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4/23/12
Kenosha Festival of Cartooning
If you enjoy cartoons, you ought to head over to Kenosha later this year where you'll get your chance to bathe yourself in cartoon grooviness. Please check out the lovely Anne Hambrock's Kickstarter page for more information!
12/13/11
ON THE AIR sneak preview
The BBC's ON THE AIR third season will air sometime around Christmas, it seems, and you can catch a sneak peek in this exclusive trailer. The 2D animation is by me with character setup and rigging done by the fantastic folks at Club Cocoanut, and the stop motion and production design is by the Belfast animation studio of Flickerpix.
In other news, my good friends Chris Hanily, Brett Zabel, Tad Allard and I just got back from running the Tucson Marathon this weekend. Happily we all finished and can still walk, for the most part. I'll post a couple of pictures soon. Congratulations, guys!
Cheers,
K
In other news, my good friends Chris Hanily, Brett Zabel, Tad Allard and I just got back from running the Tucson Marathon this weekend. Happily we all finished and can still walk, for the most part. I'll post a couple of pictures soon. Congratulations, guys!
Cheers,
K
11/16/11
Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Deadline
Do you cartoon? You could win a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to Las
Vegas to meet the top names in cartooning. Don't delay - the deadline
is December 15.
Applicants must be students at a 4-year college in the United States,
Canada or Mexico who will be a Junior or Senior during the 2012-2013
academic year. Applicants do not have to be art majors to be eligible
for this scholarship.
For more information and an application, please visit:
http://www.cartoonistfoundation.org/
The annual Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, in memory of the late
King Features editor, was funded by an initial $100,000 grant from the
Hearst Foundation/King Features Syndicate and additional generous
donations from Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Patrick McDonnell and many
other prominent cartoonists. Submissions are adjudicated by a panel of
top cartoonists and an award is given to the best college cartoonist.
The recipient is feted at the annual NCS Reuben Awards Convention
attended by many of the world's leading cartoonists.
Vegas to meet the top names in cartooning. Don't delay - the deadline
is December 15.
Applicants must be students at a 4-year college in the United States,
Canada or Mexico who will be a Junior or Senior during the 2012-2013
academic year. Applicants do not have to be art majors to be eligible
for this scholarship.
For more information and an application, please visit:
http://www.cartoonistfoundation.org/
The annual Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, in memory of the late
King Features editor, was funded by an initial $100,000 grant from the
Hearst Foundation/King Features Syndicate and additional generous
donations from Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Patrick McDonnell and many
other prominent cartoonists. Submissions are adjudicated by a panel of
top cartoonists and an award is given to the best college cartoonist.
The recipient is feted at the annual NCS Reuben Awards Convention
attended by many of the world's leading cartoonists.
11/9/11
"The Family Circus" creator Bil Keane: 1922-2011
10/17/11
6/8/11
6/1/11
NCS Reuben Awards, Boston, 2011
Well, it's Wednesday and I've started to catch up from an extended weekend in Boston where I was a guest of Michael Jantze at the 65th annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards. I was there from Thursday morning to Sunday afternoon, which seems like a long time, but there is so much to do and see, and so many people to talk to that it really goes by quickly.
Regardless, we were able to squeeze in a tour of historic Fenway Park on Friday morning before the seminars started.
The start of the tour at Gate D. (If I remember correctly, this is the oldest section of Fenway that goes all the way back to the original 1919 building, but I could be wrong. Sounds cool, though.)
Me along with the tireless, talented Tom Fishburne and Michael Jantze, baseball fans extraordinaire.
Fenway seems to have nothing but good seats. The fact that it was a fantastically beautiful day could've skewed my judgment, however.
Fenway seating.
If all goes as planned, we'll be seeing a game here later this summer. Picking out where to sit... hmmm...
Michael and Tom in the pressbox.
The only manually operated scoreboard in MLB. Apparently the waiting list for a job running it is around 25 years. There's three guys in there, two of them are 25 year veterans, and a new guy. The new guy's been there 10 years. You can just make out the outline of the access door just to the left of the at-bat indicator (far bottom left of the picture).
R.O. Blechman gave an awesome talk Saturday afternoon about his career in animation and illustration. Sitting companionably just in front of me was David Silverman and the legendary Sergio Aragones.
A lot did happen over the weekend that I didn't get pictures of - I've gotten to a point where I've decided to leave the camera behind more often than not, the downside being I miss out on a lot of great photo ops. Regardless, here we are at the Reuben Awards dinner during intermission.
