Here are just SOME of the cartooning awards and details on submissions and deadlines. After easy holiday days it is time to get frantic if planning to enter some of these. The Jay Kennedy Memorial ScholarshipDEADLINE: ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JANUARY 7, 2019Only days left to enter this scholarship given to the cartoonist judged the […]
Yeah it’s the busy season but don’t forget to reserve your table for the NCS Fest.The Deadline is January 31, 2019 and we hope to remind you again after New Years Day. Coming to Huntington Beach, California, May 17-19, NCS Fest is shaping up to be the biggest FREE comic arts festival in North America. […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) recently announced a change in format for their Reubens’ Awards weekend from a closed membership-only event to an open-to-the-public European-style comics fest. The Daily Cartoonist interviewed former NCS President and current NCS Foundation President Steve McGarry on the updated event.TDC: This is a big change from the Reubens weekend we’ve […]
It’s official – the National Cartoonists Society‘s Reuben Awards Weekend will become, at least for one year, The NCSFest. A much more public fan-friendly event than the Reuben weekends have been.The National Cartoonists Society is delighted to announce that it has chosen the city of Huntington Beach, California, to host the inaugural NCSFest, a celebration […]
The National Cartoonists Society is wanting to expand its Reuben Awards weekend into a full blown public festival for the host city.As they explain: For the past few months, we’ve been exploring the feasibility of staging a free Comic Arts Festival, based on the kind of event that is so popular in Europe in places […]
From the National Cartoonist Society website:On January 23, the National Cartoonists Society awarded Mell Lazarus, cartoonist of the long-running comic strip Momma, with the NCS Medal of Honor in Los Angeles, California. The Medal of Honor was created in 2015 to honor past Reuben Award winners with recognition for their lifetime contributions to the cartooning […]
A group of National Cartoonists Society members are on a USO tour. Below is a news segment from their stop in Incirlik Air Base (Turkey). The spot features primarily Baby Blues artist Rick Kirkman, but you’ll catch of glimpse of Ed Steckley and Sam Viviano.
Outgoing National Cartoonist Society President Tom Richmond explains the difference between the new Medal of Honor and the Caniff award – both are lifetime achievement awards. At issue is the Caniff is the only lifetime achievement award, but if the cartoonist has already won a Reuben, the Caniff is not a possibility. What to do? […]
And I had so much hope for the Jeanie/Tom relationship, but the catchy “NCS L.A.” tune will be stuck in my head much longer.
This last weekend was the annual Reuben Awards where the National Cartoonist Society bestows their best of in various categories and the big prize for Cartoonist of the Year. This year, the Reuben Award went to New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. In the division awards the winners are: Magazine Feature / Magazine Illustration Tom RichmondNewspaper […]
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation has announced that this year’s recipient of the 2015 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship is Derek Desierto of Sheridan College in Ontario where he studies animation. Derek will receive a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to The National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend in Washington DC in May.From the NCSF:??Derek was […]
The National Cartoonist Society has announced the 2014 Division Awards aka Silver Reubens (or tongue in cheek the “Steckleys”).The winners will be announced during the annual NCS Reuben Awards dinner on May 23rd. This year’s Reuben Awards will be held in Washington D.C.Congratulations to the nominees.EDITORIAL CARTOONS Clay Bennett Michael Ramirez Jen Sorensen NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced that this year’s Society?s Silver T-Square award will be awarded to former NCS president Jeff Keane.From the NCS:The National Cartoonists Society?s Silver T-Square award is ?awarded, by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors, to persons who have demonstrated outstanding dedication or service to the Society or the […]
National Cartoonist Society President Tom Richmond has posted the cover art for this upcoming year’s NCS Reuben Awards weekend with caricatures of the line-up of speakers and special award winners. Family Circus cartoonist and former NCS President Jeff Keane will be the recipient of this year’s NCS ?Silver T-Square? for outstanding dedication to the organization. […]
The National Cartoonists Society has compiled a large gallery of cartoons drawn by their members and other professionals in response to the Charlie Hebdo attack last week. By my count – it’s over 130 cartoons. Worth checking out.