{"id":4138,"date":"2019-05-30T15:17:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T19:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/?p=4138"},"modified":"2019-05-30T15:29:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T19:29:30","slug":"recap-ncsfest-and-national-cartoonists-society-reuben-awards-weekend-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/recap-ncsfest-and-national-cartoonists-society-reuben-awards-weekend-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: NCSFest and National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards Weekend 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yBKjrUTIQLw\/XPArD1DxvGI\/AAAAAAAAE74\/gQUyVXINkRUvFXaWFCdxnZ1D0UDgA8tWQCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ncs_belefski.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yBKjrUTIQLw\/XPArD1DxvGI\/AAAAAAAAE74\/gQUyVXINkRUvFXaWFCdxnZ1D0UDgA8tWQCLcBGAs\/s320\/ncs_belefski.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this month I attended the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards weekend (May 17-19). This was my forth Reubens appearance &#8212; and my first that included attending the board member meeting. I had previously been to Pittsburgh in 2013, Washington, DC in 2015, and last year&#8217;s in Philadelphia (<a href=\"http:\/\/curls-studio.blogspot.com\/2018\/06\/recap-national-cartoonists-society.html\" target=\"_blank\">2018 recap here<\/a>). The event is known as &#8220;the Oscars of Cartooning&#8221; and took place in Huntington Beach, CA this year.<\/p>\n<p>Part of my duties serving on the Board of Directors for National Cartoonists Society includes gathering items for our <b>goody bags<\/b> at the Reuben Weekend and NCSFest. I worked with Evellyn and Chelsea at Passion Planner and they were able to donate planners for our bag. Thanks also to Sakura for the art supplies!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BxgNLQDhq2q\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: black; font-family: 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BxgNLQDhq2q\/\" target=\"_blank\">SPIN-ITCH! Me with my art at the &#8220;90 Years of Popeye&#8221; exhibit going on now through June 2 at @huntingtonbeachartcenter &#8212; part of @ncsfestofficial. \ud83d\udc9a #popeye #kingfeatures #ncsfest #HuntingtonBeach #art #CarolynVisitsExhibits #blowmedown #spinach #spinitch #cartoon #comics #California #sailor #toottoot #popeye90<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carolynbelefski\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Carolyn Belefski<\/a> (@carolynbelefski) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-05-16T00:25:23+00:00\">May 15, 2019 at 5:25pm PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n I arrived early on Wednesday, May 15 to attend to board duties and the first thing I did was visit the <b>90 Years of Popeye<\/b> exhibit at the Huntington Beach Art Center. If you live nearby, hopefully you get a chance to see it within the next few days because it closes on June 2. Look for my &#8220;Spin-Itch&#8221; art up on the wall! I believe the art will be auctioned off after the exhibit, so stay &#8216;tooned for that information if you&#8217;d like to own some cool original art.<\/p>\n<p>After visiting the art center, I ate lunch at <b>Wahoo&#8217;s Fish Taco<\/b>. I went back two days later to give them some Curls stickers, so now the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolynbelefski.com\/store\/curls-punk-rocker-sticker\" target=\"_blank\">Curls &#8220;Cartoonist Never Die&#8221; sticker<\/a> is immortalized at Wahoo&#8217;s Downtown Huntington Beach &#8212; please take some pictures if you find it in the wild. The restaurant also gave me some cool Wahoo&#8217;s stickers as an exchange.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xJfGVCS1Z-o\/XPAKh5FxCMI\/AAAAAAAAE7s\/AQ1TTS6SGZ0LDjKcKL0IPf6OPW-L-QZVACLcBGAs\/s1600\/orangecountyhospital_ncs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xJfGVCS1Z-o\/XPAKh5FxCMI\/AAAAAAAAE7s\/AQ1TTS6SGZ0LDjKcKL0IPf6OPW-L-QZVACLcBGAs\/s320\/orangecountyhospital_ncs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"901\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Other early activities included going to the <b>Children&#8217;s Hospital of Orange County<\/b>\u00a0for the NCS <b>&#8220;Cartooning For Kids&#8221;<\/b> program on Thursday, May 16. I helped by arranging goody bags as well as sketching for the patients. The goody bags were stuffed with a sketchbook, crayons, and shirt. It is very gratifying to draw at the hospital and the children loved it. Thanks to Molly Stromoski for taking photos and to Rick Stromoski for organizing. Then later that evening we had a free two-hour live signing at the hotel with boatloads of amazing creators.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, May 17 I walked to the pier and had breakfast at <b>Ruby&#8217;s Diner<\/b>, which is located at the end of the pier. I walked upstairs to check out Jan &amp; Dean&#8217;s Tiki Lounge after the meal. I attended some of the panels back at the hotel. There were four rooms with overlapping panels, so I dropped in and out of some to get the most out of it. I meet <b>Floyd Norman<\/b>, an animator who worked directly with Walt Disney.\u00a0Check out &#8220;Floyd Norman: An Animated Life&#8221; documentary on Netflix if you want to learn more about him and his life. He was the first African-American animator at Disney and worked on classics like Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, and The Sword in the Stone. That evening our dinner was provided at the hotel and they had excellent Popeye themed food complete with a spinach bar, hamburgers, and delicious waffle fries.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday and Sunday was the launch of <b>NCSFest <\/b>comic arts festival.\u00a0After the business meeting and chapter chair meetings, I got to set-up at a tent outside on Main Street, which was very close to the pier. It was nice to be outside and exhibit at my first west coast comics event. I often joke that I&#8217;ve sold comics at venues like a bowling alley, fire department, churches, outdoor marketplaces, nightclubs, etc. I&#8217;ve even sold them by the Atlantic Ocean (Asbury Park Convention Hall) and now I hove sold them by the Pacific Ocean (Huntington Beach)&#8230; so <b>Curls Studio comics are COAST TO COAST!