2010 Reuben Award Nominees

The National Cartoonist Society has chosen its three nominees for the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.


And the Reuben Award nominees are:

Glen Keane



Stephan Pastis



Richard Thompson


Congratulations to all of the nominees!

The winner, chosen by NCS artist members, will be announced at the 65th Annual Reuben Awards Dinner on May 28, 2011

NCS Division Awards - Call for Entries

NCS Division Awards - Call for Entries LAST CALL

Entries deadline: February 6, 2011. No emails submissions please.

From the National Cartoonists Society:

It’s time to prepare your entry for the National Cartoonists Society Division Awards.

Below, you will see the list of the juries which will judge the categories, the jury chair and the address to which you will send your entry.

Please remember only recent work can be considered. This means work published between the dates of December 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010.

Please submit published tear sheets when possible and document when and where the work was published. Members of the National Cartoonists Society and nonmembers may submit.

Each entry must be accompanied by a completed ENTRY FORM and a BIO SHEET.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE PRINTED AND MAILED. NO EMAIL SUBMISSIONS PLEASE.

The winners will be announced at the 65th Annual Reuben Awards Dinner on May 28, 2011.

Cartoonists are invited to submit their work (or the work of anyone else) no later than February 6, 2011, for consideration for one or more of the following Division Awards:

TELEVISION ANIMATION
Submit one or more samples in VHS or DVD format of aired or exhibited
work that was released in the year 2010 to: Rob Smith, Jr., NCS
Florida Chapter, PO Box 540103, Orlando, FL 32854-0103
(ncs@robsmithjr.com)

FEATURE ANIMATION
Submit one or more samples in VHS or DVD format of aired or exhibited
work that was released in the year 2010 to: David Folkman, NCS Los
Angeles Chapter, 6171 W. Century Blvd. #160, Los Angeles, CA 90045
(folkmanart@aol.com)

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION
Submit 6 samples of published work to: Adrian Sinnott, NCS Long Island
Chapter, 27 East 24th Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746-3701
(acsinnott@adriansinnott.com)

GAG CARTOONS
Submit 12 samples of published work to: Mike Edholm, NCS North Central
Chapter, 2108 Sandstone Road, Lincoln, NE 08512 (medholm1@mac.com)

GREETING CARDS
Submit 6 samples of published work to: Ron Evry, NCS DC Chapter, 2880
Cedar Crest Court, Woodbridge, VA 22192-3119 (revry@panix.com)

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS
Submit 12 samples of published work to: Polly Keener, NCS Great Lakes
Chapter, 400 W. Fairlawn Blvd., Akron, OH 44313-4510
(pollytoon@aol.com)

NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS
Submit 12 samples of published work to: Doug Bratton, NCS Metro
Chapter, 17 Crestmont Drive, Dover, NJ 07801 (bratcartoonist1@aol.com)

MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION
Submit 6 samples of published work to: Patricia Storms, NCS Canadian
Chapter, 65 Bernice Crescent, Toronto, Ontario CANADA M6N 1W7
(gpstorms@rogers.com)

BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Send up to 6 samples of published work to: Jack Pittman, NCS Southeast
Chapter, 1740 Brooks Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27607-6618
(jack@jackpittman.net)

EDITORIAL CARTOONS
Submit 12-20 samples of published work to: Brian Walker, NCS
Connecticut Chapter, 34 Old Forge Rd., Wilton, CT 06897-3707
(hiandlois1@aol.com)

ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION
Submit 4 samples of published and marketed work to: Graham Nolan, NCS
Upstate NY Chapter, 162 Godfrey Terrace, East Aurora, NY 14052
(gnolan@sunshinestatecomics.com)

COMIC BOOKS
Submit 3 samples of published work to: David Coulson, NCS Pennsylvania
Chapter, 6425 Wilkins Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
(ndavid.coulson@gmail.com)

GRAPHIC NOVELS
Submit book published in 2010 to: Mike Lynch, NCS National
Representative, 61 Nutes Road, Milton, NH 03851-4800
(mike@mikelynchcartoons.com)

Once again: Each entry must be accompanied by a completed ENTRY FORM and a BIO SHEET. ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE PRINTED AND MAILED. NO EMAIL SUBMISSIONS PLEASE.

The submission deadline is February 6, 2011.

Illustrations by Sergio Aragones for the NCS.

NCS Division Awards - Call for Entries

From the National Cartoonists Society:

It’s time to prepare your entry for the National Cartoonists Society Division Awards.

Below, you will see the list of the juries which will judge the categories, the jury chair and the address to which you will send your entry.

Please remember only recent work can be considered. This means work published between the dates of December 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010.

Please submit published tear sheets when possible and document when and where the work was published. Members of the National Cartoonists Society and nonmembers may submit.

