Sunday, May 26, 2013

Congratulations to this year's Reuben Winners!!!


A big congratulations to the 67th Annual Reuben Award winners at Saturday night's ceremonies:

Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year goes to (a tie) Rick Kirkman and Brian Crane. Great job, fellas.

Also, in their respective categories, congratulations to:

TELEVISION ANIMATION

Rich Webber, Director, Aardman Animation Studios, “DC Nation”

EATURE ANIMATION

Joann Sfar, Director, “The Rabbi’s Cat”

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION

Dave Whamond

GAG CARTOONS

Roz Chast

GREETING CARDS

Jem Sullivan

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS

Brian Basset “Red and Rover”

NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS

Hilary Price “Rhymes with Orange”

MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION

Anton Emdin

BOOK ILLUSTRATION

John Rocco- Blackout

EDITORIAL CARTOONS

Jen Sorenson

ADVERTISING and PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION

Ed Steckley

COMIC BOOKS

Bernie Wrightson “Frankenstein Alive, Alive!”

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Chris Ware- “Building Stories”

ON-LINE COMICS – SHORT FORM

Graham Harrop “Ten Cats”

ON-LINE COMICS – LONG FORM

Vince Dorse “Untold Tales of Bigfoot”

My only regret is that I wasn't able to be there for all the fun. But I am feeling better now. See you next year, gang!

— ME

Friday, May 17, 2013

At the Reuben's...

I just received word that the Goodie Bag stuffing will take place on Thursday, May 23 at 2:00 pm at The Omni William Penn Hotel, 530 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Phone: 412-281-7100 in the Franklin & Greene room.

I'm looking for all North Central attendees to lend a hand. Last year our own John Hambrock was a "machine" when it came to sortin' 'n stackin' of the bags. So I'm hoping he and Anne will be there to lend a hand, once again. :-)

See you next week, Tooners!

Your beheaded leader,
ME

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

SpringCon Comic Book Carnival, May 18-19

If you haven't heard about it yet, the Minnesota State Fairgrounds will be the place to be this weekend, May 18-19, 10a-5p (both days).
Our own Jim Horwitz will be there and is wondering if any other North Central Members will be in attendance. If you are planning on attending, please let Jim know.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

What makes and editorial cartoon and editorial cartoon? — Ann Telnaes

Ann Telnaes, Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist at the Washington Post, posted a wonderful piece on her website this morning. My friends, this is well worth reading. Is your syndicate doing this to you? Are they asking you to participate in this kind of action that lowers the bar for serious editorial cartoonists everywhere? If so, you have to ask yourself if you want to add to the further decay of the editorial cartoon industry (although given how its been treated over the past several years, it's less and industry and more like a mom 'n pop store).

Your fretless leader,
ME

Comic Con International Awards

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees 2013

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Congress speaks!

Congress sides with the NRA rather than the victims of gun violence.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Happy 75!

Happy Birthday to the Man of Steel! Superman is 75 today. Three cheers!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

PULITZER PRIZE for EDITORIAL CARTOONING

Congratulations to STEVE SACK, Minneapolis Star Tribune!!

This year's Pulitzer winner for Editorial Cartooning. Well done, Steve!