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June 2nd, 2008 | Posted in General
Well, not literally…. although with the spring we’ve had in Minnesota I wouldn’t bet against snow in June. I mean snowed under with jobs right now. I finished my MAD job but have two other major projects that are coming due right now so this week and next are going to be a continuation of the same old story. I wanted to post my thoughts on the season finale of LOST, which I finally got to watch last night… but I really cannot justify that time right now. I just couldn’t bring myself to post the Dreaded Deadline Demon again today, so instead here is… READ MORE
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in General
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May 27th, 2008 | Posted in General
Another Reuben Awards in the books. This was our 10th time attending… The Lovely Anna and I have never missed one since I became a member in 1999. Cartooning is a strange business and occupation… it’s one where you strive to communicate with the world through humor via words and images, yet most do it sitting alone at their drawing table with little or no interaction with others. It’s a solitary process and the feedback you get can be little to none. That’s what makes the NCS such a great organization, and the Reubens such an important function to so many. It’s the one place… READ MORE
May 26th, 2008 | Posted in General
I had intended a nice, involved wrap up of the Reuben weekend today with lots of pictures both from the awards dinner Saturday and the various events on Sunday, but it wasn’t until this morning that I realized I did not bring the proper data cable along to transfer pictures from The Lovely Anna‘s camera to my laptop. Since I left my own camera at the room that makes me SOL until I get back home to the studio. Look for that post tomorrow. Here’s one more pic from my camera from Saturday’s event. Suffice it to say the Reubens were again a great time… READ MORE
May 25th, 2008 | Posted in General
There were seminars on Saturday by the irrepressible Mort Gerberg and the adorable Sandra Boynton, but I had to miss them both as I was busy inking a MAD job all afternoon. I did get to get dressed up and go to the awards ceremony that evening, though! Al Jaffee and Mel Lazarus First off, the winner of the Reuben for “Cartoonist of the Year”: Al Jaffee. Al is such a great guy and such an inspirational talent. Even though this award is really supposed to recognize the achievements of the past year’s work of a cartoonist, in this case it was really more of… READ MORE
May 24th, 2008 | Posted in General
It was an early morning yesterday when about 85 NCS members gathered in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton and boarded two buses to travel to our Habitat for Humanity project. NCS President Jeff Keane really wanted to make this outing a part of the Reubens to give attendees a chance to lend a hand to some of the people who are still struggling terribly from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area. There was a great response and despite the early hour and the long bus ride to the sites we worked on, the enthusiasm was very evident. Our group received a… READ MORE
May 22nd, 2008 | Posted in General
The Lovely Anna and I are on our way to New Orleans today for the 62nd Annual National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Awards. As always, the weekend is full of activities, seminars, events and other cartooning goodness. It can get a little wild at times, but that’s to be expected considering that the nature of professional cartooning is one of mainly solitude in our lonely little studios… when we get a chance to get together we make the most out of it. …oh, and as usual I’ll be working on a job when I’m there as well. Bleech. Look for daily reports here on The MAD… READ MORE
May 20th, 2008 | Posted in General
Still under the gun with work before the big Reubens trip, but rather than post the Dreaded Deadline Demon I thought I’d share a link to a website I recently discovered that is both a lot of fun and very sad at the same time. PhotoShop Disasters is a website that’s a little like Jay Leno‘s “Stupid Headlines” skits on “The Tonight Show“… except funny. Contributors send in bad PhotoShop jobs and the authors poke fun at the results. Here’s one from a recent post at PsD: Ooops. One too many hands! That guys must have trouble with “hand” penalties. There are many examples, some… READ MORE
