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Hogan’s Alley Reuben Award weekend photos posted
Hogan’s Alley editor Tom Heintjes and photographer David Folkman/strong> have posted the annual gallery of photos from the Reuben Awards weekend.
Posted on: Jul 2, 2010, Section: National Cartoonist Society, Reuben, Comments: 0 Comments
Another NCS soon to be classic video
This was the opening movie shown at the start of the 2010 Reuben Award night in Jersey City – a take on “The Godfather”. Featuring in order of appearance: Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine), Jeff Keane (Family Circus and NCS President), Jerry Scott (Baby Blues, Zits), Bill Hinds (Tank McNamara, Cleats), Mark Tatulli (Lio, Heart [...]
Posted on: Jun 9, 2010, Section: National Cartoonist Society, Reuben, Comments: 12 Comments
Tom Gammill tries to get a seat at the Reubens
The Doozies creator Tom Gammill has posted another one of his videos – this time of him trying to get a seat the Reuben Awards. Video includes appearances by Jenny Robb, Cathy Guisewite, Kim Scott (Jerry’s wife), Sally Lazarus, Mell Lazarus, Jennie Schulz and Stephan Pastis. One of Tom’s best productions yet. Hilarity continues in [...]
Posted on: Jun 8, 2010, Section: Cartoons, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 6 Comments
R.C. Harvey recounts the history of the NCS
Comic historian R.C. Harvey writes about the history of the National Cartoonists Society. Probably, the club would never have coagulated itself into being without the reluctant sponsorship of Rube Goldberg, who, in addition to giving his name to an entry in the dictionary, was the master of ceremonies for the performances in hospitals and, as [...]
Posted on: Jun 7, 2010, Section: Comic history, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 9 Comments
1988 News story on the Reubens in Toronto
Interesting to see some familiar faces 22 years ago.
Posted on: Jun 7, 2010, Section: National Cartoonist Society, video, Comments: 3 Comments
2010 National Cartoonists Society Division award winners
The National Cartoonists Society has their annual Reuben Awards weekend. Winners of the division awards are in bold. FEATURE ANIMATION Ronnie del Carmen – Storyboard Artist – “Up” Tomm Moore – Director – “The Secret of Kells” Barry Reynolds – Character Designer – “The Secret of Kells” NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Bob Rich Tom Richmond Robert Sanchuk [...]
Posted on: May 29, 2010, Section: Animation, Awards, Books, Comic Books, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Graphic Novels, Greeting Cards, Illustration, Magazine cartoons, National Cartoonist Society, Reuben, Television, Comments: 3 Comments
Stringer wanted to send me Reuben Award updates
Again, I’ve got a family priority this weekend taking me to Portland, OR and will miss the NCS Reuben Award weekend activities – including the big awards night. If you plan on attending and can text/email me results that evening as the awards are announced, I’d like to be able to update the blog as [...]
Posted on: May 27, 2010, Section: Awards, Daily Cartoonist, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 1 Comment
Mengxin Li wins 2010 Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
According to Between Friends creator Sandra Bell-Lundy, Mengxin Li has won this year’s 2010 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship. She is a Film and Animation major at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. Li was born in China and grew-up in Japan. She received the third place prize at the Beijing International Student Animation [...]
Posted on: May 20, 2010, Section: Animation, Awards, College cartoonists, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 1 Comment
Reporting in: 9 more NCS members go on USO tour (UPDATED)
Nine more NCS members have returned from a tour through Germany and Washington D.C. with the USO. This tour sent out Ray Alma (Mad magazine, caricaturist), Chad Carpenter (Tundra), Rob Harrell (Big Top and Adam@Home), Bruce Higdon (Army cartoonists and caricaturists), Mason Mastoianni (B.C.), Dave Mowder (licensing artist for Warner Bros, Disney and Peanuts), Stephen [...]
Posted on: May 4, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Illustration, International, Magazine cartoons, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 31 Comments
Tom Richmond posts NCS Reuben weekend art
Tom Richmond was tasked with the responsibility of drawing the NCS Reuben weekend art that is used on the official T-shirt, grab bag, etc. This year’s drawing is posted. See if you can identify all 16 of the speakers and honorees.
Posted on: Apr 30, 2010, Section: National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 3 Comments
NCS Division award nominees announced
We’ve know for a couple of weeks that Stephen Pastis, Dan Piraro and Richard Thompson were up for the Reuben award. The National Cartoonist Society has announced the division awards which are as follows: FEATURE ANIMATION Ronnie del Carmen – Storyboard Artist – “Up” Tomm Moore – Director – “The Secret of Kells” Barry [...]
Posted on: Mar 18, 2010, Section: Awards, National Cartoonist Society, Reuben, Comments: 2 Comments
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 [...]
Posted on: Mar 9, 2010, Section: Awards, Comic strips, National Cartoonist Society, Reuben, Comments: 85 Comments
NCSF launches Help the Hodges fund-raiser
The charitable, not-for-profit arm of the National Cartoonists Society will be launching an online auction through e-Bay to raise money for the family of Tim Hodge, whose son, Matthew was involved in a car accident that resulted in him in a coma. His insurance has refused to pay for long-term recovery. Tim Hodge is an [...]
Posted on: Jan 20, 2010, Section: Auctions, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 1 Comment
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
Cartoonists groups respond to difficult times
Joe Strupp, writing in Editor & Publisher look at how the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) and National Cartoonists Society (NCS) are holding up in this struggling economy with membership numbers and conference attendance. Rex Babin, president of the AAEC talks about membership in his organization: “We are not solely a newspaper editorial cartoonists [...]
Posted on: Dec 17, 2009, Section: AAEC, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 2 Comments
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