This weekend I’ll be making my first appearance at Emerald City Comic Con in Seatlle, WA! You’ll find me and The Lovely Anna at booth A-10 in Artist’s Alley, where I’ll have my full compliment of prints, books, signed MADs, original art, and commissions and caricatures. Hope to see you there! READ MORE
Today’s Monday MADness is from way back in Dec 2002- one of my favorite panels from MAD #424’s “Harry Plodder and the Lamest of Sequels” written by Desmond Devlin. READ MORE
Q: You make group drawings with all participants of each workshop. Are these images completely drawn on a sheet or are the montages? How do you work on group portraits that show the best possible recognition at the end? A: I don’t consider these workshop illustrations to be group or crowd scenes in the classic sense, because they are not really a “scene” at all. The vertical nature of the image makes it impossible to do a real group shot where all those depicted could be really together in such an arrangement. Those in the front would have to be seated or kneeling, those in… READ MORE
Hot off the presses, Sketch o’the Week Vol 2 is in and will be shipping to all of you who placed pre-orders on Monday, and new orders as well! I’ll have lots of copies available next weekend at Emerald City Comic Con. READ MORE
It’s Dreaded Deadline Demon time for the foreseeable future. READ MORE
Here’s a peek at another favorite panel from MAD #6’s “Merry Poopins Goes to the White House” written by Ian Boothby. This one is from page 5. Why is it one of my favorites? Uh….. READ MORE
Q: I’d just like to get your take on recent news on CNN about the editorial cartoon satirical depiction of Serena Williams’ on court tantrums. My question is where do you draw the line from being funny to being racist especially when your target is a race other than Caucasian? A: This is a sensitive issue for caricaturists. Since you asked my opinion about this specific cartoon, we’ll start with that. Here’s the cartoon he’s talking about: “Specifically, concern was expressed that the cartoon depicted Ms Williams with large lips, a broad flat nose, a wild afro-styled ponytail hairstyle different to that worn by Ms.… READ MORE
I’m in Atlanta, GA doing a workshop this weekend! Class illustration above. For those who are on the fence about doing one of these workshops, The one coming up in Minnesota in May could be a rare opportunity for some serious one-on-one time. Right now I have only three students signed up but as my expenses are so much less doing one here in my hometown, I’m going to do the workshop regardless of the number of students. So, there may be as few as three for the entire workshop class. Even if that number doubles there will still be only half the students I… READ MORE
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