Each entry must be accompanied by a completed ENTRY FORM and a BIO SHEET.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE PRINTED AND MAILED. NO EMAIL SUBMISSIONS PLEASE.

The winners will be announced at the 65th Annual Reuben Awards Dinner on May 28, 2011.

Cartoonists are invited to submit their work (or the work of anyone else) no later than February 6, 2011, for consideration for one or more of the following Division Awards:

TELEVISION ANIMATION
Submit one or more samples in VHS or DVD format of aired or exhibited
work that was released in the year 2010 to: Rob Smith, Jr., NCS
Florida Chapter, PO Box 540103, Orlando, FL 32854-0103
(ncs@robsmithjr.com)

FEATURE ANIMATION
Submit one or more samples in VHS or DVD format of aired or exhibited
work that was released in the year 2010 to: David Folkman, NCS Los
Angeles Chapter, 6171 W. Century Blvd. #160, Los Angeles, CA 90045
(folkmanart@aol.com)

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION
Submit 6 samples of published work to: Adrian Sinnott, NCS Long Island
Chapter, 27 East 24th Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746-3701
(acsinnott@adriansinnott.com)

GAG CARTOONS
Submit 12 samples of published work to: Mike Edholm, NCS North Central
Chapter, 2108 Sandstone Road, Lincoln, NE 08512 (medholm1@mac.com)

GREETING CARDS
Submit 6 samples of published work to: Ron Evry, NCS DC Chapter, 2880
Cedar Crest Court, Woodbridge, VA 22192-3119 (revry@panix.com)

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS
Submit 12 samples of published work to: Polly Keener, NCS Great Lakes
Chapter, 400 W. Fairlawn Blvd., Akron, OH 44313-4510
(pollytoon@aol.com)

NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS
Submit 12 samples of published work to: Doug Bratton, NCS Metro
Chapter, 17 Crestmont Drive, Dover, NJ 07801 (bratcartoonist1@aol.com)

MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION
Submit 6 samples of published work to: Patricia Storms, NCS Canadian
Chapter, 65 Bernice Crescent, Toronto, Ontario CANADA M6N 1W7
(gpstorms@rogers.com)

BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Send up to 6 samples of published work to: Jack Pittman, NCS Southeast
Chapter, 1740 Brooks Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27607-6618
(jack@jackpittman.net)

EDITORIAL CARTOONS
Submit 12-20 samples of published work to: Brian Walker, NCS
Connecticut Chapter, 34 Old Forge Rd., Wilton, CT 06897-3707
(hiandlois1@aol.com)

ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION
Submit 4 samples of published and marketed work to: Graham Nolan, NCS
Upstate NY Chapter, 162 Godfrey Terrace, East Aurora, NY 14052
(gnolan@sunshinestatecomics.com)

COMIC BOOKS
Submit 3 samples of published work to: David Coulson, NCS Pennsylvania
Chapter, 6425 Wilkins Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
(ndavid.coulson@gmail.com)

GRAPHIC NOVELS
Submit book published in 2010 to: Mike Lynch, NCS National
Representative, 61 Nutes Road, Milton, NH 03851-4800
(mike@mikelynchcartoons.com)

Once again: Each entry must be accompanied by a completed ENTRY FORM and a BIO SHEET. ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE PRINTED AND MAILED. NO EMAIL SUBMISSIONS PLEASE.

The submission deadline is February 6, 2010.

Illustrations by Sergio Aragones for the NCS.

NCS Reubens Weekend: Link Round Up UPDATED

Above photo from 1948, via the Fred Waring Cartoon Collection.

Here are some links to cartoonists' blogs and sites, where one can see more photos / comments / etc. to the recent 64th annual NCS Reubens weekend. First: here's the List of Award Winners.

There are a lot of photos on Facebook, but the ones I've looked at do not have a "general public link" and are closed to anyone who is not a FB friend of the poster. My personal thanks to those whose photos I snagged for this updated entry.

Please email me if you have a link to add. Thanks!

VIDEO: Opening movie

VIDEO: Tom Gammill at the Reubens

"Tea Berry-Blue"

Above photo of NCS Division Award and Award winner Steve Brodner via Steve Brodner

Steve Brodner

Michael Cavna

Barbara Dale cartoon jam


Above photo via Anton Emdin; from left: Stan Goldberg, Anton Emdin, Adrian Sinnott

Anton Emdin Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Tayo Fatunla


Above photo of the one and only Mort Walker in all his finery via Chad Frye

Chad Frye Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Shaenon Garrity

John Glynn


Above photo of the Reuben Award via one of its nominees, Richard Thompson

Steve Greenberg on Dan Piraro's Reuben win.

