Comments on: NCS, USO sponsors overseas trip for cartoonists

By: Dave Stephens

Dave Stephens — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:55:20 +0000

Way to go NCS!!!

And way to go Tom Richmond! He’s representing the National Caricaturist Network, too!

By: Bruce Higdon

Bruce Higdon — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:10:43 +0000

The other two cartoonists selected for the overseas USO trip are Bruce Higdon (gag cartoonist & caricaturist) and Jeff Bacon (Broadside/Navy Times.

By: Wiley Miller

Wiley Miller — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:03:19 +0000

Yeah, this was something the NCS did regularly, back when Mort Walker and Bil Keane were the new kids on the block… and when cartoonists were genuine celebrities. As newspapers waned as the popular medium, they took that celebrity status of cartoonists down with them.

Regardless of our lowered stature in American media culture, this is a wonderful step forward by going back to a past service. Jeff Keane is to be congratulated for it. He truly is a generous and thoughtful man who puts us all in a good light through such altruistic endeavors.

By: Norm Feuti

Norm Feuti — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:23:26 +0000

I was lucky enough to read an advance copy of “The Misadventures of a Roving Cartoonist: The Lone Ranger’s Secret Sidekick”. It’s a memoir of Tom Gill’s travels around the world with other cartooning legends to entertain troops stationed overseas.

I remember thinking to myself, it’s a shame they don’t do anything like that anymore. But obviously they do. Good for them.

By: Stacy Curtis

Stacy Curtis — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:18:03 +0000

That’s awesome that you guys would take the time out of your busy work schedules to brighten someone’s day!

Keep your eyes on Mike Peters, he’s a wild one!