{"id":4271,"date":"2020-07-15T14:28:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2020-07-15T14:28:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:28:04","slug":"national-cartoonists-society-activity-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/national-cartoonists-society-activity-book\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cartoonists Society Activity Book"},"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\/-sPflga_0q7I\/Xw9GbcYYl8I\/AAAAAAAAFF8\/YXt-SttCRcYsoLVBpqJbdDGHTjwWBUdIwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/ncs_activity.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sPflga_0q7I\/Xw9GbcYYl8I\/AAAAAAAAFF8\/YXt-SttCRcYsoLVBpqJbdDGHTjwWBUdIwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/ncs_activity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"612\" data-original-width=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Introducing the NCS Activity Book! The history of this project is that at the Chapter Chairs Meeting in May 2019 at\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'segoe ui' , 'segoe ui web (west european)' , 'segoe ui' , , , 'roboto' , 'helvetica neue' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Huntington Beach, CA\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">I presented the idea to have an Activity Book and the reaction was, &#8220;Well then why don&#8217;t you produce it?&#8221; At that point it became a personal mission to gather the best cartoonists with children&#8217;s focused content. Originally this was going to be a printed book that the NCS would have debuted at the children&#8217;s hospital visit I was organizing for this year&#8217;s Reubens Weekend in Kansas City, MO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Of course, like mostly everything in 2020, the event was canceled due to Covid-19. The plan was after the hospital event we&#8217;d have it available for schools, libraries, book signings, future children\u2019s hospital visits, etc. Instead, NCS has now made it available as a PDF that anyone can download and print out (hopefully we will eventually have a printed version). We are suggesting a donation of any amount you choose for the book, all the proceeds of which will go to the National Cartoonist Society Foundation, the charitable arm of the NCS, to help fund future \u201cCartooning for Kids\u201d event programming.<\/span><\/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\/-QSrdZZlTfBY\/Xw9GgL1OjxI\/AAAAAAAAFGA\/-9DeOS1k3cUhZ1nejiZ76XqYu6PG9lNtQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/ncs_activity2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QSrdZZlTfBY\/Xw9GgL1OjxI\/AAAAAAAAFGA\/-9DeOS1k3cUhZ1nejiZ76XqYu6PG9lNtQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/ncs_activity2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"612\" data-original-width=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">One of the cool things for me is working with\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Sergio Aragone\u0301s during several chats over the phone and him asking me to color the cover. I also got to design the masthead, communicate directly with over fifty contributors, and create a page featuring my <\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><i>Curls<\/i><\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"> characters! Huge\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"x_SmartSuggestionsKeyword254924\" class=\"x__1aFK1bl8nu9HzQ8EPIECQr\" style=\"border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Search for suggestions\">thanks<\/span><span id=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">to everyone involved and the cartoonists for donating their time and skills to come up with original page material.<\/span><br \/>\n<br style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;\" \/><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">The all-ages book is 50 pages of puzzles and activities, all of which are done \u201ccoloring book\u201d style so kids can both do the activity and color the pages. Inside you\u2019ll find art by some of the biggest names in cartooning.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">If you are in need of some stay-at-home summer fun, pledge what you can for a PDF download by visiting\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><a id=\"LPlnk710074\" style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalcartoonists.com\/product\/ncs-activity-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><span style=\"border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">www.nationalcartoonists.com\/product\/ncs-activity-book<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #262626; font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web (West European)', 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; 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