If you are going to be at Michigan Comic Convention at the Cobo Center in Detroit, be sure and get one of these FREE posters when you arrive! I did the art, and they are giving them away to convention attendees (while supplies last). Bring it by my booth and I’ll sign it for you! READ MORE
One of the scheduled participants in my workshop in Denver next month has a sudden issue and we are looking for someone to take his spot. I’m offering a $100 discount off the usual $500 tuition for anyone willing to fill in on such short notice. Visit this page to grab this spot! READ MORE
Back in May at the NCSFest cartoon and comics festival there was a terrific exhibit of original art and memorabilia celebrating Popeye’s 90th anniversary at the Huntington Beach Art Center. The show was packed with tribute art from some big time cartoonists (and me) celebrating the titular squinty-eyed sailor-man. Well, now all that tribute art is going to be auctioned off to benefit the National Cartoonists Society Foundation, the charitable arm of the NCS. Here are the details from the NCS website: 2019 marks the 90th anniversary of the first appearance of everyone’s favorite spinach-munching sailor, Popeye, in E.C. Segar’s celebrated newspaper strip Thimble Theatre. Popeye’s… READ MORE
I’m still frantically trying to get on top of several deadlines before my trip to Detroit this weekend, so this week’s Sketch o’the Week is another cop-out “workshop warmup” from my last workshop in DC… Walt Disney! READ MORE
I’ve known this for a few days now but felt I needed to keep it under my hat. However MAD’s MADDEST WRITER Dick DeBartolo officially let the cat out of the bag on Leo Laporte’s “The Tech Guy” podcast this past weekend that MAD #11, which was originally supposed to be the first issue with reprinted classic material and little or no new original content, will have the annual “MAD‘s 20 Dumbest, Events, People, and Things of (the Year)”. So that’s a lot of original content right there… at least for one more issue. READ MORE
Catch me at Michigan Comic Con at the Cobo Center in Detroit this weekend! I’ll have my usual bunch of junk, plus copies of MAD #9 and my new “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” cover print. READ MORE
Here’s a few sneak peeks at some of the panels from the other parody I drew in MAD #9, “Behind the Scenes of Dizzy’s The Lion King”. With all the attention the Tarantino stuff has gotten this is getting overlooked a little, but it was a very funny script from comedian Akilah Hughes. Now go out and buy a copy, clod! READ MORE
Q: You’ve talked about drawing live and why you don’t start with face shape and instead begin with the details. You mentioned the thrill of working without a safety net by not sketching anything first and just diving in. With that in mind, if you find you’ve goofed up… then what? Just thinking about that situation gives me anxiety. Have you ever scratched a live drawing and started over? I assume it’s a similar rush one gets doing stand up comedy, where it’s just you and your wits to see how you can get yourself out of a jam. A: Live caricature is not for the faint… READ MORE
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