The Mid-South Cartoonists Association is a Sub-Chapter of the Southeastern Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society.  That said, we recieved an e-mail for Help the Hodges, and hope you’ll go do some bidding:

The NCS Foundation would like to remind you that the auctions to Help the Hodges continue on eBay. We currently have our FINAL 72 lots available for bidding right now. All will conclude this coming Sunday, March 21.

Here are a few items of interest:

• Original Stitch animation drawing from LILO & STITCH
• Original FAMILY CIRCUS daily art by Jeff and Bil Keane
• Original LUANN daily and book by Greg Evans
• Original BETWEEN FRIENDS daily by Sandra Bell-Lundy
• Drawing of the DENNIS THE MENACE cast by Ron Ferdinand
• BEETLE BAILEY Sunday art by Mort Walker
• BIZARRO original Sunday art by Dan Piraro
• POGO original daily by Walt Kelly
• THE NORM comic strip art by Michael Jantze
• Two early MISS PEACH dailies by Mell Lazarus from 1959
• WIZARD OF ID by Brant Parker from 1979
* B.C. by Johnny Hart from 1979
• Three original watercolor illustrations by Dan Spiegle based on his classic comics
• USAGI YOJIMBO painting by Stan Sakai
• Batman and Superman art by Tim Sale
• Darwyn Cooke BATMAN-SPIRIT original art
• HELLBOY sketch by Mike Mignola
• Original cover art to Tex Avery’s SCREWBALL SQUIRREL by Bill Morrison
• The Simpsons comic book signed by ALICE COOPER who wrote a story inside
• A Pearl snare drum signed by the group SHINEDOWN
• SPIDER-MAN 3 movie poster signed by the actors and Stan Lee

The NCSF thanks you for your support as we push for a stellar finish in our fundraiser to HELP THE HODGES!

TO VISIT OUR SELLERS PAGE ON EBAY:

http://shop.ebay.com/ncsfoundation/m.html?_trkparms=65%253A1%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1&_ipg=100&_sc=1&_sop=1&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14

TO SEE ALL THE ART THAT HAS BEEN DONATED:

http://www.HelpTheHodges.com

Hopefully soon, I will have the napkin art from the March 2010 MSCA Dinner Meeting online.  Lots of fun things to share!

Doodle Lyle has shared an article about his evolution of a gag comic.  I’ve posted the link on our forums, where you can discuss the article or your own process, by clicking here.

Adam Shaw shared a link for do’s and don’ts of showing your portfolio at conventions.  Click here to see the links and chat about your experiences.

Josh Elder of Mail Order Ninja has shared information about a group of which he’s Executive Director, Reading with Pictures, “a nonprofit organization that advocates the use of comics in the classroom to promote literacy and improve educational outcomes for all students” and which is now sporting a new anthology featuring his Mail Order Ninja!  Get more information by clicking here.

The February 4th dinner meeting of the world’s greatest cartoonists was fun and we left full of pizza!

Adam Shaw spoke about the graphic novel he painted for HARPE, written by Chad Kinkle.  The novel is available at Comics and Collectibles, The Comics Cellar, Davis-Kidd, and Amazon.

There was a great review online.

Martheus Wade announced that “Defiance,” the movie based on Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa, has been cast.  (Happy 40th Birthday, Antone!)

Matt Ryan showed off his fabulous nails as he mentioned his title as Sequential Art and plans to bring more folk from Memphis College of Art.

Andrew Chandler continued our history of napkin doodles!

This marks the 15th year since Calvin and Hobbes said goodbye to the comics pages. Creator Bill Watterson, who grew up in Chagrin Falls and still makes Greater Cleveland his home, recently answered some questions via e-mail from Plain Dealer reporter John Campanelli. It’s believed to be the first interview with the reclusive artist since 1989.  You can read the interview by clicking on Bill’s portrait below.

For many newspaper readers, flipping back to what used to be called the funny pages is bittersweet. It’s dependable amusement, yes, with Funky and Garfield and Beetle, but it’s also a daily reminder that someone’s missing.  Read the whole article at The Plain Dealer.

Greg pointed us to this article.