Dark Side of the Horse (AMS) takes a second look at a silly expression and I’m glad I’m not the only person who thinks that dying young doing something pointless is not a good idea. I gather the expression is supposed to balance the values of a short, thrilling life and a long, boring life, […]
DD Degg has the full roundup of Reubens winners here, but I thought I’d provide a taste of times they’ve appeared in Comic Strip of the Day. Maria Scrivan actually won for greeting cards, but her line and sense of color give her panel, Half Full, a greeting card feel, and I […]
In advance of the October release of their 35th book “Adult Time,” the Daily Cartoonist conducted an email interview with “Baby Blues” creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott. ** TDC: Your 35th (!) Baby Blues book hits the streets in mid-October. How does a 28-year-old comic have 35 books? JS: This is actually our 45th […]
Another great video by Tom Gammill produced for this year’s Reuben Awards.
The nominees for the 2012 National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” have been announced. Nominees are: Brian Crane, creator of Pickles, Rick Kirkman, co-creator of Baby Blues and Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine. This is Rick’s first nomination nod. Brian and Stephan have been nominated previously (third for […]
Hogan’s Alley has posted over 250 photos from this year’s Reuben Award Weekend in Las Vegas. Photographer is David Folkman who was rarely seen not looking through the camera that weekend.
Get ready Pennsylvania, next year’s National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards will be held in Pittsburgh. The official dates will be May 24-26 and be held at the Omni William Penn Hotel. So far the only thing planned this far in advance that I’m aware of is from The Toonseum which says they will be featuring […]
Last night the National Cartoonists Society gathered in Las Vegas for their annual Reuben Award banquet. The top honor for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year went to MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond. Tom started his career doing caricatures and freelance work for magazines, publishers and advertisers. As a caricaturist, he has been honored by the […]
Note: I live tweeted this session so in essence, by tweets are my notes. We’re starting up the panels and speakers for the day. First up: Stan Goldberg. Stan is also being inducted into NCS hall of fame tonight. Stan’s giving us a review of his early work in illustration/advertising and art school pieces. Started […]
Note: If you’re coming from Twitter and have been following my tweets all afternoon, much of this will be the same, but I did expand on some. Showing a photo of him at age 3 or 4 with a Dick Tracy comic book. In 1969 he became an assistant to tumbleweeds creator Tom Ryan. Tom […]
The Internet at the hotel is horrible so I will be live Tweeting the announcements via texting. To learn who won the National Cartoonists Society winners tonight follow me on twitter: @dailycartoonist. I’ll post more notes and more details of the winners when I’m back to the hotel.
Michael Jantze is a professor at Savanna College of Art and Design, creator of The Norm, and founder of Jantze Studios where they create animated shorts. He talked about the history of cartooning (business/client/distribution) and how that is changing and why. Dave Kellett creator of Sheldon, and Drive talked about the webcomic model and John […]
Mark Simon is a cartoonist, producer, director, writer, lecturer and he talked about how to get free advertising through publicity. It was a HUGE amount of information in a little over an hour’s time. He outlined 16 ways to get increase your visibility. I’ll outline them here. 1. Pitch a story, not a product to […]
I’m in Las Vegas attending this year’s National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend. Festivities kick off today and run through Sunday with the big awards dinner on Saturday night. For up-to-the second play by play of the awards dinner and winners – follow me on Twitter (@dailycartoonist). I intend to post photos and session notes […]