The Toon
Award was held the weekend of April 24th
2009
| Toon Awards |
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| Best
of Show and Best Comic Strip - Eric Lee Johnson - Northern State University |
Additional Awards: |
| Best
Animation- Katy Elder & Roman Serebryakov (Des Moines Area Community
College) Best Illustration- Roman Serebryakov (Des Moines Area Community College) Best Illustration- 2nd Place- Alex Heberling (Ohio State University) |
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Toon
Award recipients and judges |
Front
row: Alex Heberling, Katy Elder, Roman Serebryakov, and Eric Lee
Johnson |
| Back row: Tom Richmond, Bucky Jones, Chris Browne, Dave Carpenter, and Paul Fell |
| Toon Award Weekend Photos |
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| Hector
Curriel (editorial cartoonist) showing his portfolio to Bucky Jones (humorous illustrator). |
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| Tom
Richmond (Mad Magazine cartoonist) tries to hold back when asked which of the cartoonists attending actually looked like cartoon characters. |
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| Chris Browne (Hagar the Horrible) explaining the Viking creed. |
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| Paul
Fell (editorial cartoonist) giving some toon advice to Alex Heberling, a Toon Award recipient. |
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| Dave
Carpenter (gag cartoonist) giving some tips on magazine cartooning during his workshop. |
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| Ken
Alvine (cartoonist and publisher) takes students step by step in
creating cartoon characters in his cartoon workshop. |
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| Jim
Allen (editorial cartoonist) tries to regain the students' attention
after the punchline incident during his "Dissecting Cartoons" workshop. |
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| Ed
Baker, Emmy Award animator, admires one of the many original cartoons on exhibit. |
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| Cartoonists Ken Alvine, Dave Carpenter, and Jim Allen |
| Check it out: more photos from the Toon Award Weekend on Tom Richmond's Blog |
