Art for one of my past workshop T-shirts The Las Vegas workshop is all sold out. I’m looking into doing a workshop in the Dallas, TX area March 24th-26th (Thu-Sat). Just gauging interest at this point. If you would be interested in participating, drop me an note. No commitment, just getting a head count of interested parties. READ MORE
I’m down to only one available spot left in my Feb 7-9th Las Vegas caricature workshop! Details here. Working on a Dallas area workshop in March… READ MORE
It’s the last sketch o’the Week of 2016… Thandie Newton as “Westworld”‘s Maeve Millay. This and my other Westworld sketch are now available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
2016 took yet another longtime member of the “Usual Gang of Idiots” with the passing of Don “Duck” Edwing on Dec 26th at the age of 84. If I was required to name the most unsung hero in the history of MAD, it might be Duck. Not only did he have official bylines in over 250 issue of the magazine since 1961, he was also an uncredited writer for many later Don Martin and Spy vs. Spy cartoons and other features, as well as contributing cover ideas and “punching up” other scripts and articles. Behind the scenes Duck’s sense of humor and writing contributions were… READ MORE
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! I’m going to put the blog on hiatus for the final week of the year. Things will resume next Monday in 2017! READ MORE
That empty space is filled. Thanks to all and we’ll see you next month! I just had one of my students for my Orlando workshop next month withdraw from the class, so I suddenly have an opening! First come, first served. I reduced the tuition from $600 to $500 for the workshop recently as I decided $600 is too much to expect people to pay, even though I did sell out Orlando at that price. READ MORE
Image courtesy MAD Magazine MAD lost another longtime member of the Usual Gang of Idiots this past week with the passing of Paul Peter Porges at age 89. Porges led a very interesting life. Born in Vienna in 1927, he fled the Nazis as a child via France before being captured and placed in a deportment camp. He escaped by hiding in a garbage collection and was smuggled into Switzerland, where he studied art and met his future wife, Lucie. After the war he emigrated to the United States along with his parents, who themselves had survived a Nazi concentration camp. While serving in the… READ MORE
Great news, my Las Vegas workshop is back on for Feb 7th-8th and 9th, 2017! It will take place at High Class Studios, 5240 West Charleston Blvd in Las Vegas. This is a brand new teaching/studio facility owned by Jason Neistadt, and we will be one of the first if not THE first event on the remodeled property. It will be a great space for the workshop. The downside for anyone coming in from out of town is that this is not a hotel, so out-of-towners will need to find a hotel on their own. The closest one is Arizona Charlie’s Decatur, which is only .7… READ MORE
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