As promised, a couple of panels from the MAD parody of “House of Cards” in issue #532 (clicky any to embiggen…): In case you missed the splash page that was posted last week: Read the parody in MAD #532, on newsstands now! READ MORE
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere tomorrow: Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Dick DeBartolo, Kevin Pope, Joe Dator, Jeff Kruse, Sam Sisco, Kenny Keil, Nathan Cooper, Bob Staake, Shannon Wheeler, Desmond Devlin, Anton Emdin, Samuel Ferri, Kit Lively, Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer, Patrick Merrell) House of Cons (David Shayne, Tom Richmond) A Sneak Peek at More of the Characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Mike Morse, Hermann Mejia) The Darker Side of The Lighter Side… (Sort of Dave Berg, Carl Peterson: Colorist) A MAD Look at LEGO (Sergio Aragonés, colorist: Tom Luth)… READ MORE
Q: I have a question with regards on seeing Comics/Graphic Novels as Fine Arts. How do you view comic art? High Art? Low Art? I’m asking as I’m currently facing scorns and that “question mark” look from many of my “fine art” peers on me using comic inking style as a style to paint on canvas etc. And how do you draw the line between fine art and Fan art? or is there even a line to began with..¬¨‚Ć A: Ah… Comic art/illustration vs. “fine art”. Like discussions involving politics, religion and Mac vs. PC, This is a debate that has no winner and no… READ MORE
Doud Gilford was so moved by the outpouring of sadness over the closing of his incredible MAD Cover Site that he has reinstated it! Hooray for all of MAD fandom, and a humongous THANK YOU to Doug for keeping this institution alive. From the MCS: Because my act of removing the site has been likened to a crime against humanity, because researchers are being left in the lurch in the middle of their books, films, and websites, because I’ve been taken aback by the outpouring of genuine love and well-wishing through too many correspondences, I hereby reinstate Doug Gilford’s Mad Cover Site for who knows… READ MORE
Another illustration/sketch from my book, this one is of Matt Damon done in watercolor. READ MORE
Another piece of art from my 2011 book The Mad Art of Caricature. READ MORE
So, rather than post nothing for the next week, I am going to post various caricatures from my book. Most are former “Sketch o’the Week” drawings I then did a little digital wash on. Here’s Katie Couric. READ MORE
Clicky to embiggen… Uproxx.com’s Gamma Squad just released a sneak peek of the splash page of the parody of “House of Cards”, written by David Shayne and drawn by me (but, of course, Uproxx doesn’t mention that). You can read the rest of the parody in MAD #532, due on newsstands next Tuesday! READ MORE
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