Time has almost run put to get a spot in the National Cartoonists Society’s 2026 Reuben Awards Playbill booklet. July 1 is just around the corner! If you haven’t already, there’s still time to submit your ad for the NCS Conference and Reuben Awards Playbill. Don’t miss the July 1 deadline—reserve your spot in this […]
After a night of Bacchanalian revelry day three of The Reuben Weekend gets off to a slow start with nothing scheduled until afternoon giving cartoonists time to recover from the late Reuben Awards presentations. But it is a great afternoon for kids of all ages! Meet Cartoonists! Public Event | Saturday, August 8, 2026 Billy […]
The second day of the National Cartoonists Society’s 80th Annual Reuben Awards and Conference will culminate in, as an Oscar winner once said, the night of nights. But there are a couple activities before the show. Mostly for NCS members. From the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) newsletter: FRIDAY, AUGUST 7THFriday’s programming is all at our […]
The rate at which the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is setting up and staging events indicates they are aiming for 80 celebratory gatherings during their 80th Annual Reuben Conference and Awards season. Many have already been held such as yesterday’s “studio visit with Bunny Hoest and John Reiner, co-creators of the beloved The Lockhorns,” which […]
From the National Cartoonists Society Foundation: The board of the National Cartoonists Society Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2026 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship: Victoria Berrocales. Victoria was chosen from a field of talented applicants to receive this honor and a $5,000 scholarship grant. Victoria is an Illustration major at the Savannah […]
This August the National Cartoonists Society will present their Silver T-Square to caricaturist and cartoonist Ed Steckley for “outstanding dedication or service to the Society or the profession.” From the National Cartoonists Society’s announcement: The National Cartoonists Society is proud to honor Ed Steckley with the Silver T-Square Award at the80th Annual Reuben Awards, held […]
The National Cartoonists Society is now taking ads to be placed in their program book to be distributed at the 80th Annual Reubens Dinner and Awards show. The ads can be had in full, half, and quarter page sizes. Details and samples can be seen here. The deadline for placing an ad is July 1st.
In an very unusual move the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) has awarded its Hall of Fame Gold Key (scroll down) to a group rather than an individual. From the National Cartoonists Society announcement: The National Cartoonists Society is honored to announce that The Berndt Toast Gang (aka the NCS Long Island Chapter) will be awarded the […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced that they will be presenting Bone creator Jeff Smith with their Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s 80th annual Reuben Conference. As the NCS says in their announcement Jeff Smith came to fame in the 1990s with his epic comic book series following the adventures of the […]
The National Cartoonists Society has revealed the nominees for their 2025 Divisional Reuben Awards. ADVERTISING / PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION Pat Higgins – Liniers – Pashur ART FOR ANIMATED MEDIA Gogopedro – Chari Pere – Mike Salva BOOK ILLUSTRATION Jason Chatfield – Mike Deas – Chuck Dillon COMIC BOOK Jackie Musto – Eric Powell – Stan Sakai […]
With Patrick McDonnell, Emma Allen, Jim Keefe, Patrick O’Connor, Tatiana Gill, Dan Dare, and the NCS. A Note from Patrick McDonnell In anticipation of a new MUTTS Treasury being released later this month Patrick McDonnell sends a note: There’s something special about sharing our precious time with the beings we love… That spirit is at […]
As always the new cartoons aren’t as good as the old cartoons; why children are drawn to rambunctious comic characters; the National Cartoonist Society is looking for a few good Toon Talkers; and new comic awards and how they come to pass. The Fairly Oddparents vs. Peppa Pig New children’s cartoons are less entertaining and […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is embarking on a year long celebration of its founding in 1946. That includes the 80th annual presentation of The Reuben Award later this year at their convention. Kicking it off is a wonderful poster by Dee Fish featuring the silly humanoid creatures of the Reuben Award. From the NCS […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) was formed 80 years ago on March 1, 1946. From the National Cartoonists Society page: The Society was born at a specially convened dinner in New York in March, 1946, that saw Rube Goldberg elected as president, Russell Patterson as vice president, C.D. Russell as secretary and Milton Caniff as […]
The National Cartoonists Society has officially announced the time and place of this year’s Reuben Awards. The 2026 NCS Conference and 80th Annual Reuben Awards Dinner will be held on August 6-8, 2026 in Columbus Ohio, the home of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival. I’m sure there […]