I did an interview on the Chuck Load of Comics podcast yesterday at C2E2 where we discuss the status of MAD Magazine, I draw an awkward caricature of host Ryan and I make an official unofficial announcement about a little project MAD writer Desmond Devlin and I have cooking! READ MORE
…is in full swing! Stop in and say hello! READ MORE
I’ve done quite a bit of artwork for superstar ventriloquist Jeff Dunham over the years. A lot of it has been for merchandise like T-shirts, etc. but I have occasionally done concept work on possible new characters for his act. This is one of two “Hot Rod” illustrations I did for him, both with a big nod to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and the “Rat Fink” vibe. A few years ago I was drawing at my theme park operation at Valleyfair here in Minnesota when I couple sat down wearing Jeff Dunham tour T-Shirts. I had happened to have done the art for both shirts.… READ MORE
Thought I’d do something different todayk, and do my “Sketch o’the Week” in brush pens on bristol rather than pencil. I did a small “remark” head of this caricature of Christopher Reeve the other day for someone who ordered a copy of my Superman print from my website, and I kind of liked how it turned out so I did a bigger one for the SotW. As usual, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
One of the most important people in the world of MAD and E.C. Comics that you’ve probably never heard of passed away this past Sunday. Russ Cochran was a publisher and comics archivist whose love of the comics medium allowed later generations access to, and the subsequent enjoyment of, the legendary EC Comics line, including MAD. Russ published reprint collections of a number of terrific classic comics, but it was his The Complete EC Library that most people associate as his greatest endeavor. Over the course of 18 years starting in 1978, he published almost every EC comic in 66 hardbound volumes contained in 17… READ MORE
Well, the new MAD era has begun in earnest. MAD #12 appeared in comic book shops last week. This issue is the first with the full-blown “mostly classic content with some new content” mix we’ve been told was coming. What we see is probably pretty indicative of what we can expect going forward… themed issues with about 20% new material, and 80% classic content with some colorizing here and there. What is reader reaction? Outrage? Sounding the death knell? Mass revolt that MAD is no longer focused on skewering the current world around us and instead is focused mostly on nostalgia/the past? Almost none of… READ MORE
The mailbag is empty again. That’s been happening a lot in the last year. After answering over 600 questions on Sundays since this blog got started in 2009, I think it might be time to semi-retire this feature. I am not going to actively solicit for new questions anymore. If/when I do get a new question or two I will do a new Mailbag post, but when the mailbag is empty I will start reposting old mailbag questions that are ones people tend to keep asking about. If you never saw that post, it’s new to you, right? Thanks to all who have asked questions… READ MORE
I’ll be in the Windy City one week from today at C2E2, doing my Usual Idiocy in Artist’s Alley. Stop by and grab one of my updated Doctor Who prints that includes 13th Doctor Jodie Whittaker, a signed copy of MAD, a bunch of other crap, and caricatures and commissions! Or, just come by and say “Hi”! READ MORE
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