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Finding Dee Fish · Aug 10, 2026

2026 NCS Conference & Reuben Awards - 2 of 3

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Me, getting my groove on in my very finest 80s GARFIELD T-Shirt!

The 80s-themed after-party on the first OFFICIAL night was amazing. I rocked the room in my Garfield T-Shirt, which not EVERYONE was a fan of…

Heidi, for her part, got a much better reaction with Snoopy!

Not pictured: Judy Sladky

Then came the party itself! Heidi was in the ZONE as the DJ for the evening

We sang Karaoke into the night with other cartoonists and guests, and had an AMAZING TIME!!!

Me and Jamar Nicholas. Straight out of Columbus!
Me, making EVERYONE in the hotel with a room directly above the ballroom regret their life choices.
Dana Simpson, of Phoebe and her Unicorn fame, righting my wrongs. lol

After the party, and a MUCH needed sleep, the next morning was a flurry of activity, with official meetings and presentations with folks like Jim Davis, Dee Parson, and others. It was a great morning that I did NOT take a single picture for. DERP!

But then, after a lunch break where Heidi and I shared some Chipotle with George Gant, (ALSO no pics taken. D’oh!), came… THE event! The REUBEN AWARDS dinner and ceremony!

Heidi and I dolled ourselves up and schmoozed with all of the most amazing people!

Dave Kellett, Heidi, Me, Brad Guigar
Pittsburgh Chapter chair, WAYNO®!
Greg Evans of LUANN!
Raina Telgemeier
Colleen Doran
Karen Evans of Luann, her husband, and JUDY!
Vajeff and Vijaya.
Dave Blazek
Orv, Dana Simpson, Heidi and George Gant!
GEORGE!
Jessica Halstead

Then… after the cocktail part, came the award ceremony itself…

To be concluded: PART 3

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