It’s Day two of my “Virtual NYCC Artist’s Alley” Table! Visit this link to get the kinds of commissions I usually only do live at comic cons, and at the same prices. From “Live style” caricatures all the way up to “Mock MAD Covers” in full color. The table closes at 5pm EDT on Sunday. My commission list is getting long, so get in soon! READ MORE
My “Virtual NYCC Artist’s Alley” table is now open! From now through the end of New York Comic Con, you can order the same kinds of commissions at the same prices I charge when I do a comic con. The table will close at 5pm EDT on Sunday! Visit here for the different kinds of commissions I have available. All online orders will be completed in the order in which they were placed, so the sooner you commission me to do a drawing for you, the sooner you will get it! READ MORE
I’ve come up for air (almost) after finishing CLAPTRAP, and will be appearing at New York Comic Con this weekend! Look for me at table A-09 all weekend, where I will be doing selling my usual garbage and doing commissions including the return of the much asked about “Mock MAD Cover”. What, you won’t be at New York Comic Con? Giant sweaty crowds comic book geek not your scene? Fear not! I will be conducting a “Virtual Artist’s Alley Booth” here on my website coinciding with the dates and times of NYCC. Starting at 10 am on Thursday Oct 2nd, you can come here and… READ MORE
The Comics Journal published a story about Desmond Devlin any my upcoming book of movie parodies, CLAPTRAP, the other day. The article featured a look at one of the pages of extra material from the book… this one page “Godfather” gag. CLAPTRAP is a 124 page hardcover book featuring twelve movie parodies and lots of extra stuff like this one pager! The printing process has begun! The book will be here soon! READ MORE
For the “Sketch of the Week” this week I’m sharing some caricatures I did for the upcoming documentary film “When We Went MAD”. A lot of people were interviewed for the documentary, or footage of them was being used, and a number of MAD artists were asked to do caricatures of the interviewees. There are the five people I was assigned (everyone did one of Bill Gaines). READ MORE
Labor Day is the unofficial last day of summer and also the final day of the Minnesota State Fair! I did this illustration years ago for a client project. Having visited the MN State Fair this year I can attest the message still applies. Enjoy the end of summer! READ MORE
I’m currently the president of the National Cartoonists Society Foundation, which is the charitable arm of the National Cartoonists Society. The NCSF is a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization that has several programs including the Milt Gross Fund, which provides financial assistance to cartoonists and their families who are experiencing hardships or emergencies, the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, which is an annual grant going to a college student of cartooning, and the “Cartooning for Kids” program, where members draw for patients and their families in children’s hospitals and for underprivledged kids, providing art supplies and education. We also sponsor or help support cartooning events and… READ MORE
This sketch of Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway and Joe Flynn from “McHale’s Navy” got a new life a couple of weeks ago when the author of an upcoming book about the history of that show emailed me and asked about using the art on the book’s cover. I did not think a pencil sketch was appropriate for a book cover, so we settled on a price for use of the image and for me to add gray washes to the drawing so it had more of a finished look. This will be on the cover of a “McHale’s Navy” book coming out sometime later this year. READ MORE
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