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The National Cartoonists Society
is the world's largest and most prestigious organization of professional
cartoonists.
The NCS was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together
to entertain the troops. They found that they enjoyed each other's
company and decided to get together on a regular basis.
Today, the NCS membership roster includes over 500 of the world's
major cartoonists, working in many branches of the profession,
including newspaper comic strips and panels, comic books, editorial
cartoons, animation, gag cartoons, greeting cards, advertising,
magazine and book illustration and more.
Membership is limited to established
professional cartoonists, with a few exceptions of outstanding
persons in affiliated fields. The NCS is not a guild or union,
although we have joined forces from time to time to fight for
member's rights, and we regularly use our talents to help worthwhile
causes.
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Art by: Mort Drucker |
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| "Luann" creator Greg
Evans is congratulated by wife, Betty, and "Beetle Bailey"
creator Mort Walker, on receiving the Reuben Award for Outstanding
Cartoonist of the Year, at the NCS Reuben Awards ceremony in
Kansas City, May, 2004. "Luann" debuted in 1985 and
appears in more than 500 newspapers each day. |
Click here
to read more about the subsequent
Presidents of the NCS |
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The Primary Purposes
Of The NCS Are:
To advance the ideals and standards of professional cartooning
in its many forms.
To promote and foster a social, cultural and intellectual interchange
among professional cartoonists of all types.
To stimulate and encourage interest in and acceptance of the
art of cartooning by aspiring cartoonists, students and the general
public.
The Society's offices
are in Winter Park, Florida. In addition, the NCS has chartered
16 regional chapters throughout the United States and one in
Canada. Chapter Chairpersons sit on the NCS Regional Council
and are represented by a National Representative, who is a voting
member of the Board of Directors.
See here for details of the NCS Chapters.
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