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Just released: Tom Gammill’s opening number for the 2014 Reuben Awards:Always great.

This year’s Reubens Award Weekend was held in the spectacular San Diego California. It was only my third NCS weekend, so I’m not the best barometer for attendance. Apart from live-tweeting the winners on Saturday night, I’ll admit, I put aside my the “reporter duties” and just enjoyed the event. My photos are slimmer than […]

This last weekend was the National Cartoonists Society’s annual Reuben Awards weekend. It was a fabulous event. I’ll post a write-up here shortly. But as fun as the weekend was, the reason we were all there was to find out who were the big winners. Without further delay, below are the winners of the division […]

The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced the recipient of this year’s Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship is Renee Faundo, a character animation major at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA. She wins a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to this year’s Reuben Award Weekend in San Diego, CA.From the NCSF: In addition […]

The National Cartoonists Society has announced the division awards for the 68th Annual NCS Reuben Awards. Looking through the different categories, I certainly have my favorites and hopefuls. Overall, strong contenders in each division. The winners will be announced during the annual Reuben Awards dinner Memorial Day weekend. Best of luck to all the nominees!Editorial […]

It’s that time of year again. The National Cartoonists Society is open for entries for consideration in their Divisional Awards. You don’t have to be a member to submit your work, but eligibility is determined on whether you “earn the greater part of their living directly from cartooning/comic art” (i.e are you a “professional”).Visit Reuben.org […]

The National Cartoonists Society announced that Bunny Hoest and John Reiner will be honored with the Gold Key Award at next year’s Reuben Award Weekend and thus becoming inducted into the NCS Hall of Fame.From the announcement: Bunny Hoest is the writer of several cartoon series, including The Lockhorns, Laugh Parade and Howard Huge, all […]

Another write up about the recent USO/NCS trip. This time Ocala Star Banner profiles Rob Smith Jr..From Ocala Star Banner: The artists don’t discuss in detail what they draw during the tours. “We don’t use any of it for our promotion. It’s personal. It’s for them. It’s a way to show that we’re appreciative for […]

Local news WBNG talks with B.C. cartoonist Mason Mastroianni’s about his USO/NCS trips overseas to draw cartoons for the troops.

Another group of NCS cartoonists headed out to visited troops in Afghanistan. The tours are sponsored by the USO. The cartoonists spent nine days abroad. The cartoonists in this latest group include:Ray Alma (MAD Magazine), Paul Combs (Illustrator, editorial cartoonist), Bruce Higdon (Punderstatements), Jeff Keane (The Family Circus), Mason Mastroianni (B.C.), Michael Ramirez (editorial cartoonist), […]

The National Cartoonist Society has announced this year’s division award nominees. The winners will be announced during their annual Reuben Awards dinner in Pittsburgh, PA. Here are the nominees: Television Animation Todd Kauffman, Executive Producer, “Sidekick” Alberto Mielgo, Production Design, “Tron: Uprising” Rich Webber, Director, Aardman Animation Studios, “DC Nation” Feature Animation Rich Moore, Director, […]

The nominees for the 2012 National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” have been announced. Nominees are: Brian Crane, creator of Pickles, Rick Kirkman, co-creator of Baby Blues and Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine. This is Rick’s first nomination nod. Brian and Stephan have been nominated previously (third for […]

The National Cartoonists Society has expanded the criteria for the new Online Comics Division Award that was introduced last year. The change splits the award into two categories – long form (think online comic books or graphic novels) and short form comics (think comic strips, panels). As they did last year, a panel will evaluate […]

A video flashback from Michael Jantze: Tom Gammil, host of the NCS Reuben Awards, and I came up with a Las Vegas send up to announce the nominees for the Reuben Award, Outstanding Cartooning of the Year. Here’s Stephan Pastis, Tom Richmond and Brian Crane being forthright and magnanimous. Such gentlemen!

John Lotshaw is developing a comic strip and he’ll be chronicling the progress on the National Cartoonists Society’s blog. John writes:Over the course of the next few months, I will be developing a new comic, entitled Ray Blaster in Blazin’ Phazers. My starting point for this concept was the idea of “Thimble Theater in space” […]