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Black Friday Weekend Workshop Discount!

November 30th, 2019 | Posted in News

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

Doctor Who Print Regeneration Program!

November 29th, 2019 | Posted in News

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

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 28th, 2019 | Posted in General

I haven’t posted this guy in a few years. Happy Thanksgiving! READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Jodie Whittaker!

November 27th, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

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

Workshop Warmup- Patton Oswalt!

November 26th, 2019 | Posted in News

Here’s another “Workshop Warmup” sketch from my recent workshop in San Francisco… Patton Oswalt! These warmups are an exercise we do one morning of the class where someone suggests a subject, I do an image search for a picture and we all work from that image for about 15 minutes. Speaking of workshops, both my Burbank class in January and my Las Vegas class in February are sold out. If you missed out, you can sign up for the waitlist by clicking on the links. The workshop in Phoenix in March is cancelled… sorry Arizona but I looks like won’t be back there again. I… READ MORE

Monday MADness- MAD #11 Cover

November 25th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Here’s the clever cover for MAD #11 (art by Mark Summers), which goes on sale Dec 18th… somewhere. Your local comic book shop or via your mailbox if you still want to get your MAD on dead trees. Yes this issue is mostly new content. The entire MAD 20 is new. Sergio’s “A MAD Look at…” and Spy vs. Spy is new. I did two of the MAD 20 features. I’ll post the list of contents after the release date. READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag- Rubylith?

November 24th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: I buy a lot of original MAD art, and a good bit of it comes with a red cellophane overlay (is it rubylith?) Was that an alternate way to do shading? Or did it replace the duo shade method. It seems to be hand cut to the areas it is shading, and seems tedious. Did the artist have to do it?  A: This question was asked in a comment on a post a did a few months ago about the duo-shading process I duplicated the look of in the Tarantino retro-parodies MAD did. I thought it would make for an interesting mailbag topic. Be… READ MORE

2020 Europe Workshops: Vienna and Dublin!

November 22nd, 2019 | Posted in General

I just posted my European workshop dates and locations for 2020! I’ll be in Vienna, Austria and Dublin, Ireland in June. This will be my only workshops overseas next year, so jump on board… or else wait until 2021! READ MORE

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