Division Awards – Call for Entries
From Mike Lynch’s blog comes news the that National Cartoonists Society has announced their annual call for entries to their NCS category awards. This year, the professional cartooning association is adding a category for graphic novels. To be considered, the work must have been published between December 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009. Members of [...]
Posted on: Jan 11, 2010, Section: Awards, Contests, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 0 Comments
Herblock Award allows animated editorial cartoons
The Herblock Foundation has announced that it is allowing animated editorial cartooning for consideration for the Herblock Award. The foundation has also waived the normal $50 entry fee “given the difficulties facing editorial cartoonists… the fee money can be better used to support other efforts to promote the craft.”
In keeping with the changes in the [...]
Posted on: Jan 8, 2010, Section: Awards, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
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