Dave and Brad return from the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Awards with stories, anecdotes, and  reflections.

ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

• What is the NCS?
• The Reuben Awards week
• Phil Foglio wins the award for Best Online Longform Comic
• Meeting Mike Peters ("Mother Goose & Grim")
• Brunch with the NCS — "Ya wanna hear about MY heart attack?"
• Outgoing NCS president Jason Chatfield
• NCS is reaching out to younger cartoonists
• Regional chapters of NCS
• Jamar Nicholas' "NCS  Studio Chats" series on YouTube
• The original art auction
• Publishing on Amazon / KDP: a phenomenal panel by Colin Shields, Vice President at Simon & Schuster, alongside Brent Bartram, Chief Strategy Officer of Andrews McMeel Syndication
• Eliminate "online" categories of the Reuben Awards?

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.