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
June 26th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: When did you start doing your blog? A: Funny you should ask that. Exactly 10 years today! My first post was June 26th, 2006! Here’s the 10 year anniversary stats: Over 7.6 million page views Best day ever: 22,199 views 3,597 total posts 477 Sunday Mailbag questions answered 489 Sketches o’the Week posted Thanks to A.E. Neuman for the question. If you have a question you want answered for the mailbag about cartooning, illustration, MAD Magazine, caricature or similar, e-mail me and I’ll try and answer it here! READ MORE
June 24th, 2016 | Posted in News
The International Society of Caricature Artists is a 25 year old organization of professional caricaturists from around the world. They’ve had a podcast for awhile called the ISCast but recently rebranded it “Exaggerated Features“, which is also the title of their long running newsletter/magazine. I was interviewed by host Cory Lally for the latest episode. The podcast is now available on iTunes and via Soundcast. It’s only 13 minutes long, so it’s not a major time commitment. I’m the first in an ongoing series that asks different artists “What is a Caricature?” My initial answer was “about $30”, but Cory wanted something more in-depth. If… READ MORE
