Hey, Joey!
News to tell ya! We found out last weekend that Gloucester native and creator of the "Off the Mark" cartoon, Mark Parisi, won the coveted "Cartoonist of the Year" Award from the National Cartoonist Society at their annual convention held this year in Las Vegas! Mark won in the Newspaper Single Panel division. His cartoon is syndicated nationally and internationally; seen daily in the Gloucester Daily Times and is featured in the 2012 Discover Gloucester Visitor Guide. Did I mention that Mark is the middle brother of my husband, Nick?! We’re so proud of Mark! He’s seriously warped- and we love that! Mark is still away so I couldn’t get his OK to run the cartoon that’s featured in the Visitor Guide, but these are the links to the "Off the Mark" website & facebook page:
http://www.offthemark.com
http://www.facebook.com/offthemarkcomic
Good Morning Gloucester 
Please note that the award that Mark Parisi won at the 66th Annual Meeting of the National Cartoonists Society (NCS), was the Reuben Division Award for Newspaper Panel for his comic Off the Mark. The “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” Award went to Tom Richmond.
http://www.reuben.org/
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Hats off to the local boy! I love his humor.
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Mark is one of the GREATS! From Claire Parisi, ex Cleveland, OH, LINY, now in Charlotte , NC
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