13 Days of Dracula continues with Christopher Lee from the 1958 film “Horror of Dracula” (and many other Hammer Dracula films in later years). My newest limited edition print will debut at San Diego Comic Con on July 20th, and be available for ordering online on July 21st. READ MORE
13 Days of Dracula continues with the iconic Bela Lugosi from the 1933 film “Dracula”. My newest limited edition print will debut at San Diego Comic Con on July 20th, and be available for ordering online on July 21st. READ MORE
I’ll be posting one of the final caricatures for my new limited edition print each day leading up to its debut at San Diego Comic Con! Here’s the first one, Max Schreck as Count Orlock (actually Dracula except for a copyright lawsuit by Bram Stoker’s estate) from 1922’s “Nosferatu”. The complete Dracula limited edition print will debut at San Diego Comic Con on July 20th, and be available for ordering online on July 21st.Yes, I will be doing the “Special Editions” which will include an original inked caricatures of one of the Draculas along with a special signed and numbered print. That will all be… READ MORE
Only two weeks before San Diego Comic Con gets underway, Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24. 2016 with Preview Night on Wednesday, July 20! I’ll be there again this year at my own booth (I-02), this time with The Lovely Anna as by booth babe. I’ve got a few new things as well as the usual schlock this year: NEW: LIMITED EDITION PRINT! (Soon to be previewed on this blog) Remaining LE prints of Doctor Who, Sherlock, Superman and Batman (only about a dozen of the Batman ones left) Signed copies of “The Mad Art of Caricature” Signed copies of MAD NEW: MAD Sketch… READ MORE
I skipped Bela Lugosi earlier in this series since I’d already done a couple caricatures of him and I thought I’d leave him until towards the end. This one is basically the same face I did before but with a full body and a little tweaking. As always, the original sketch is for sale in the Studio Store. READ MORE
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried and writer Frank Santopadre do a terrific podcast called “Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast!”, and they recently posted a MAD-centric “mini episode” featuring senior editor Joe Railoa and writer Desmond Devlin. It’s a lot of fun so take a listen. By the way, among his long list of writing accomplishments like doing comedy material for a who’s who list of comedians, TV shows and publications, Frank is also a long-time writer for MAD. In factr he and I collaborated once on a feature called “Honey Boo Boo’s Family Circus“. READ MORE
Q: Why didn’t MAD Magazine approach you to design a Star Wars themed cover for their latest issue (#539) considering the excellent work you did illustrating The Force Awakens parody? A: First, thanks for the kind words about my art on the “The Force Awakens’ parody. Glad you liked it.To answer your question, MAD had just done a Star Wars cover a couple of issues earlier so no doubt they felt they didn’t want or need another so soon, even if the issue did contain the actual film parody. You see that a lot these days. The magazine will have a movie cover subject on… READ MORE
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