Well! We missed some of our members at the latest meeting, and it was their loss. The venue, the town, the guests and the weather couldn't have been better.

The August meeting of the WNC group of the SECNCS was held last night at our usual watering hole, Frank's Roman Pizza in Asheville, NC.

The Asheville group (serving western North Carolina, Upstate South Carolina, and East Tennessee as much as possible) announces a day of "Shop Talk" to be held from 10am - 3pm, Saturday August 16, 2008

This comes via Yong Higdon, concerning previous Chapter Chairman Bruce Higdon:

This comes via Steve Haynie:

Nacho Bear, a series of 2 minute cartoon shorts that Art Roche pitched last year as part of an in-house search, was selected by Cartoon Network. The shorts will make their “network debut” this Sunday, June 8, from 12:00-6:00 as part of a marathon of their regular cartoons.

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j4BW1AyD9j5tUMO-pTq2i6Dr0r-A

Woman who was inspiration for 'Family Circus' Mommy dies at 82 16 hours ago

I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired of seeing the same art that we've had in the header for the last three years... Let's get some new art!!

The Comics Journal's "Journalista!" newsblog is reporting that MAD cartoonist Will Elder has passed away at age 86.

Anyone (in the U.S.) who e-mails us a request on this Saturday, May 3, will receive a copy. No strings attached!