All Eyes On Las Vegas As Reuben Winner To Be Named Tomorrow

This weekend is the National Cartoonist Society (NCS) annual meeting, held in different cities in different years and this year settling on Las Vegas. That should be interesting, as cartoonists and comics people tend to like everything Las Vegas has to offer (hotel rooms, air conditioning, cheap eats, booze) save for the city's primary offering: gambling. Whether or not a significant percentage of comics folk find out what a "put bet" is this weekend, I'm sure a good time will be had by all, with a slightly better time had by the person that wins this year's Reuben. That's maybe the best honor in the world afforded any cartoonist; if not, it's certainly on a short list along with the Grand Prix at Angouleme and drawing the ire of a feckless conservative Christian group for your latest publishing move.

This year's nominees are Tom Richmond, Stephan Pastis and Brian Crane -- a pretty classic "you can make a case for any of them being the frontrunner" trio. It feels like Pastis to me, although that's not a good sign for Pastis as I have been right about the Reuben far fewer times than I have been about playing the "Don't Pass" line. I wish all of those gentlemen the best of luck, and hope everyone has a nice weekend. I wonder if there will be any fruitful discussion about the future of the medium given its stability relative to the last few years when industry turmoil has always provided such talks with a furtive, desperate air.
 
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