January 22nd, 2015 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
Today’s edition of “Illustration Throwback Thursday” features a book I illustrated for MAD back in 2009 called Bo Confidential: The Secret Files of America’s First Dog, which just so happens to be on sale via the MAD iPad app for only 99 cents (cheap) this week only! The story behind this book is a short but intense one. I got a call from my friend, mentor and a guy who owes me $10.00, MAD art director Sam Viviano at the very end of April, 2009 to say they had a book project they wanted me to do the art for. The working title was “Bo… READ MORE
January 21st, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch… no doubt soon to be sold as t-shirts in several Etsy stores… is of Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton. READ MORE
January 20th, 2015 | Posted in General
… one at a time. Dear Lettie, No doubt you are well aware of this, but several of the items you have for sale in your Etsy store use caricatures of mine, taken from my website and colorized/manipulated into T-shirt designs. You do not have permission to use my work and are in direct violation of my copyright. Here are links to the offending items: Matt Smith, Tom Baker, Daniel Craig, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Lautner (again), Tom Baker (again) This is a courtesy letter to give you a chance to remove these items from your store. If they are still active by tomorrow morning at… READ MORE
January 19th, 2015 | Posted in Monday MADness
This week’s Monday MADness features the art I did for Dick DeBartolo‘s parody of the first “Spider-Man” movie with Tobey McGuire. that appeared in MAD #418, June 2002. You remember… when Spider-Man movies were good? (Clicky any to embiggen…) READ MORE
January 18th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: My question is regarding your thoughts on the future of comics and illustration in general. Newspaper printing seems to be headed towards a very different form in the coming years (or possibly by the wayside completely) and I was curious to hear (read) your thoughts or predictions about where the future of the cartooning industry lies. A: That’s a big question, but pretty easy to answer in general terms. One: publishing and media consumption in general is going to move almost exclusively to the internet over the next decade or so. Two: cartooning and comics will move with it. I don’t have any idea… READ MORE
January 16th, 2015 | Posted in General
I’m swamped after all the time I spent in the last week with the NCS and the events in Paris. Sorry to say posting will be a little light for a while. READ MORE
January 15th, 2015 | Posted in General
For those of you who might be getting tired of all these posts pertaining to the Charlie Hebdo massacre last week, you’ll be relieved to know this will be my last one. This really did rock the cartooning community, and not just political cartoonists. The National Cartoonists Society made a call to all members (although they welcomed non-member pro submissions) to speak their minds and show support over this terrible event in the best way we know how… through cartoons. There is now an awesome gallery of these cartoons, 130 at last count, up on the NCS website. My contribution is above. One last thing.… READ MORE
January 14th, 2015 | Posted in News
Michael Cavna with the Washington Post’s Comic Riffs writes a great piece about satire on this side of the pond and the effects (if any) the Charlie Hebdo massacre may have on it. Interviews with MAD‘s John Ficarra, editorial cartoonists Matt Bohrs, Jack Ohman and Jen Sorenson, and me. READ MORE
