Over at Tall Tale Radio Tom Racine interviews NCS President, MAD Mag cartoonist and author Tom Richmond and discuss the new NCS award for “Best Online Comic,” his trip to the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and his new book, “The Mad Art of Caricature.”
In addition to the creation of a new online comic strip category, the National Cartoonists Society has announced their annual call for entries for their 15 division awards. The division categories include: Television Animation, Feature Animation, Newspaper Illustration, Gag Cartoons, Greeting Cards, Newspaper Comic Strips, Newspaper Panel Cartoons, Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration, Book Illustration, Editorial Cartoons, […]
Another group of National Cartoonists Society cartoonists have head out overseas with the USO to visit with troops serving in Germany and the Middle East. This year, the deployed cartoonists consisted of Todd Clark, Paul Combs, Bruce Higdon, Bill Janocha, T. Lewis, John Read III, Debbie Schafer, Rob Smith, Jr., Ed Steckley and Sam Viviano. […]
Hogan’s Magazine has posted its annual photo roundup of the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben award weekend. Photos were taken by David Folkman.
Jeff Keane wrapped up 2 terms as President of the National Cartoonists Society. Only three other individuals in the history of the society have served more than one term. Jeff was gracious enough to submit to a few questions reviewing his tenure.Alan: Of the 34 presidents so far, only four have served more than one […]
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond took the helm of the National Cartoonists Society this year. He has big shoes to fail. Tom succeeds Jef Keane who lead the organization for 2 two year terms. He’s been a member of the professional organization since 1998. I asked him a few questions regarding his new role as […]
As always, a hilarious video via The Doozies and Learn to Draw series creator Tom Gammill:
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced the winner of the 2011 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship. Diana Huh, a sophomore at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is this year’s recipient. Diana Huh, is a sophomore at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she studies history. Huh was chosen from over 100 […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced their division awards. The nominees are:TELEVISION ANIMATION Dave Filoni – Supervising Director / Production Designer, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Dan Krall – Art Director, “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated” Scott Wills – Art Director, “Sym-Bionic Titan”FEATURE ANIMATION Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, Directors, “How to Train Your Dragon” Glen Keane, Animation […]
MAD Mag cartoonist Tom Richmond was once again tapped to create this year’s NCS Reuben art for the brochure. He writes:Having just received my official 2011 NCS Reuben’s Weekend brochure in the mail yesterday, I would say it’s okay to share the artwork I did for it and this year’s Reuben’s T-Shirt. NCS president Jeff […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominees for their prestigious Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees are:Glen Keane Stephan Pastis Richard ThompsonFrom their blog, here are the bios for each of the three:Glen Keane is an animator, author, illustrator and director who?s credits include The Little Mermaid (Ariel), Aladdin (Aladdin), Beauty […]
Perhaps not as dangerous as going to Iraq, the effort is no less important. Ten members of the National Cartoonists Society will be heading to San Antonio, TX the first week of March to draw cartoons for soldiers and their families at Brooke Army Medical Center, the Audie Murphy VA Hospital and The Center for […]
Google payed tribute to Rube Goldberg on July 4 on its homepage. Goldberg is famous for creating highly complex machines to perform simple things. It was in that spirit that Google’s logo depicted as a items interacting to raise the American flag. Goldberg is a founding member of The National Cartoonists Society and it is […]
Hogan’s Alley editor Tom Heintjes and photographer David Folkman/strong> have posted the annual gallery of photos from the Reuben Awards weekend.
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 of […]