THE NATIONAL CARTOONISTS SOCIETY

Mo Willems

 is always yelling at me 

to join

The National Cartoonist Society.

And I 

TOTALLY

intend to.

But then I forget.

But I didn't forget to go to 

this get-together:

As promised,

there was some 

serious cartoon business

that needed to be taken care of.

Like voting in a new secretary.

And choosing a design for a 

NCS patch that would match everyone's plaid jacket,

as you can somewhat see in this horrendously 

blurry picture.

There was also a fun bit where assorted artists got up to show

the cartoon or illustration they first got paid for,

which led to some funny stories.

Especially NCS stalwart

Tom Gammill

who's always good for a laugh!

After assorted other secret business,

New Yorker cartoonist

Alex Gregory

got up to talk about his process

making cartoons for the

New Yorker.

I've been reading the New Yorker forever,

so it was fascinating hearing Mr. Gregory explain

how cartoons are made for the magazine.

Master of ceremonies

and fellow 

New Yorker cartoonist

Matthew Diffee

chimed in as well,

which rocked.

Thanks NCS!

Can't wait for the next event!

COOL BUS: Mexican Style

I'm totally stealing this from

KNDFOREVER's

tumblr

because if you think the

KND C.O.O.L.B.U.S

is cool...

Then you'll 

LOVE

this:

I´ve just found my favorite bus ever!

I was on vacation and found this AMAZING bus of 

Codename: Kids Next Door 

on a Street in Acapulco, Mexico.

On one side there is numbuhs 1, 2 and 4 

and on the other side, we see the girls.

In case you don´t know, 

“Los Chicos del Barrio” 

is spanish for 

“Kids Next Door”

I wanna roll

up to the club in

THAT!

(thanks KNDFOREVER!)

HAPPY (BELATED) VALENTINE DAY!

Sooper killer

7D

production coordinator

Jennifer Nelson

NEVER

half-steps!

Take for instance the

Valentines Day goodies

she made for the 

WHOLE DANG CREW!

OMG

FINGER PUPPETS!

And she made one for each of

The 7D

Even

Lord Starchbottom

got some love!

If you see 

Jennifer 

make sure to tell her she

ROCKS!

SOOPER BONUS

I totally stole these 

"making of"

pics from Jen's social media:

SO GOOD!

RUINING FURNITURE

When not posing with giant foam heads

in the secret basement of 

producer/writer/cartoonist

Tom Gammill  

I can often be found drawing 

all over his

dinner table:

So can Caldecott Medal

winner

Dan Santat

Bob Boyle helps out, too

(when he's not working on the new Powerpuff Girls series!)

And Caldecott Honor winner

Jon Klassen

can't help but throw down some 

turtle power

And 

YES

he's aware that Raphael

does not use a bo staff,

thank you.

Lisa Yee,

when threatened,

resorted to drawing my profile.

And

Mr. Willems is,

of course,

completely incapable of

going to anyone's house without defacing 

some furniture

New Yorker cartoonist

Matthew Diffee

brought out the big guns:

And even Mr. Gammill

got in on the action:

Which led to his son Henry

thinking it was okay to 

doodle on the table, too

You should totally go to someone's

house and draw on their 

furniture!