REUBEN WEEKEND SCRAPBOOK
The National Cartoonists Society 58th Annual
REUBEN AWARDS
Memorial Day Weekend · May 28-30 2004
The Fairmont Hotel · Kansas City, MO
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The banquet's GLC table. Front Row: Geraldine and Jerry Dowling; Julie and Steve Boreman. Back Row: Frank and Janet Pauer with daughter Lauren; (?) the daughter of Sandra Boynton; Ed Black; Don Peoples; Polly Keener.
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GLCer Roy Doty (R) gets in a group photo of NCS members who've been in the NCS for 35 years or more, but Dave Folkman (second from right) is a bit youmg to be in this exclusive group. He took a picture, then veteran NCS member Frank Springer offered to take one of him with the group. The back of Frank's head can be seen. Others include (L to R): Nick Meglin of Mad Magazine, Jerry Robinson, comic book artist and magazine cartoonist Larry Katzman.
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L to R: GLCer Don Peoples, <unknown>, and Arnold Roth.
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L to R: Patrick McDonnell, of "Mutts" fame, with Karen O'Connell, our own Lucy Caswell from the OSU Cartoon Research Library, and Rose Marie McDaniel.
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The 'Ladies of the NCS.' Clockwise from lower left: Hilda Terry (1st woman ever admitted to the NCS); Jan Eliot, creator of "Stone Soup;" Polly Keener ("Hamster Alley"); Barbara Dale, of greeting card fame; and "Cathy"'s Cathy Guisewite.
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GLCer Dave Coverly, creator of the syndicated panel, "Speed Bump," and a current NCS board member, was at the Reuben Awards banquet. No doubt he thought of the time when he won a division award for best syndicated comic panel a few years back.
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The Family Circus' Bil Keane greets Jerry Dowling.
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Yet another GLCer wins a division award at the Reuben banquet in Kansas City May 29th. This time it was Chris Payne of Cincinnati who was awarded the coveted plaque in the Book Illustration category. In the red bow tie is Frank Springer, who presented the award to Chris.
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The Payne clan: Paula, Evan and Chris.
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Editorial cartoonist Rob Smith, Jr. with fellow DBR Media cartoonist Polly Keener.
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L to R: Paula Payne, Marilyn Collins, Lauren and Janet Pauer.
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The Pauers, Lauren, Frank and Janet visit with Roy Doty.
Janet and Frank , NCS President Steve McGarry, and Jerry Dowling.
A Mell Lazarus roaster, Cathy Guisewite.
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GLCer Frank Pauer admires Arnold Roth's jacket. It is the same jacket the GLC presented to Roth a few years ago at a luncheon in his honor at Ohio State University when an ehhibition of his work opened at the OSU Cartoon Research Library.
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From Left to Right: R.C. Harvey; name unknown; Mary Janocha; Ted Cauger (his father hired Disney in 1920 and introduced him to animation); name unknown; Ron Evry; Ron's wife (sorry - name unknown); Polly Keener; Bill Janocha; name unknown; Ed Black, who organized this little Sunday outing to sightsee notable Kansas City landmarks from Walt Disney's life.
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GLC chapter chairman Steve Boreman gets some sage advice (on which pens to use, perhaps?) from veteran NCS member and magazine gag cartoonist Don Orehek.
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Daryll and Marilyn take a break from cartoonists to catch the Royals vs. Minnesota at Kauffman Stadium.
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It's Roaring '20's Day at Universal Press Syndicate. Costumed employees give Mad Magazine's Sam Vibiano and Jerry Dowling the guided tour.
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Bil Keane and Jerry at Universal.
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Universal Syndicat'es 'Wall O' Comic Strips.'
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Jerry makes a new friend in the syndicate offices.
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Polly Keener with Sandra Boynton, whom Polly says is"probably one of the funniest women I've ever heard speak!"
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GLCers Polly Keener, Lucy Caswell and Jerry Dowling get in a few words edgewise between seminars May 29, 2004 at the Reuben Awards weekend in Kansas City.
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C.F. Payne with his latest Reuben Division award!
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GLCer and editor of The Cartoon!st, Frank Pauer (R), talks to Keith McCloat, who does work for King Features.
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The book signing at the Barnes & Noble store in Kansas City proved very popular with fans who wanted their cartoon collections signed by the men who produced them. Seated are (L to R): Patrick McDonnell ("Mutts"), Rick Kirkman ("Baby Blues"), Jerry Scott ("writer, "Baby Blues" and "Zits"), and Brian Basset ("Red and Rover"). Other cartoonists signing books were Dan Piraro ("Bizzaro"), Stephen Pastis (Pearls before Swine"), Greg Evans ("Luann"), and Brad Anderson ("Marmaduke"). The gal on the left is a photographer with the Kansas City Star.
* Photo courtesy of Ed Black + Photo courtesy of Polly Keener # Photo courtesy of Jerry Dowling
