For the next several weeks here on “Monday MADness” I’m going to share some of the work I did the animated “MAD” show that ran for four seasons on the Cartoon Network. When possible I’ll post clips. This week is a look at the “Batman Family Feud” segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsk-7RxCbNo READ MORE
Q: Have you ever been sued or coerced to remove your caricature drawings from your books or blog because the subject did not like his/her drawing to be publicly displayed even if it was not a commissioned work? How did you deal with it? A: I’ve never been sued but once I (or rather one of the artists who was drawing at my booth at the Mall of America) was told by a celebrity to remove his caricature from the display at one of my booths. This happened a long time ago, so some of the details are a little hazy but basically he demanded… READ MORE
Hard to believe we are one week away from SDCC 2017! Here’s my MUCH more relaxed schedule this year (so far): Wed July 19- 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm- Booth I-02 Thur July 20- 9:30 am-2:15 pm- Booth I-02 2:30 pm-3:30 pm- DC Comics Booth Signing (#1915) 3:30 pm 4:00pm- Drawing Demo DC Booth (#1915) 4:30 pm-5:30 pm- Mad about MAD Panel (Room 8) 6:00 pm-7:00 pm- Booth I-02 Fri July 21- 9:30 am-7:00 pm- Booth I-02 Sat July 22- 9:30 am-7:00 pm- Booth I-02 Sun July 23- 9:30 am-5:00 pm- Booth I-02 I will be doing a demo at some point at the Wacom… READ MORE
Wow, an actual new sketch for the Sketch o’the Week! I’ve been meaning to do John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten since I did one of his fellow Sex Pistol bandmate Sid Vicious a few weeks ago. Original available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
I promised a deadline for getting enough participants signed up for my Sept 15-17th workshop here in MN, and today is it (well, I said tomorrow but whatever). The good news is I got just enough to make the cutoff, so the workshop is on! There are still several spots available, so reserve one if you are interested. READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the complete art for MAD’s parody of “X2” written by Desmond Devlin, from MAD #430, June 2003. This parody was done during a period of time where MAD was trying to get their movie spoof on the newsstands at the same time the film came out, meaning we worked from leaked advanced scripts and did everythign prior to the film’s release. In the case of this movie, they reshot the ending after reaction from audience previews, and as a result we got the ending wrong!: READ MORE
Q: Are you going to come to my hometown and do a workshop? A: I get a lot of people who ask me that, and the only answer is maybe but probably not. It isn’t as easy to set up a traveling workshop as one might think. I have to find a hotel that has the right room for our needs and all that, but the biggest concern is making sure I can fill all twelve student spaces. It doesn’t make sense for me to take three plus days away from the studio and incur the expenses of travel and hotel and room rental etc.… READ MORE
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