The blog of Richard Thompson, caricaturist, creator of "Cul de Sac," and winner of the 2011 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Where I'll Be

This weekend is the annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards and I get to go. And I get to take my family along to subject them to all the fun. As in past years I'm taking the train from DC, this time to Boston, disembarking at South Station, which is only a few blocks from this hotel.

It's the fabulous Fairmont Copley Plaza, an ornate ocean liner of a hotel that floats on Copley Square in Back Bay. In its famous Oak Bar you can buy a special engagement martini priced at $12,500! There's a resident dog named Copley that guests may rent for walkies! There's a lobby with big plush chairs where you can sit and look directly at someone else in a similar chair! Each room features beds with a pillow arrangement so complex and hard to disassemble that most guests give up and sleep on the floor! Okay, not all of that's true, but this is the venue that the NCS has chosen for its annual bash.

We'll be staying next door at the Westin, which is also a nice place, and much taller.

More TK.

9 comments:

Neil J Murphy said...

Nice dénouement in the last graph.

I think this is going to be your year. enjoy the weekend, and for heaven's sakes keep out of the mini-bar. Even at a Westin that can get pricey!

jdigriz said...

Good luck,enjoy yourself,and thanks for the many laughs you've given me.

Mister Fweem said...

Good luck, Mr. Thompson.

paul bowman said...

Looking forward to the report. Hope it's a great time up there.

Dylan Davis said...

good luck! I'm a big fan of your work, thanks for making such refreshingly funny and charming cartoons.

Anonymous said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

Mark said...

Way to go, Richard! Very happy to see your name as the winner of the Reuben--really my favorite sandwich.

Mike said...

You are the man! More than that: You are the cartoonist!

Kathy said...

Congratulations!!