The National Cartoonist Society and the United Service Organizations sponsored a trip to visit with American wounded soldiers in Germany earlier this month. Here’s a round up of write-ups on the experience:» Tom Richmond, one of participating cartoonists writes up the visit to the National Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Military […]
As announced earlier, Chip Bok, Jeff Keane, Rick Kirkman, Mike Peters, Mike Luchovich, Walt Handlesman, Stephan Pastis, and Tom Richmond are visiting wounded troops in Washington D.C. and Germany. Stars and Stripes has a write up of their visit to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.The trip is sponsored by The National Cartoonists Society […]
The National Cartoonists Society and United Service Organizations are sponsoring a trip for several cartoonists to Washington D.C. and Europe to visit U.S. veterans and injured soldiers at military hospitals. So far the cartoonists include Jeff Keane (Family Circus), Mike Peters (Mother Goose and Grimm, editorial cartoonist), Mike Luchovich (editorial cartoonist), Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before […]
The National Cartoonist Society has awarded this year’s Reuben Award for the Outstanding Cartoonist of the year to Al Jaffee. Al is a legendary cartoonist who is best known for his MAD Magazine’s Fold-in. He joined Mad Magazine in 1964.
Sanda Boyton has been honored by the National Cartoonist Society with their Milton Caniff Lifetime Acheivement. “When they called me to tell me I had won the award I was alone and so I sat down and thought about the honor and realized I might be older than I thought,” Sandra joked as she accepted […]
The National Cartoonist Society has awarded this year’s Silver T-Square to Stu Rees for his contribution to the organization in legal matters. His service has “saved the society an immence amount of money.”“Itâ??s been a real privilege to work for the NCS and individual cartoonists for the last 10 years now and I hope to […]
While Wiley Miller opts to make his Reuben Award winner prediction in a retractable-less cartoon that’s set to print on Sunday – just hours after the formal announcement is made, Tom Heintjes, editor of “Hogan’s Magazine” has posted his predictions for all the division awards as well as the Reuben Award. NOMINEES FOR THE REUBEN […]
The AAEC has issued an open letter to the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Courts opposing the current Orphan Works legislation that is working its way through congress. In a joint letter, Nick Anderson, President of The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and Jeff Keane, President of the National Cartooning Society, they wrote, The Association […]
The National Cartoonists Society board and Stu Rees, NCS Attorney, have sent out the following email to its members asking them to oppose the Orphan Works Act of 2008 that is currently making its way through congress. Dear National Cartoonists Society Member: The NCS Board and Stu Rees (NCS legal counsel) are taking the unusual […]
The National Cartoonist Society Foundation has awarded scholarship money to two Minneapolis College of Art and Design students, Christina Beard and Evan Palmer. Christina is specializing in character and game design and Evan is studying to be a traditional comic book artist. Both students are seniors. Tom Richmond, who attended the college’s Annual Partners in […]
The NCS’ web site hasn’t been updated yet, but Mike Lynch has posted the two remaining division category nominees that seem to be missing from the NCS site.They are:Advertising Illustration Jack Pittman Tom Richmond Tom Stiglich Newspaper Panel Chad Carpenter — Tundra Glenn & Gary McCoy — The Flying McCoys Kieran Meehan — Meehan Regarding […]
E&P has written an excellent article on this year’s National Cartoonist Society Silver T-Square recipient, Stu Rees. Stu is an entertainment lawyer who “represent three-quarters of new comic launches” as he is one of the few attorneys that specializes in syndication contracts. He is also a cartoonist himself, and offers an unique perspective of the […]
The National Cartoonist Society will be honoring Sandra Boynton with its Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. Sandra is best known for her many children’s books with cuddly animals and sparse layout, but she began her career creating greeting cards and her 1975 “Hippo Birdie Two Ewes” card has sold over 200 millions copies. In addition […]
Most of the NCS Division Awards candidates have been posted. Here is the run down so far. Animation Feature Brad Bird, “Ratatouille” Sylvain Deboissy, “Surf’s up” David Silverman, “The Simpsons Movie” Television Animation Sandra Equiha &Amp; Jorge Gutierrez, “El Tigre: The Adventures, of Manny Rivera Stephen Silver, “Kim Possible” Richard Webber, “Purple and Brown” Book […]
For those who wish to be considered for a National Cartoonists Society division award, the deadline for submission is February 23rd. Each entry must have been published between December 1, 2006 and December 31st, 2007. Though I’m not 100% sure, I believe the list below outlines which NCS chapter will be judging which category. To […]