October 18th, 2014 | Posted in News
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjvxCxC-jHA[/youtube] NCS video guru John Lotshaw just posted a full length film of the 2014 NCS Reuben Awards on the NCS YouTube channel. It weighs in at a whopping 1:57 but is chock full of fun thanks to the antics of emcee Tom Gammill and assorted cartoonists who played along with said antics, the show direction of Bill Morrison and the video work of the afore mentioned Mr Lotshaw. I believe this is the first time a Reubens has ever been released in its entirety on video to the general public. There are many highlights, but in particular you will see: Tom G’s spectaular opening… READ MORE
October 17th, 2014 | Posted in General
Found out today that my book The Mad Art of Caricature! is totally out of stock on Amazon here in the US. I can’t quite figure out how Amazon works with its ordering copies from the publisher (i.e. me) in order to keep items in stock. It is obviously automated, as I will sometimes get two or three POs right on top of each other asking for copies to be sent in, but they are weird quantities like 2, 7 or 11 at a time, sometimes on consecutive days. The distributor (i.e. me) can have a standing request for “case quantity”, but Amazon will totally… READ MORE
October 16th, 2014 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
This piece was done in 1996 for San Diego magazine for a story on, you guessed it, the increasing popularity of karaoke and piano bars. It was done in traditional media including watercolor, inks and airbrush. The above was a full page and the one below a spot illustration used later in the article. READ MORE
October 15th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I thought I’d do a few Halloween themed sketches for the rest of the month, starting with the legendary Boris Karloff as “The Monster” from “Frankenstien”, done using various pens and markers. I did this one of Bela Lugosi some time ago, but will do a new one for next week: READ MORE
October 14th, 2014 | Posted in General
The Lovely Anna and I are back from New York Comic Con. It was a crazy, busy convention. I think it was actually more manic than San Diego… maybe that’s just because it’s approaching the same attendance levels but squeezed into a smaller area. Not having my own booth at SDCC I am not sure how I’d do under the same circumstances. All I know is I was swamped from open to close doing caricatures and commissions. Here’s some pictures from the show, including a couple of drawings I did: Abrams Publishing editor Charlie Kochman, MAD art director Ryan Flanders, me and MAD artist/illustrator Ray… READ MORE
October 13th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere tomorrow: Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Mike Morse, John Kerschbaum, Jeff Kruse, Hermann Mejia, Scott Bricher, Dick DeBartolo, Anton Emdin, Kenny Keil, Tom Cheney, Evan Waite, Paul Coker, Kit Lively, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Sam Viviano (uncredited)) Orange is the New Blecch (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) Prohibitive Cost of Bathing (Scott Maiko, Scott Bricher) Fun Facebook Facts (Frank Santopadre & Evan Waite, John Martz) Planet Tad!!!!! (Tim Carvell) Phrases That Left the English Language in 2014 (Matt Lassen, Kevin Pope) MAD’s 2015 Middle Earth Calendar (Art: Hermann Mejia and… READ MORE
October 12th, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Hello! I am a great fan of your caricatures. I have read your book again and again. Please advise me where I can buy the same adjustable easel you use. Also which prismacolor art sticks for flesh tones for all races and where t buy. YOUR BOOK IS VERY INSPIRING, in the next edition please include materials and tools in much more depth. A: I get a lot of these types of emails. I understand the curiosity but it’s a bit misguided. The tools and materials one uses are incidental have minimal impact on the work one produces. It’s the thinking and, above all,… READ MORE
October 10th, 2014 | Posted in News
Image courtesy Jason Chatfield Image courtesy Luis Rosario via Facebook The Lovely Anna and I working it at New York Comic Con. For a Thursday it was a very busy opening day. Of course we ran into some problems right away. Like an idiot I shipped the wrong backdrop support unit to hold up that banner you see behind us. It should be two feet taller and should not be about to collapse upon us at any second. Fortunately we were able to MacGyver it so it is at least standing. That’s the only negative. Otherwise met a lot of nice people, did a lot… READ MORE