"Off the Mark" cartoonist Mark Parisi and Michael Jantze
Best Book Illustration divisional award winner ("The Butt Book") and table mates Mike Lester and his lovely wife.
The fantastic Mr. Richard Thompson, creator of the comic strip "Cul de Sac", which if you're not reading, you should be.
Some other fun things from the weekend:
A picture of the bronze statue in Boston Public Garden after the story Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey.
A bar-napkin sketch Michael did of me while we were whetting our whistles.
A sketch of Sheldon by the friendly and talented Dave Kellett who also has a comic-journal version of the weekend here. Dave trusted me enough to gently hold the Little Mermaid sketch that Glen Keane did for him while he drew Sheldon for me. Unfortunately, Dave managed to tweak his back while sketching, so I fear that for Dave I'll always be associated as a pain.
On a purely selfish level, one of the most exciting parts of the weekend for me (besides talking with tons of artists who's work I admire greatly (including Glen Keane, animator exemplar of the first order)) was a letter waiting for me when I returned home notifying me that I, Kelly McNutt, had been accepted as a member of the National Cartoonists Society. My most humble and sincere thanks to both Michael Jantze and Tom Richmond for sponsoring me, and to the NCS for having me.
Good luck!
-K
Regardless, we were able to squeeze in a tour of historic Fenway Park on Friday morning before the seminars started.
The start of the tour at Gate D. (If I remember correctly, this is the oldest section of Fenway that goes all the way back to the original 1919 building, but I could be wrong. Sounds cool, though.)
Me along with the tireless, talented Tom Fishburne and Michael Jantze, baseball fans extraordinaire.
Fenway seems to have nothing but good seats. The fact that it was a fantastically beautiful day could've skewed my judgment, however.
Fenway seating.
If all goes as planned, we'll be seeing a game here later this summer. Picking out where to sit... hmmm...
Michael and Tom in the pressbox.
The only manually operated scoreboard in MLB. Apparently the waiting list for a job running it is around 25 years. There's three guys in there, two of them are 25 year veterans, and a new guy. The new guy's been there 10 years. You can just make out the outline of the access door just to the left of the at-bat indicator (far bottom left of the picture).
R.O. Blechman gave an awesome talk Saturday afternoon about his career in animation and illustration. Sitting companionably just in front of me was David Silverman and the legendary Sergio Aragones.
A lot did happen over the weekend that I didn't get pictures of - I've gotten to a point where I've decided to leave the camera behind more often than not, the downside being I miss out on a lot of great photo ops. Regardless, here we are at the Reuben Awards dinner during intermission.
"Off the Mark" cartoonist Mark Parisi and Michael Jantze
Best Book Illustration divisional award winner ("The Butt Book") and table mates Mike Lester and his lovely wife.
The fantastic Mr. Richard Thompson, creator of the comic strip "Cul de Sac", which if you're not reading, you should be.
Some other fun things from the weekend:
A picture of the bronze statue in Boston Public Garden after the story Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey.
A bar-napkin sketch Michael did of me while we were whetting our whistles.
A sketch of Sheldon by the friendly and talented Dave Kellett who also has a comic-journal version of the weekend here. Dave trusted me enough to gently hold the Little Mermaid sketch that Glen Keane did for him while he drew Sheldon for me. Unfortunately, Dave managed to tweak his back while sketching, so I fear that for Dave I'll always be associated as a pain.
On a purely selfish level, one of the most exciting parts of the weekend for me (besides talking with tons of artists who's work I admire greatly (including Glen Keane, animator exemplar of the first order)) was a letter waiting for me when I returned home notifying me that I, Kelly McNutt, had been accepted as a member of the National Cartoonists Society. My most humble and sincere thanks to both Michael Jantze and Tom Richmond for sponsoring me, and to the NCS for having me.
Good luck!
-K
4/15/11
3/31/11
March is Sketchbook Month - Day 31
My Sketchbook Month grand finale. A panel based on the thumbnails from yesterday.
Thanks again to Cedric and his wife for all their efforts in running the March is Sketchbook Month blog - I had a lot of fun being a part of it. Cheers to you guys, and let's do it again sometime!
K
Thanks again to Cedric and his wife for all their efforts in running the March is Sketchbook Month blog - I had a lot of fun being a part of it. Cheers to you guys, and let's do it again sometime!
K
3/29/11
3/28/11
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