I’m still frantically trying to get on top of several deadlines before my trip to Detroit this weekend, so this week’s Sketch o’the Week is another cop-out “workshop warmup” from my last workshop in DC… Walt Disney! READ MORE
I’ve known this for a few days now but felt I needed to keep it under my hat. However MAD’s MADDEST WRITER Dick DeBartolo officially let the cat out of the bag on Leo Laporte’s “The Tech Guy” podcast this past weekend that MAD #11, which was originally supposed to be the first issue with reprinted classic material and little or no new original content, will have the annual “MAD‘s 20 Dumbest, Events, People, and Things of (the Year)”. So that’s a lot of original content right there… at least for one more issue. READ MORE
Catch me at Michigan Comic Con at the Cobo Center in Detroit this weekend! I’ll have my usual bunch of junk, plus copies of MAD #9 and my new “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” cover print. READ MORE
Here’s a few sneak peeks at some of the panels from the other parody I drew in MAD #9, “Behind the Scenes of Dizzy’s The Lion King”. With all the attention the Tarantino stuff has gotten this is getting overlooked a little, but it was a very funny script from comedian Akilah Hughes. Now go out and buy a copy, clod! READ MORE
Q: You’ve talked about drawing live and why you don’t start with face shape and instead begin with the details. You mentioned the thrill of working without a safety net by not sketching anything first and just diving in. With that in mind, if you find you’ve goofed up… then what? Just thinking about that situation gives me anxiety. Have you ever scratched a live drawing and started over? I assume it’s a similar rush one gets doing stand up comedy, where it’s just you and your wits to see how you can get yourself out of a jam. A: Live caricature is not for the faint… READ MORE
I just had a cancellation for my Orlando workshop taking place Dec 6-8th, and no one on the waitlist is available to take it, so the spot is open! I’m fully booked for the rest of 2019, so this is your last chance to get in on a workshop this year! READ MORE
We had a lot of old school subjects for our warmups last weekend. Here’s one of 60/70’s music icon Joni Mitchell. Funny, I spend some time at each workshop teaching people that cheekbones are usually much higher on the face than most people draw them, and then they pick a subject for a warm-up who has unusually low (and big) cheekbones. READ MORE
Michael Cavna writes a story about how the Tarantino prop covers all came together for his “Comic Riffs” feature on the Washington Post website. READ MORE
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