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Drac o’the Week- Gary Oldman!

April 20th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

MAD Sneak Peek: Star Bores- The Snores Awaken!

April 19th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine

As promised, here’s a little sneak peek at the monster 9 pager I drew in the lastest issue of MAD, written by David Richards. Whaddya mean you want to read all the jokes and gags in the word boxes? What do you think this is, a furshlugginer library? Go out and buy the issue, clod! READ MORE

On the Stands: MAD #539

April 18th, 2016 | Posted in General

In subscribers mailboxes, comic book shops and via digital now, and on news stands tomorrow!!: Cover (Tom Richmond) Letters and Tomatoes (Ed.) The Fundalini Pages (Jeff Kruse, John Martz, Matt Lassen, Tom Hart, Rick Tulka, Mike Leow, Evan Waite, Kevin Pope, Kenny Keil, Stephen Silver, Bob Staake, Shannon Wheeler, Dick Debartolo, Ward Sutton, P.C. Vey, Josh Mecouch, Anton Emdin) The Trumpalini Pages (Artist: Hermann Mejia) Star Bores: The Snores Awaken (David Richards, Tom Richmond) A MAD Look at Man Caves (Sergio Aragonés, colorist: Jim Campbell) Chilling Thoughts (Desmond Devlin, Jonathan Edwards) Obama’s Gray Hairs (Desmond Devlin, Sam Sisco) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) The Darker… READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag- Hey, you look like…

April 17th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: During your time as a live caricaturist, have you ever drawn a person who looked like a famous person? And did you use this similarity in your caricature? A: I honestly can’t think of any specific examples of that, but I’m sure it happened. My standard gag would have been a pin/button on their chest saying “President of the So-and-So Look Alike Society”, or in the case of them looking like a teen heartthrob I’d have some pimply girl or boy in the background looking lovestruck at them with a “I <3 So-and-So” T-shirt. High brow humor, that. What would happen more often is… READ MORE

Just Landed on Red’s Planet…

April 15th, 2016 | Posted in News

… jealous? Well you should be. Lucky guy that I am, a few days ago I received an advanced copy of the hardcover of Eddie Pittman‘s Red’s Planet graphic novel. I guess that blurb I wrote for the back paid off! Red’s Planet is set to be released next week, and while I do not recommend very many books or comics work as a rule I am heartily recommending this one. No spoilers here, but Eddie has created something really wonderful with Red’s Planet. The story is fun, funny and heartwarming. The characters instantly grab you (s0metime literally). The artwork is extraordinary. The entire package… READ MORE

Illustration Throwback Thursday #23- GodHILLA!

April 14th, 2016 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday

With the New York primary coming up Tuesday, here’s a look back at my 1999 parody of 1998’s “Godzilla” for Cracked magazine, complete with a recognizable cameo at the end: Incidentally the original title of that parody was “God-Awful”, which makes more sense with the intro copy. However I actually only did the first 4 pages as a sample to show MAD, and they were not impressed. When I then showed it to Cracked they wanted to print it, so I had to finish it up. I came up with the Hillary Clinton joke and changed the title to “God-Hilla”. READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Carl Perkins!

April 13th, 2016 | Posted in Classic Rock Sketch Series

Here’s the last of the “Million Dollar Quartet”, Carl Perkins! As always, the original of this sketch is for sale in the Studio Store! READ MORE

R.I.P. Lenny “The Beard” Brenner

April 12th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine

From MAD #84, Photo: Lester Krauss The Usual Gang of Idiots lost a beloved member on Saturday with the news that former MAD production manager and art director Leonard “The Beard” Brenner passed away. The above image is one of many photo gags and fake ads in which Lenny appeared, so MAD readers were familiar with his bearded visage even if they were unaware of the contributions he made behind the scenes. Lenny was with MAD from 1958 until he retired in 1995, and during that time there were very few pages of the magazine that he did not work on in some capacity. Layouts,… READ MORE