Comics Awards We Already Knew About Update

There seems to be an inordinate amount of activity regarding cartooning awards where the information was already known in an official or all-but-official capacity.

* you already know about this year's Doug Wright Awards nominees and have likely even seen the basic shape of Seth's new logo on the breast of a coat given to Brad Mackay, but now you can look at these things again on their re-launched web site.

* the National Cartoonists Society has seemingly issued a formal press release listing their divisional award and Reuben Award nominees, information they had leaked through a poster and/or listed on their web site on I believe March 17. It's always fun to read about them again, though. In case you forgot, the Reuben Award itself is down to Glen Keane, Stephan Pastis, and Richard Thompson.

* it's official now that Gary Varvel of the Indianapolis Star has won this year's Robert F. Kennedy award in the editorial cartooning category. Alan Gardner had caught Varvel a week ago saying that the award was coming his way. Worth noting is that Varvel did a well-received profile series on poorer members of the Indianapolis community in addition to his more traditional issues cartooning.

* the frequently excellent Tom Toles receives his Herblock Award tonight, which has generated at least one feature story employing the natural hook of Toles winning the honor from the position formerly held by the late cartoonist whose name is on the award.
 
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