A couple of weeks ago I met up with MAD art director Sam Viviano and MAD writer Desmond Devlin in Omaha, NE to do a presentation for the KANEKO organization as part of their “Storytelling” series and exhibit. Before we left for Nebraska we three plus MAD‘s Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo did a short radio interview for Nebraska Public Radio. Here’s a link to the 14 minute segment. READ MORE
Last week I mentioned that the new MAD book I did with author Dave Croatto had the release date moved up to October 25th (formerly November 8th). In that post I mentioned that the cover of the book (and a couple of interior pages) that had previously been released as a preview were not the final artwork… those were “preview” images and ended up being tweaked before going to press. I also mentioned I could not show anyone the actual final cover art until it got formally released by the publisher. Well, Barnes and Noble have the final cover up on their order page for… READ MORE
This week’s “Sketch o’the Week” is one of The Lovely Anna‘s and my kids’ favorites performers, Ed Sheeran. As usual, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
Back in 1998 I became a member of a national organization of professional caricaturists called the National Caricaturists Network (NCN). I attended many of their annual convention and competitions, was honored with a couple of awards, and served as president of that organization in 2000 and 2001. Over the years other facets of life and work curbed my participation with that group, which has since evolved into the International Society of Caricaturists (ISCA) and gotten much bigger. However I have remained a member. I am going to be one of several speakers at this year’s ISCA Convention and Competition, taking place in Phoenix, AZ, November… READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is another blast from the past… this time from MAD #400, December 2000. This was my second appearance in the magazine, and my first color piece for them. I was assigned the job of doing fake covers from each decade that MAD was in existence for an article entitled “The Untold History of MAD“. These printed really small in the article, so here they are about actual art size. The 1950’s The 1960’s The 1970’s The 1980’s The 1990’s These next ones were described as a double cover issue printed the morning after Yelsin’s attempted coup of Russia, done is the… READ MORE
Q: I’m looking for an efficient method of coloring live caricatures. I’ve seen many different ways to do this, what method do you recommend? A: That’s a tough one because, as you point out, there are a lot of different ways to do it. I’ve seen live caricaturists use colored chalk powders and a cotton glove as the “brush”, pastels, prismacolor stix (which are sort of crayon-like but really more like the stuff inside colored pencils), watercolor and many other techniques including the one I use, airbrush. I’ve seen them all used to great effect, but I prefer the airbrush simply because I have used… READ MORE
Prototype cover of Goodnight Batcave In an unusual break from the tradition of publishing, the book Goodnight Batcave that I illustrated with writer Dave Croatto, is going to be released two weeks earlier than previously announced. The release date was originally set for Nov. 8th, but its debut was moved up to Oct. 25th. The books pre-order page on Amazon.com now reflects that new date. If you are confused by the caption under the preview cover art above, let me explain. That is not quite the actual cover art for Goodnight Batcave, but I understand that is not so unusual. I don’t do a lot… READ MORE
This week’s sketch is of America’ Olympic Sweetheart, 4 gold and one bronze 2016 medalist Simone Biles! READ MORE
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