November 8th, 2016 | Posted in News
The Los Angeles chapter of the National Cartoonists Society is having a chapter benefit event this Sunday at the home of Sally Lazarus (widow of the late great Mell Lazarus) featuring a live auction with a ton of awesome original cartoon artwork. Check out the lineup on the promo above… I count eight Reuben winners. You can see all the items from the auction and all the details on the LA Chapter website. I donated a page from MAD‘s parody of “True Detective” in issue #528. This is a live auction only, so there is no online bidding. You would need to RSVP and attend… READ MORE
November 7th, 2016 | Posted in General
The incomparable Sergio Aragonés regularly creates masterpieces, but a couple of years ago he did a piece for a MAD book that is a true work of genius, even by his standards. In the book Inside MAD, Sergio created a fold out spread that depicted virtually every major contributor to the magazine in it’s 60 plus years of publication. I’m not sure what the criteria was that determined if an artist/writer/editor was included, but I was grateful to be one of them. Above is a closeup of me by Sergio! You can find an interactive version of the entire spread, complete with pop up legends… READ MORE
November 6th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Ever had to do a convincing “bad” drawing–either for a tutorial or something like a child’s drawing? Every time I see a “bad” drawing done on purpose by a good artist, it always looks too… er… “good”… there’s good structure, good linework… it’s almost like the artist doesn’t know how to do a bad drawing anymore. How might you approach doing such a drawing? A: Some people would say I don’t need any special approach to do a bad drawing… I just let my natural talent take over! But, if I ever need to do something really, purposefully bad for some reason… a gag… READ MORE
November 4th, 2016 | Posted in News
If you are in the Dallas area come visit me and a bunch of the Usual Gang of Idiots (not listed above… Annie Gaines!!!) at the North Texas Comic Book show from 9:30- 5 pm at the Doubletree Hotel in the Dallas Market Center. I will not have my full compliment of junk to sell there (quick one day show), but I’ll have copies of my Sketch o’the Week and Mad Art of Caricature book, a bunch of mini-prints, some blank MAD sketch covers, a few pages of original MAD artwork, and I’ll be doing commissions and caricatures. Laughs are sure to ensue when this… READ MORE
November 3rd, 2016 | Posted in News
Dave Croatto and my Goodnight Batcave book has been out for a little over a week now. More reviews are in (here and here), and here’s a quick look at a couple of more pieces of my artwork from it: You can pick up a copy on Amazon, Barnes and Noble.com or wherever books are sold. READ MORE
November 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
We continue with our “Stranger Things” series with Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair! As always the original sketch is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
November 1st, 2016 | Posted in Freelancing
I only do a couple of pieces a year for SI Kids but they are usually really fun ones. This “Athlete’s Thanksgiving” scene is becoming a tradition for me. You’ll find it in the November issue that just hit the stands last week. READ MORE
October 31st, 2016 | Posted in General
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