I was sad to hear about the passing of the great David Bowie. A true original. I’ve spent a lot of time listening to his music in the studio. READ MORE
It’s been fifty years since the debut of “Batman” on ABC, starring Adam West, Burt Ward and a host of big stars of the day as super-villain guest stars! I was still patiently awaiting being born on January 12th, 1966 when the first episode aired, so I caught the reruns when I was a little kid in the late 60’s. Frankly I have this TV show to blame credit for a life long love of comics. Thanks, William Dozier! READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the pencil roughs and final art for MAD’s parody of 2008’s “Iron Man” from MAD #492, Aug 2008, written by Desmond Devlin: READ MORE
Q: I noticed at comic con you were drawing with a clutch (leadholder), but it had been modified with gauze and elastic bands. How do you do that, and why is it good practice? A: You mean this?: This is my “live caricature” pencil. I get a lot of weird looks when people see this thing all wrapped up, but the reason for it is simple and makes perfect sense. But before the “why”, here’s the “what”: Underneath all that wrapping is a standard “clutch” type mechanical leadholder, specifically the Caran Dasche Fixpencil 3. It holds a 3mm lead rather than the standard 2mm most… READ MORE
Things are getting crazy right now in the studio… I might not do much in the way of meaningful posting for the next week. READ MORE
It’s that time of year again, the National Cartoonists Society’s annual Divisional Awards aka the “Silver Reubens” are gearing up, and they need your submissions for consideration. Each division has specific sets of eligibility criteria, but the following are universal: Must be professionally published between Dec 1, 2014 and Dec 31, 2015 Creator need not be an NCS member, but must be eligible for NCS membership (i.e. a professional cartoonist) Last year the NCS broke new ground by having it’s entire membership vote for most divisional categories online, which proved pretty time consuming considering some divisions had up to 50 entries. This year the process… READ MORE
Fist sketch of the new year! Star of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Daisy Ridley! As always, this original sketch is for sale in the Studio Store! READ MORE
Those of you who are also my Facebook friend will probably already be familiar with this, please forgive the repetition if that is the case. On New Year’s Day my longtime friend, fellow caricaturist, ISCA member and illustrator Glenn Ferguson was attacked at the caricature concession stand he works at in Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando by a disgruntled former co-worker, and seriously injured by multiple stab wounds which caused neck, cranium and brain damage. Glenn underwent 5 hours of emergency surgery that day, and thankfully pulled through. However the extent of the injury to his brain will not be known until he regains… READ MORE
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