July 7th, 2016 | Posted in News
Only two weeks before San Diego Comic Con gets underway, Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24. 2016 with Preview Night on Wednesday, July 20! I’ll be there again this year at my own booth (I-02), this time with The Lovely Anna as by booth babe. I’ve got a few new things as well as the usual schlock this year: NEW: LIMITED EDITION PRINT! (Soon to be previewed on this blog) Remaining LE prints of Doctor Who, Sherlock, Superman and Batman (only about a dozen of the Batman ones left) Signed copies of “The Mad Art of Caricature” Signed copies of MAD NEW: MAD Sketch… READ MORE
July 6th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I skipped Bela Lugosi earlier in this series since I’d already done a couple caricatures of him and I thought I’d leave him until towards the end. This one is basically the same face I did before but with a full body and a little tweaking. As always, the original sketch is for sale in the Studio Store. READ MORE
July 5th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried and writer Frank Santopadre do a terrific podcast called “Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast!”, and they recently posted a MAD-centric “mini episode” featuring senior editor Joe Railoa and writer Desmond Devlin. It’s a lot of fun so take a listen. By the way, among his long list of writing accomplishments like doing comedy material for a who’s who list of comedians, TV shows and publications, Frank is also a long-time writer for MAD. In factr he and I collaborated once on a feature called “Honey Boo Boo’s Family Circus“. READ MORE
July 4th, 2016 | Posted in General
Have a safe and fun holiday! READ MORE
July 3rd, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Why didn’t MAD Magazine approach you to design a Star Wars themed cover for their latest issue (#539) considering the excellent work you did illustrating The Force Awakens parody? A: First, thanks for the kind words about my art on the “The Force Awakens’ parody. Glad you liked it.To answer your question, MAD had just done a Star Wars cover a couple of issues earlier so no doubt they felt they didn’t want or need another so soon, even if the issue did contain the actual film parody. You see that a lot these days. The magazine will have a movie cover subject on… READ MORE
June 29th, 2016 | Posted in General
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June 28th, 2016 | Posted in Tales from the Theme Park
This happened around 1993 or so at a short lived nightclub complex in downtown Minneapolis called “Mississippi Live”. I had set up a single artist location in a big commons area where patrons could come out of the various clubs and bars that opened into the area with their drinks. Lots of very drunk people. One of the staples of a live caricaturist’s repertoire in an adult setting like that are “boob gags”. Not exactly highbrow humor but your play to your crowd. Quite a few of the women joke about giving them bigger breasts in the drawing, and 100% of the men with them… READ MORE
June 27th, 2016 | Posted in Monday MADness
Here’s a look back at the pencil roughs and final art for the parody of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” written by Desmond Devlin, from MAD #507, Feb 2011. READ MORE
