A few years ago DC had artists for MAD do a series of “variant” covers for some of their titles for the April issue (April Fools Day… get it??) I did the above for Detective Comics #19 in 2013 and the one below for Batman-Superman #10 the next year. It’s the closest I ever got to doing an actual Batman comic book. READ MORE
Well, that’s a wrap! The best part is I don’t have to pack up all my crap and schelp it out of the convention center… A huge THANK YOU to all of you who stopped by my Virtual Artist’s Alley table. I thought I’d get a few commissions to draw over the weekend and maybe sell a few prints with the free shipping. Instead I will be spending all this week trying to get all the commissions I have done. If you ordered something I will be shipping things out in batches, so look for a shipping notification when it’s on the way. Thanks again,… READ MORE
Only a little over five hours left to order something from my “Virtual ECCC Artist’s Alley Table”. Response has been OVERWHELMING, and while I was going to cut off the commissions after so many I decided I might as well go ahead and take everything that comes in. As a result I’ll be working on these probably all week long next week. I will be stopping it all at 5pm CDT tonight, so if you’ ve been thinking about ordering something better jump on it! READ MORE
This was done as an example of how a full color “MAD Sketch Cover” Comic Con commission looks for my display. Since I always sell my example sketch cover, this one is also available at my Virtual ECCC Artist’s Alley Table”. Done in brush pen and Copic marker on a “sketch cover” variant copy of MAD #538. Signed by the artist. FREE SHIPPING in the US! READ MORE
With Emerald City Comic Con cancelled this weekend, I’ll be hosting a “Virtual ECCC Artist’s Alley” table here on my website today through Saturday! Whether or not you were planning a visit to ECCC, here’s a chance for anyone to get all the commissions and stuff I sell at my Artist’s Alley table, much of it EXCLUSIVE only at comic cons, at the same convention pricing with FREE SHIPPING (sorry, US only… international customers welcome but you’ll have to pay for your shipping.) Things I ONLY SELL or DO at conventions? My “live caricature” style black and white caricatures/commissions, MAD Magazine sketch cover commissions and… READ MORE
I’m a little too busy to write anything today so here’s an oldie but a goodie… and yes it was leg day at the gym today. READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the splash page from MAD‘s parody of the “reality” TV show “Dog the Bounty Hunter” from issue #478 (June 2007) written by Dennis Snee. The original of this splash page is somewhere in Colombia when it went missing after a show I was in there for CaliComix. Maybe I should put Dog on the case! READ MORE
Q: You once told a story that when you showed some of your early works to the MAD brass (Sam Viviano, I believe), you were told that it was a bit too much like Mort Drucker’s work, so you reworked your art to distinguish it from Drucker’s. I know that artists all agree that when you’re being paid, you give the clients what they want. However, is it really fair for an artist to be told to “undo” their talent? If someone paints as well as Michelangelo or Norman Rockwell or Bob Ross and their style skews that way (but not intentionally), is it fair… READ MORE
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