America’s National Cartoonists Society has released its nominees for the 2024 Divisional Awards as part of the 78th Annual NCS Reuben Awards. Among them is Tom Richmond, nominated for “Book Illustration”, co-creator of CLAPTRAP, a superb book of movie parodies published in partnership with fellow by MAD magazine stalwart, Desmond Devlin.
“A huge honour!” says Tom, who is a regular guest at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, and will be back again September. “Many thanks to the NCS for the nomination.”
Check out the full list of 2023 NCS Divisional Award nominees for the 78th Annual NCS Reuben Awards, which also include Sarah Anderson, Daniel Clowes, Jesus Hervas and many others, here.
CLAPTRAP is a fantastic 124 page hardcover book featuring twelve movie parodies and lots of extra stuff, offering twelve superbly delivered, extremely silly parodies of iconic movies such as Blade Runner, The Blues Brothers, Citizen Kane, Die Hard, The Shawshank Redemption and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. There’s plenty of extra material, too, including spoof film posters, and more.
Writer Desmond Devlin wrote his first MAD article in 1984 when he was a teenager, became its most prolific writer during his 36-year tenure, and knows the winner of the prestigious 2011 Reuben Award
Artist Tom Richmond debuted in MAD in 2000, becoming its signature caricaturist in the years that followed, and is the winner of the National Cartoonists Society’s prestigious 2011 Reuben Award for the year’s outstanding cartoonist.
• Check out and buy CLAPTRAP here from the dedicated website
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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