Alex Hallatt

John Hambrock Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Above: Alex Hallatt and Don Orehek, via Mike Lynch

R.C. Harvey "Carping about the NCS Awards (Again)"

Taylor Jones

Above photo of Joe Kubert and his Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award via Tayo Fatunla

Mike Lynch

NCS NYC Metro Chapter

Rina Piccolo


Rick Kirkman and Tom Richmond. Above photo via Chad Frye

Tom Richmond

The Six Chix

Jeff Stahler


Above photo stolen from Mike Lynch. From left: Mike, Sandra Boynton, George and Dione Booth, Mo Willems

Dan Thompson

Richard Thompson

Closing night's Gag Cartoon Smackdown.

Video: 2010 NCS Reubens: Opening Movie

On Saturday bight, May 29, 2010, at the black tie Reuben Award dinner, the lights dimmed and several hundred cartoonists sat and watched this movie. There was no intro, no "let me set this up." Here it is:



Related: Tom Gammill at the Reubens

Related: NCS Reubens Link Round Up

Video: Tom Gammill at the Reubens

This is a video that the audience was shown at the recent 2010 Reubens. It stars Tom Gammill, who was also that evening's host. I laughed and laughed and laughed. To say any more, would destroy the surprises within.









Related: NCS Reubens Link Round Up

Video: Taylor Jones and Jeff Stahler

Via Daryl Cagle, here are conversations with editorial cartoonist Jeff Stahler and caricaturist Taylor Jones. These were both recorded during this past weekend's Reubens convention.

2010 National Cartoonists Society Reubens Weekend

Above: Richard Thompson, Garry Trudeau and some fellow named McMeel!

Here are a few photos from the 2010 National Cartoonists Society Reubens Weekend, which was held in Jersey City, NJ, May 28-30, 2010.



The one and only Mell Lazarus and my pal Leif Peng.

John McMeel and my pal Sean Kelly, with the golden light of the Jersey sunset hitting the New York skyline.


John Nolan (husband to Stephanie Piro) and Don Orehek.



Tom Stiglich and illustrator Paul Combs.



Nominee Tony Carillo, lovely wife Lindsay Carillo and lovely gag cartoonist Ken Krimstein.


Mo Willems, Shaenon Garrity and Andrew Farago.



Brian Moore and Hilary Price.



Mike Lynch, Sandra Boynton, George Booth, Dione Booth and Mo Willems.



Terry and Patty LaBan, who I met for the first time!



Lee Salem and Mike Lynch.



Jyrki Vainio, John Nolan and Don Orehek.



John's caricature by Don.



Two of my favorite people: Juana Medina and Stan Goldberg.



Mike Lynch, NCS Division Award winner Ray Alma and Adrian Sinnott.



That's a real car on Adrian's tie! OK, well I thought it was cool.



Rina Piccolo, Don Orehek and Stan Goldberg.



Daryl Cagle and Taylor Jones.



Susan Camilleri Konar, Richard Thompson, Kristen and Corey Pandolph.


Tony Leonardi, Peter and Debbie Guren.


Sarah and George Booth prep for his presentation.



George's label for his wife's NCS goody bag.



George and Booth dog.



Two men who defined comics: Jerry Robinson and Joe Kubert.



Cutting the rug on Reuben Awards evening: Bunny Hoest and George Booth.


Alex Hallatt and Don Orehek.




3 of the SIX CHIX: Anne Gibbons, Isabella Bannerman and Stephanie Piro.


Tayo, Graham Nolan, Mike Lynch.


Ronnie Del Carmen, who had just won the NCS Division Award for his Pixar's UP storyboarding, and Brian Moore.



Chad Frye and Tom Stemmle.


Post-Reubens night: a bird's eye shot of Alex Hallatt, leaning on a wall, drawing in Anton Emdin's sketchbook.



Rob Rogers, Steve Brodner and Juana Medina.



Jerry and Gro Robinson, Mike Lynch.



A bit o' Sam Viviano, the award winning Tom Richmond, Charlie Kochman and Nick Meglin.



Stan Goldberg, the award winning Debbie Tomassi, Florenz and Hy Eisman.



Cheri and Stephanie Pere.


My pal Richard Thompson and me, Mike Lynch. (EDIT: No it isn't. As Brian Fies points out in the comments below, that is the handsome Mo Willems next to Richard. Mea culpa, Mo! I am so tired from the Reubens I -- GASP! -- don't know WHO I am!)



This was Sunday night's view from the stage during the Gag Cartoon Smackdown.



Matt Diffee, the "Stuckey and Murray Comedy Empire," and Chad Frye.



Shaenon Garrity, Andrew Farago and Mike Lynch getting close.



Tired. Can't smile. Mike Lynch and the irrepressible Sam Viviano.



Midnight or so. The view from the hotel.

More photos at Tom Richmond's blog, and they are popping up on Facebook all over. More anon.