MAD just posted a cropped sneak peek of one of the pieces I did for the “20 Dumbest of 2019” on their Instagram page. “Madame Pus-sauds Anti-Vax Museum” written by Sarah Hutto. MAD #11 goes on sales somewhere on Dec 18th. READ MORE
I received several emails from readers who were outraged about my post yesterday, where I showed a 5 year old piece of variant cover art I did for the DC title Batman/Superman reprinted as the cover of the Australian MAD Magazine (with modification to the art), without my knowledge or without renumeration. I guess they expected me to be outraged as well. Most were surprised that I was far from outraged. In fact I barely shrugged. Why? Three words: Work for Hire. All the work I did for MAD (and that most people have done in the nearly 70 years of the magazine) was done… READ MORE
I was surprised to see (mostly) my art on the cover of the the latest issue of Australian MAD. This is an altered version of this variant cover I did for Batman/Superman #10, April 2014: Someone added the Joaquin Phoenix “Joker” makeup to the original art for the new cover. No, I did not get paid for this. In fact I didn’t even know about it until someone posted the cover pic on a MAD group in Facebook. That’s the wonderful world of work for hire. READ MORE
Q: Seeing your Captain Rochester picture made me wonder what you think of the evolution of the depiction of the male heroic physique in comics since the 1960s, as a bodybuilder yourself. I haven’t bought comics for many years, and it was partly the advent of what I saw as the weirdly unpleasant overdeveloped character representations that made me stop. A: The “Captain Rochester” character (see above) is of course an exaggeration of a male comic book hero physique (although not by much by modern standards). I’m no expert but it seems to me the superhero physique of the day is a reflection of society’s… READ MORE
I never discount my workshops, so this is a first and only for a short time. Now through Cyber-Monday you can get one of the few currently open spots in either my April 17-19th Chicago or May 1-3 Long Island City workshops for $50 off! Sorry domestic workshops only. This offer expires after Cyber-Monday! READ MORE
13th Doctor fans, rejoice!!! I have an updated version of my Doctor Who limited edition print available with a special upgrade offer for owners of the original “The Doctor Makes House Calls” LE print. Read on for the details! In 2013 I created a limited edition Doctor Who print featuring caricatures of all (at the time) eleven Doctors from the long running British Sc-Fi series. It sold out pretty quickly, which was a good thing because shortly thereafter Peter Capaldi took over as the 12th Doctor, and John Hurt appeared as “The War Doctor”. In 2016 I did a new LE print with all new… READ MORE
I haven’t posted this guy in a few years. Happy Thanksgiving! READ MORE
This week’s SowW is the thirteenth Doctor herself, Jodie Whittaker! The original is already sold. Yes, this matches the size/format of the Doctors from my “The Doctor Makes House Calls” print, but don’t buy one of those right now! Look for an announcement on Friday! READ MORE
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