I’ve got a pile of MAD #538 variant sketch covers ready to do your commission requests on here at Chicago Wizard World Comic Con. Prices range from overpriced to ridiculously overpriced to you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me… I’ve got a wedding and two more years of college to pay for! Come by and see me at booth F2 in Artists Alley! READ MORE
This week’s sketch is of America’ Olympic Sweetheart, 4 gold and one bronze 2016 medalist Simone Biles! READ MORE
You’ll find me in artist’s alley at table F-2 starting this Thursday through Sunday! Show hours: Thursday, Aug 18, 2016 – 3pm – 8pm Friday, Aug 19, 2016 – 12pm – 7pm Saturday, Aug 20, 2016 – 10am – 7pm Sunday, Aug 21, 2016 – 10am – 5pm I’ll have my usual assortment of crap to peddle including: Limited Edition Prints of Sherlock, Doctor Who, Superman and the new Dracula* Signed copies of MAD Comic Con Exclusive Mini-Prints MAD #539 variant sketch covers!!! Signed copies of The Mad Art of Caricature A few original sketches Caricatures and commissions! Original pages from MAD Magazine! *I will… READ MORE
Photo by illustrator Buck Jones This past Friday I joined MAD art director Sam Viviano and MAD writer Desmond Devlin, along with MAD‘s Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo via teleconference, at The Kaneko gallery in Omaha, NE for a panel talk about storytelling…. MAD style. Kanenko is a public non-profit cultural organization, exploring and encouraging the process of creativity, and how it impacts everyday lives. It was established in 1998 by international artist Jun Kaneko and his wife Ree. They organize ongoing programs that explore various areas of creativity, and this summer the are exploring the art of “storytelling”, which includes graphic storytelling in comics, cartooning and… READ MORE
Q: How do you go when you have to caricature someone who has no discernible features? Case in point, the actor Peter Davison who played the fifth Doctor Who. Back in the day many artists had a lot of trouble capturing his likeness particularly when it came to painting his likeness to use on book covers and other pieces of merchandise – even a number of comic book artists had that problem. They couldn’t find a “hook” for his face as the actor was in his late twenties, he had a very smooth face and had facial features that didn’t lend themselves easily to caricature. … READ MORE
Well, almost. I thought I’d better post a public disservice announcement to say I have only 16 of these hand signed/numbered “Bats in the Belfry” limited edition prints left. That’s of a run of 450, and when they are gone, they’re gone… no reprints. I have a handful of extra prints (you always get a few more than you order) that I will make available as “artist proofs”, but it will essentially be “sold out” very soon… certainly by the end of the Wizard World Chicago Con I will be at next week. So, if you were thinking about getting one as a Christmas gift… READ MORE
An Invasion of Idiots is about to hit Omaha, Nebraska… The Usual Gang of Idiots that is. I’ll be joining longtime MAD artist and current VP of Art & Design (a fancy title for “Head Art Director”) Sam Viviano and longtime MAD writer Desmond Devlin, along with REALLY longtime MAD writer Dick Debartolo (via video) for a presentation and panel discussion on the storytelling aspects of MAD Magazine. It all happens at the Kaneko Building 1111 Jones St. in Omaha tomorrow, Friday Aug 12th, at 7:00 pm. Here’s the low (and I mean VERY low) down: KANEKO will host MAD About Storytelling, a discussion panel… READ MORE
Kinda busy right now so here’s a suddenly relevant again subject: 21 times Golden Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps! I did this sketch in 2008 during the Summer Olympics in Beijing. READ MORE
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