1966 Reuben Awards Journal Advertisements

 The cover of the Reubens Journal designed by Jerry Robinson.

The 20th anniversary year for the National Cartoonists Society was 1966. Here are some of the advertisements from the Reubens Journal of that year.

The NCS offsets its costs by selling ad space to members -- as well as others who may want to advertise. Many of these are special and unknown drawings by some of the great cartoonists.

Charles Schulz:

Rube Goldberg:

Hank Ketcham saluting the one and only Percy Crosby:

Bud Blake, along with Whitney Darrow, Jr. and Robert Day, salute the Howard Johnson restaurant chain:

Mort Walker:

Charles Saxon for IBM:

Marvel Comics:

 

 Chester Gould:

Mell Lazarus:

 James Thurber:

Walt Kelly:

Harold Gray:

 Jim Berry for NEA:

2011 Reubens Weekend

Above: Mike Lynch and the winner of the Reuben Award: my friend Richard Thompson!

The 65th annual Reuben Awards weekend was held in beautiful, downtown Boston, at the historic Copley Hotel. The Award winners are listed here.

Now, a few photos of the hundreds of cartoonists in attendance during the 3 day event.


National Cartoonists Society President Jeff Keane, dressed in Revolutionary War regalia for the Awards dinner, looks askance at 21st century technology.



NCS Secretary John Kovaleski and Mengxin Li, winner of last year's Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship. Both are lovely and talented. Mengxin's art blows me away!



All the way from Jersey: Award winning illustrator Lori Triefeldt and Rein Triefeldt.


Chapter Chairs (and my good friends) Adrian Sinnott (Long Island) and Tom Stemmle (New Jersey). These guys work hard.


Shaenon Garrity, Brian Moore and Andrew Farago. Three terrific people in the comics biz.



Two from The New Yorker: Zachary Kanin and Farley Katz.



There was a giant shell in the ballroom and I had to have my photo taken in front of it! From left: Alexandra DiTuillio, Mike Lynch and Mengxin Li.



The Aussies copy my photo concept: Jason Chatfield and Luke Watson in a serious conversation in front of that shell.



Bob Rich and NCS Division Newspaper Illustration Award Winner Michael McParlane strike a pose.



The Jeff Kinney seminar was SRO.


Abrams Comicarts, Mad Magazine and Archie: Rachel and Charlie Kochman, Nick Meglin, Stan and Pauline Goldberg.




An angle of the Reuben Awards ballroom.


Another angle of the ballroom, with the stage in the background. Cartoonists clean up good.



The one and only Scott Shaw! fresh from California and Mike Lynch. We talked about our love for the great cartoonist Orlando Busino! Orlando, if you're out there, were your ears buzzing this weekend?



Jason Chatfield, Bunny Hoest and Anton Emdin.



Table 17: Alexandra DiTuillio and Mengxin Li.


My friends: NCS Award Winner (and one of that night's nominees) Sean Kelly and his lovely wife Megan.


Two hard working guys: Mark Tatulli and Awards host Tom Gammill.


Two reasons to buy books: NCS Award Nominee for his graphic novel MARKET DAY James Sturm and Jeff DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Kinney.


NCS Gold Key winner Roy Doty and his entourage!



Chari Pere, Sally Mitchell, Mell Lazarus and David Silverman.



The big event: the Reuben Award. That fellow adjusting his glasses at the bottom of the photo is Richard Thompson. To the right of him, is Award presenter Mort Walker.

Dave Kellett: 2011 Reubens Weekend Journal Comic

Dave Kellett draws his experience of this past weekend's Reuben Awards.

H/t to this year's Reuben Award winner Richard Thompson.

See You Soon

Above: Roy Doty drew the above cover for the 1972 Reuben Awards issue of The Cartoonist magazine, the in-house journal for the NCS. Isn't that a grand drawing? Roy will be honored Saturday night.

I'm away for the 65th annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards weekend. No blogging until I return, OK? OK!

See you next week.

Bill Gallo: 1968 Sports Night

From the April 1969 CARTOONIST, the NCS in-house magazine, then edited by Jud Hurd: here is Chairman Bill Gallo with his 1968 Sports Night event. Rocky Graziano belts out a song! Ralph Houk, manager of the Yankees, is the guest of honor. Jake La Motta does a funny monologue (and ya better LAFF!). Meadowlark Lemon sings! Otto Soglow and Irwin Hasen in a comedy skit written by Bob Dunn. And, to top it all off, Gallo's "Basement Bertha" and Willard Mullins' "Bum" in the NCS version of the wedding of the year. Frank Springer created the awards. Jim Ruth took all of the photos.

What Were You Doing When You Were 21?

Above: What Bil Keane was up to when he was 21 years old.


This year the National Cartoonists Society celebrates its 65th year. The organization has been thru its toddler stage, teenage years, middle age -- but let's take a look at the April 1965 edition of The Cartoon!st magazine, way back when the NCS had its 21st birthday.

Here are a few highlights from a 1965 photo feature from that April 1965 Cartoon!st mag that asks NCS members what they were doing back when they themselves were 21 years old. The complete photos, all 40 of them, follow below.

Bill Holman:


Paul Fung:



Jerry Dumas:

Prolific gag cartoonist Chon Day:



Here's a the complete 1965 "What Were You Doing When You Were 21?" photo feature:













Hat tip to Don Orehek! Thanks, Don!