<\/b> I think that&#8217;s phenomenal for sure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-bdVEE8FScoY\/XPAIuQpnxuI\/AAAAAAAAE7g\/aRuGEIzxtj4Xfy7yDWuvJHFDnJnftC55wCLcBGAs\/s1600\/beachtowel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-bdVEE8FScoY\/XPAIuQpnxuI\/AAAAAAAAE7g\/aRuGEIzxtj4Xfy7yDWuvJHFDnJnftC55wCLcBGAs\/s320\/beachtowel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"751\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As part of the festivities, NCS created the opportunity to be a part of a group\u00a0<b>beach towel<\/b>, which was for sale to the general public. I created Curls art for it and also used the art to create prints.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday I got to meet a creator who has inspired me since I discovered her <i>Charm School<\/i> comics in college. <b>Elizabeth Watasin<\/b>\u00a0visited my booth and we chatted for quite a bit. I honestly don&#8217;t know the next time I&#8217;ll be back on the west coast, but we did talk about SDCC, as it is probably the best reason to be back &#8212; although I think I&#8217;ll only go if asked to be a guest in the future. It was a personal highlight of even making the journey out to California to see her as an extra bonus. I appreciate her taking the time to hang out with me at the booth &#8212; everyone go check out her stuff!<\/p>\n<p>Then Saturday was the <b>Reuben Awards Banquet<\/b>. I had a great time, despite people questioning me if I was a wife at the event. Sometimes this industry can be difficult to navigate as a woman, when people don&#8217;t take you seriously as a cartoonist. I&#8217;ve had episodes of this even tabling at conventions where people think I&#8217;m the girlfriend or a booth babe, so it&#8217;s nothing new. It just shows me that I have to work even harder and make better comics to let people know who I am and what I do.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bx0Py6xh1JK\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bx0Py6xh1JK\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\"><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bx0Py6xh1JK\/\" target=\"_blank\">View this post on Instagram<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: black; font-family: 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bx0Py6xh1JK\/\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s the one time of the year cartoonists get out of their pajamas and leave the house&#8230; it&#8217;s the Reuben Awards! Here&#8217;s my look on the red carpet step-and-repeat for the Huntington Beach event. View my comics at www.CarolynBelefski.com. Thanks to Molly Stromoski for the photo. #reubens #NationalCartoonistsSociety #redcarpet #fashion #modemerr #gocomics #stepandrepeat #awards #HuntingtonBeach<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carolynbelefski\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Carolyn Belefski<\/a> (@carolynbelefski) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-05-23T19:13:05+00:00\">May 23, 2019 at 12:13pm PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\nEven after attending the black tie ceremony for the past three years, I somehow never had a red carpet photo, so I made effort to take one this year. This year&#8217;s ceremony was very fun and the speeches were great. It was nice to see most of the winners in attendance instead of not being present. Those that were unable to make it had thank you videos and that was great to see instead of blank space when the winner is a no-show. Congratulations to <b>Stephan Pastis<\/b> (Pearls Before Swine), winner of the 2018 Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning I gave a <b>Pechakucha<\/b> presentation. It was my first time speaking in the format of 20 slides timed at 20 seconds each and I was a little sporadic and excited. My topic was &#8220;First Aid for Cartoonists&#8221; and I think it went over well because I had a many folks come up to me later and discussions arose from the topic. Overall, we need to take better basic care of ourselves, mostly from sitting all day. After my presentation, I went back to Main Street for the second day of NCSFest. It had rained in the morning and the crowd was lighter than Saturday. The after party was BBQ at <strong>Old Crow Smokehouse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday I had some time in Huntington Beach because my flight was later in the day, so I did a beach walk to feel the sand in my toes and ate lunch at <b>Bear Flag Fish Co<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Although it was my biggest journey and investment to attend to in the name of comics and my career at this moment, I had a great time and hung out with talented people at both NCSFest and Reubens Weekend. I made effort to meet as many new faces as I could and that was a success to me. Having the opportunity to sell comics to the public was helpful to cut the cost of flight and hotel and it was a refreshing environment to be in outside of the typical convention space. Thank you Bill Morrison, Steve McGarry, the board, and everyone who is a participant in National Cartoonists Society for hosting wonderful programming during this year&#8217;s events.<\/p>\n<p>You can see more photos on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carolynbelefski\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram (@CarolynBelefski)<\/a>. I also plan on doing a day where I show my adventures via the Instagram story feature, so follow along and hopefully you will catch it because the stories only stay up for 24 hours. Hope to see you on the &#8216;gram!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month I attended the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards weekend (May 17-19). This was my forth Reubens appearance &#8212; and my first that included attending the board member meeting. 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