We want to share our photo album of the annual bacchanalia held by the National Cartoonists Society with you. We especially want to thank the indefatigable David Folkman, who, besides being Hogan’s Alley’s peerless art director, also took all of the following pictures. If you are pictured below and feel incriminated, it’s his fault.
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- Zack, Chad (“Tundra”) and Karen Carpenter stroll with the new addition to the family, Castle.
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- Legendary children’s book creator Mo Willems presents an award.
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- Dave Whamond with his plaque for advertising illustration.
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- Dave Whamond accepts the award for Best Advertising Illustration from Arnold Roth.
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- Mort Walker (left) and Bud Grace.
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- MAD art director reaches for a high note during karaoke. (The dude’s got a set of pipes.)
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- Gary Varvel with his plaque after his divisional win in editorial cartooning.
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- Gary Varvel accepts his award for editorial cartooning.
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- The ever-stylishly-retro Bill Morrison, the newest NCS board member.
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- Bill (“FoxTrot”) and Kristin Amend.
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- If loving Barbara Dale is wrong, we don’t want to be right.
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- A bird’s-eye view of a table at the banquet.
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- The audience at the Reuben Awards banquet.
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- Arnold and Caroline Roth, decked out in their Reuben Awards finest.
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- Arnold Roth re-creates a magazine cover from yore.
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- Anton Emdin with the plaque for Best Magazine Illustration.
