Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

There is just over a month left to submit work to the Illustrative Festival’s Swatch Young Illustrators Award.

The nominees of the Swatch Young Illustrators Award will be invited to Berlin and get the opportunity to exhibit their work at Illustrative 2009 in Berlin. The winners await prizes worth 6.000 Euros as well as publications and illustration agency contracts and will also be featured in future international shows. One winner will be invited to design a Swatch Watch – a great opportunity to join the ranks of artists such as Kiki Picasso, Pedro Almodóvar, Robert Altman and Keith Haring.

Submissions are due September 30 (details here). And despite the name of the award, there is no maximum age limit for competitors (though you must be over 21).

Well, looks like it’s awards season around here.

The Shuster Awards for Canadian Comic Creators (say that 10x fast) are accepting submissions for their new Webcomics Award.

They already have a really exciting list – including such luminaries as Butternut Squash, Dinosaur Comics, A Softer World, Troglodytes, Suspicious Polo Players and a ton of other great comics – so head on over and check them out – and if you have a webcomic, add it to the list.

Caveat Emptor: You have to be a Canadian to enter. Don’t kill the messenger.

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Are you bored, talented and itching for some recognition? Well why not spark up your life by entering:

The 2007 National Cartoonists Society Division Awards

Cartoonists are invited to submit their work (or the work of someone else) for consideration for one or more of the following Division Awards.

NCS members, and non-members alike, are eligible.

You will need an NCS Division Awards Entry Form. Contact information is below.

TV ANIMATION
Submit one or more samples in VHS or DVD format of aired or exhibited work that was released in the year 2006.

FEATURE ANIMATION
Submit one or more samples in VHS or DVD format of aired or exhibited work that was released in the year 2006.

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION
6 samples of published work.

GAG CARTOONS
12 samples of work published in 2006.

GREETING CARDS
6 samples of work published in 2006.

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS
12 samples of work published in 2006.

NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS
12 samples of work published in 2006.

MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION
6 samples of work published in 2006.

BOOK ILLUSTRATION
6 samples of work published in 2006.

EDITORIAL CARTOONS
12-20 samples of work published in 2006.

ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION
4 samples of work published and marketed in 2006.

COMIC BOOKS/GRAPHIC NOVELS
3 samples of work published in 2006.

DEADLINE: February 23, 2007

Three finalists will be announced at the National Cartoonists Society Web site by April 2007.

An award plaque will be presented at a black tie dinner at the 61st Annual Reubens Award Dinner in Orlando, Florida on May 26, 2007.

FOR AN ENTRY FORM and more information contact:

Mike Lynch fatcats3 AT gmail.com

or

Dave Coverly speedbumpcomic AT comcast.net

The nominations are in for the 2007 Bloggies, and Drawn! is up for two awards this year! Please head on over and cast your votes for Drawn! in the categories of Best Canadian Weblog and Best Topical Weblog.

It’s actually kind of funny that the preview image for Drawn! is our “we’ll be back soon” page — to think we made the nominations without actually having been online during the process.

Thanks in advance for your vote(s), and thanks for your continued readership!

The nominations are open for the 2007 Bloggies, and if you think we’re deserving, we’d love to be nominated for any of the categories that Drawn! is applicable for including but not limited to Best Canadian Weblog, Best Topical Weblog, and Best Group Weblog. Happy nominating!

Our very own Ward Jenkins has just posted the second half of an incredibly in-depth interview with animator/animation-historian John Canemaker about his experience of being nominated for, and subsequently winning, the Academy Award for best animated short in 2006 for The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation.

Be sure, too, to watch the video of John’s adventures in the limo ride leading up to the ceremony.

John Canemaker’s Oscar Experience: Part One, Part Two.