NCS

Relating to the National Cartoonists' Society

Congrats to Shep

Congratulations to Shep for his recent acceptance into the NCS.  Long time coming and well deserved, Shep!

Jack

Chairman, SECNCS

Congrats to Mike

Congratulations to our very own Mike Lester for taking home the gold-- er, pewter-- in the Book Division at the Reubens.

Reuben Award Winners

The results are in for the NCS' annual awards. Here they are, thanks to the fine folks at "Hogan's Alley"!

Mad cartoonist Will Elder dies at 86

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

And the winner for best use of Flash is...

The New York Times, for this interactive collection of Al Jaffee's MAD Fold-Ins!

When jury duty is fun!

More than just the usual slackjawed bunch showed up at the stately intergalactic headquarters of Turner Broadcasting on Saturday, March 28, to judge the entries for the Newspaper Panel Reuben.

Reuben Division Jury

Okay, the deadline has passed, and the number of submissions in our jury this year is about 30. A good number, don't you guys think? At any rate, we'll be ganging up in Atlanta on the last Saturday in March to give 'em a good going over. All you NCSers leave that day (and the appropriate travel time) open, y'hear?

Greg, your chairman

Doug Marlette (1949-2007)

By MARTHA WAGGONER Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Doug Marlette, the North Carolina-born cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize and created the popular strip "Kudzu," was killed in a car accident Tuesday morning in Mississippi, authorities said. He was 57.

Marlette, who joined the Tulsa (Okla.) World last year, was the passenger in the car, which struck a tree after skidding on a rain-slicked road, said John Garrison, the coroner in Mississippi's Marshall County.

"Evidently, it hydroplaned, left the highway and struck the tree," Garrison said.

New NCS Officers

The 2007-2009 Board of Directors of the National Cartoonists' Society was chosen at the Annual Meeting in Orlando. The roster is:

President: Jeff Keane First VP: Greg Evans Second VP: Bill Amend Third VP: Hilary B. Price Membership Chairman: Dave Coverly Treasurer: Bill Hinds Secretary: Rick Kirkman National Representative: Mike Lynch

At the Reubens (with pictures!!)

Congrats to our very own Mike Lester, who won the award for Book Illustration at the 61st Annual Reuben Awards Banquet in Orlando on May 26, 2007. The other winners were:

Advertising Illustration : Tom Richmond Animation Feature: Carter Goodrich (character designer, Open Season Animation Television: Craig McCracken (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) Book Illustration: Mike Lester Comic Books: Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) Editorial Cartoons: Mike Ramirez Gag Cartoons: Drew Dernavich Greeting Cards: Carla Ventresca

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