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Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) - The Coalition on Donation and award-winning cartoonist of Mama's Boyz, Jerry Craft, have teamed up to illustrate the critical need for African American organ and tissue donors. Over the past decade, there has been a 166 percent increase in the number of African Americans waiting for organ transplants, with African Americans comprising an alarming 35 percent of all patients awaiting kidneys. This increase may be attributed, in part, to the escalating number of African Americans with conditions that can lead to the need for transplants, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.

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Here is this year's information about entering the National
Cartoonist's Society Reuben Awards.

Note: Thanks to Jerry King

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Steve McGarry, president of the National Cartoonists Society and one of the best cartoonists nowadays, has given a very interesting interview to David Astor (editor at E&P). Steve talks about life in America, the differences between American and British humor and his collaboration with greeting card wiz Rick Stromosky on the "Mulltes" comic strip.

Steve McGarry's interview

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The fourth season of ``The Simpsons'' (released on DVD in June) may be the best in the long history of the animated series. But certainly ``The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season'' ($49.98), now in stores, is first runner-up.

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