Two Photos Worth A Few Words

Here's a newspaper report on the weekend's Doug Wright awards, and a Dallas newspaper article on the Reubens, in case anyone wanted to see a photo of either evening's winners.

I always like looking at the Reuben Award winner. They're in a tux or fancy dress, you've probably never seen them before, and they always look so damn happy. Mr. Pat Brady is no exception. Seth and Mr. O'Malley look slightly tired in comparison, like they had to fight their way to the presentation through hordes of zombies. Seth is, as always, very well dressed. As comic book artists usually spend the day before an awards ceremony on their feet selling their books and meeting fans, and comic strip artists spend the day before the Reubens floating in a hotel pool eavesdropping on one of the Walker kids telling dirty jokes, this difference is quite understandable.

Mark Evanier has a nice National Cartoonists Society weekend report here, which includes the Reubens and a few words on a Sergio Aragones roast about which I knew nothing. If you're just getting back in the swing of things after the holiday weekend, the full results of the weekend awards are here.

Note the subtle differences between the two Wright awards apparent in the Seth/O'Malley photo. Nice. It occurs to me that by designing the award he received, Seth gives up the cartoonist's traditional right to complain about the way it looks, how heavy it is, or how it won't fit on any shelf/wall.
 
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