October 9th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What is to consider when drawing different ethnicities? I think a French caricaturist is usually seeing a lot of “big” noses in France. So he maybe will draw every Japanese nose small, even if it is a “big” nose in Japan. A: Of course race and ethnicity play factors in caricature because they affect the physical features of the subject. Racial/ethnic stereotypes as they apply to a subject is something a caricaturist needs to be aware of. Your question pertains to if the ethnicity of the artist colors their perceptions of the models, which is an interesting point. Let’s look at the stereotype issues… READ MORE
October 7th, 2016 | Posted in News
My Orlando Florida caricature workshop is a go! Deposits are being accepted now on the Workshop page. I’ve gotten a lot of interest with this, so if I get 18 or more wanting to attend I will add a second workshop either the weekend before or after. If you go to the page and find it is sold out, email me and let me know you want to be on the waitlist. The details: Dates: January 19th-21st, 2017 Location: Quality Inn and Suites, 626 Lee Road, Orlando, FL Class size: Limited to 12 students Itinerary: Thursday, Jan 19th: 1:00 pm- 6 pm: Lecture on caricature… READ MORE
October 6th, 2016 | Posted in News
It’s New York Comic Con Time! Here’s my appearance schedule: Thursday Oct 6th- 11 am-12 pm: Wacom Demo at the Wacom Booth (Main floor #444) 12:30 pm-8 pm: Artists Alley booth A-6 Friday Oct 7th- 10 am- 8 pm: Artists Alley booth A-6 Saturday Oct 8th- 10 am- 8 pm: Artists Alley booth A-6 Sunday Oct 9th: 10 am-11:30am: Artists Alley booth A-6 12 pm – 1 pm: Signing at DC Comics booth (SC 4002) 1:15 pm- 2:15 pm: MAD panel (room 1A21) 2:30 pm- 5 pm: Artists Alley booth A-6 I’ve minimized my time away from the booth this year as much as possible,… READ MORE
October 5th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
More “Stranger Things” cast caricatures! Here is Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson. READ MORE
October 4th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, here’s a sneak peek at “the Last 100 Days of the Obama Presidency” written by Kenny Keil and Jeff Kruse. Below are the full pages first posted by the Washington Post last week, and here are a few of the other spots from the feature… I’ll let you imagine what the captions might say. Better yet, go out and buy the issue to find out! READ MORE
October 3rd, 2016 | Posted in News
Every year the folks at New York Comic Con put on an auction of original comic art to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This year they have their usual stellar lineup of art from over 100 different creators. You can visit their auction page to see much of the art that will be auctioned off, and for more info. I donated the piece above, one of the pages from MAD‘s parody of “Man of Steel” from issue #524. The auction will be held Saturday night (10/8) at 6:45pm in room 1A18 at NYCC in the Javits Center in NYC. It’s not online so you… READ MORE
October 3rd, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In subscribers mailboxes, comic books shops and via digital this week, on news stands next Tuesday!!: Cover (Mark Fredrickson) Letters and Tomatoes (Ed.) Remembering Jack Davis (Contributions from readers) The Fundalini Pages (Rick Tulka, Johnny Sampson, Peter Kuper, Jeff Kruse, Kevin Pope, Will McPhail, Garth Gerhart, Stephen Silver, Anton Emdin, Paul Coker, Justin Peterson, Hermann Mejia, Sam Viviano, ) The Last 100 Days of the Obama Presidency (Kenny Keil and Jeff Kruse, Tom Richmond) The MAD “I Will Make America Great Again” Citizen’s Pledge (Artist: Ward Sutton) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) MAD’s Breakdown of Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton Voters (Stan Sinberg, Sam Sisco)… READ MORE
October 2nd, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: When (and why) did you make the switch to doing your artwork digitally, and do you ever miss the traditional media you used to use? A: Back in the early 90’s I was using a combination of watercolor, acrylics and airbrush to do color illustrations. here are a few very old examples: Right around that time I started doing a series of comic book style booklets for a company that produced anti-drugs, anti-smoking, anti-drinking and other anti-stuff materials for schools. They wanted me to do the work digitally, so I bought myself an Apple Macintosh computer and taught myself how to use Adobe Illustrator.… READ MORE
