Biographic / Kid City / TrivQuiz Creator Steve McGarry to be honored

‎"Top Cartoonist Steve McGarry Wins Service Award from Cartoonists Society Las Vegas, NV Thursday, May 24, 2012

Steve McGarry, prolific creator of the comic strips Biographic, Pop Culture and Badlands, will be honored with the National Cartoonists Society's Silver T-Square Award at the 66th Annual NCS Reuben Awards on May 26th, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Silver T-Square is awarded, by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors, to persons who have demonstrated outstanding dedication or service to the Society or the profession. 

Steve McGarry was elected to the board of directors of the National Cartoonist's Society, the world's premier organization for cartooning professionals, in 1999. Two years later, he was elected NCS President, and re-elected in 2001 – becoming only the third President in NCS history to serve consecutive terms. He was also the driving force behind the NCS Foundation, the charitable arm of the organization. The Foundation not only supports cartooning and cartoonists, but every year gives out the Jay Kennnedy Memorial Scholarship to a deserving college student. 

Mr. McGarry can be reached at mac@stevemcgarry.com. For further information about Steve visit http://www.stevemcgarry.com/ 

The National Cartoonists Society was formed in 1946 and numbers some 600 of the world's top cartoonists in its ranks. Each year, the Society honors the profession's outstanding artists at the annual Reuben Awards Weekend, the Oscars of the cartooning world. For further information about the NCS visit www.reuben.org


Hilary Price
National Cartoonists Society
Florence, MA
413-320-2165

Press release today from the National Cartoonists Society
www.reuben.org



WHOA! 20K+ Twitter #Followers?! -- GIVEAWAY TIME!

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Woohoo! We are ecstatic at the sheer love for @GoComics! As a token of our love and appreciation for all of you, we’re having an international giveaway!

 

There will be a total of three winners, including one grand prize winner. Winners will receive:

 

• Winner One: Autographed Cul de Sac print from Richard Thompson

• Winner Two: Autographed Arlo and Janis print from Jimmy Johnson

• Grand Prize Winner: Autographed Big Nate ORIGINAL PRINT from Lincoln Peirce + 1-Year GoComics Pro Membership

 

HOW TO WIN:

Simply leave a comment answering this question: How old were you when you first started reading the funnies?

 

You have ONE WEEK to answer. Names from comments will be will be pooled together on Tuesday, May 28th at 12pm CST. Winners will be announced at 2pm that day on the blog, Facebook and Twitter, so keep an eye out!

 

Good luck and thanks again for the follows. We love ya!

 



Reubens Weekend Beckons!

This weekend is the National Cartoonists Society's annual awards show. UU is honored to have multiple nominees up this year. 

 

Reuben (Cartoonist of the Year)

 

- Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine)

 

Best Comic Strip

 

- Glenn McCoy (The Duplex)

 

Best Comic Panel 

 

- Wiley Miller (Non Sequitur)

 

- Mark Parisi (Off the Mark)

 

And a couple of creators nominated in non-UU fields Lucky Cow's Mark Pett for childrens' book illustration and Rick "Soup to Nutz" Stromoski in Greeting Cards. 

 

Maybe I'm small-minded and I certainly don't wish anything bad for any of the other nominees, but wouldn't it just feel wrong if anyone but UU people won every category? Even in the categories where no one from UU is nominated?

 



Welcome, Mac!

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A Big Mac Welcome! Illustrator Michael McParlane's new panel "Mac" debuts today on GoComics. 

 

Michael is a two-time winner of the National Cartoonists Society award for best newspaper illustration (and nominated again this year). 

 

He's also a noted long-distance runner and one heckuva a nice guy. He was born in Britain but now lives in Western Pennsylvania. Check out his illustration site here. 

 




The Human Camera


h/t to Derf

I've been called the "Human Ampersand" before. Though no one's ever told me why.



20,000+ Twitter followers! Thank you!

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Wow! I'm tingling! In fact, I haven't tingled this much since I saw England Dan and John Ford Coley doing an impromtu jam session down at my local pizza parlor. Thank you. According to some reports we've seen only one half of one percent of all twitter accounts have more than 20,000 followers


And now we're in that rarified air, all because of you and your silly, delicious love of comics! Look out Lady Gaga we're coming for you! Minaj, be warned! Katy Perry, call me! 

-JG

 

 



Twitter Contest (10k Followers) - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

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Well, now that we're almost to 20k Twitter followers, it's time to announce the winners of the 10k #Followers contest (thanks for the follows, by the way)! 

 

THE WINNERS ARE...

Winner: Lee Collier

Winner: KingofLight22

Grand Prize Winner: Nathan Viney

 

Congrats! Please send your shipping address to socialmedia@amuniversal.com, please also include "Twitter Contest Winner" in the subject line. You have one week to send your info in before other winners are selected.

 

Thank you to everyone who commented. More giveaways to come!



Li'l Mitt in "The Barber of Bloomfield Hills"

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A very special "Tom the Dancing Bug." 

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Hey, friends, Have you Heard the News!? It's Classic Doozie Week!

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Dean Doozie has an infectious way about him that really warms the blood! Click here to start your journey back in Doozie-Time!



Publishers Weekly reviews "Lio: There's a Monster in My Socks"


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Review here. Here's a juicy tidbit, the original title Mark suggested was "There's a Monster in my Underpants." It almost made it through too. 

 

Pre-order here.




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