August 10th, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere tomorrow: Cover (Mark Fredrickson) Letters and Tomatoes (Ed.) The Fundalini Pages (Evan Waite, Bob Staake, Jeff Kruse, Anton Emdin, Jason Yungbluth, Alison Grambs, C.F. Payne, Tim Latterner, Adam Koford, Kenny Keil, John Martz, P.C. Vey, Kevin Pope, Samuel Ferri, Chris Houghton) Donald Trump: Blowhard with a Vengeance (Writer: Desmond Devlin) The Scavengers: Age of Moron (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) Are You a Foodie… or Not? (Kenny Keil, Paul Coker) Sympathy Cards We Wish We Could Buy (Writer: Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Artists: Leonardo Rodriguez, Rick Tulka, Emily Flake) Ben Carson:… READ MORE
August 9th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Has it ever occurred to you that you might draw a caricature of someone’s face which already looks like a “natural” caricature? How to you manage an already exaggerated face? I am mostly referring to live caricature. A: There is really no such thing as someone who already looks like a caricature of themselves. The very definition of caricature is to exaggerated someone’s features and “look”. That means you start at what they really look like and go from there. If a person is already funny looking you just have a different starting point. Some people have more obvious features for you to exaggerate,… READ MORE
August 7th, 2015 | Posted in Freelancing
Jeff started doing a show at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas late last year, and he had me do a bunch of different pieces for him for various merchandise. Some of that stuff is finally showing up in his online store (I think it had been exclusive to the Vegas gift store until recently) so I think it’s safe to show them here. He has another set of playing card illustrations as well, so I am not sure where these last few images are being used. READ MORE
August 6th, 2015 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
This piece was done in 1995 for Twin Cities Business Monthly, and accompanied a story about insurance fraud. The client wanted a 50’s comic book feel to it, so I naturally went with an E.C. look…especially given the title they wanted for the comic. This was done using the old “film pos/acetate overlay” technique that was used for coloring comic books for decades before the digital revolution. It involved taking the inks to a production house that put it on a stat camera and produced two prints of it on clear acetate. One was just the linework on the clear sheet, but adding registration marks… READ MORE
August 5th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s another of the stars of Season 2 of HBO’s “True Detective”, Taylor Kitsch! As always, this sketch is available for purchase in the Studio Store! READ MORE
August 4th, 2015 | Posted in General
My contribution to the National Cartoonists Society’s 2015 Comic-Con exclusive print. This print will also be available for purchase at the NCS’s booth at New york Comic-Con in October! The full print: READ MORE
August 3rd, 2015 | Posted in Monday MADness
Believe it or not the iPad version of MAD #535 is already out. Above is Mark Fredrickson‘s terrific cover art. This cover got a big laugh at the MAD panel at San Diego Comic-Con, where they showed it for the audience. Speaking of San Diego Comic-Con, when I was there last month I did a couple of live demos over at the Wacom booth on their fancy new 27QHD Touch. I took the opportunity to work on an actual piece for the upcoming issue of MAD. Of course I can’t actually say what I was working on yet, but… Incidentally the 27QHD is really awesome.… READ MORE
August 2nd, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I’d like to know how you manage to resist the temptation to add ‘just a bit more’ to an artwork you’ve just done. I have to admit I’ve given in to that a few times and a drawing can get ruined as a consequence. A: That’s a problem for many artists, especially younger ones. I think it’s because there is always a certain amount of insecurity when you create a piece of art and the temptation to keep tinkering with it is hard to ignore. When to stop is something that every artist has to figure out for themselves. Yes, you absolutely can ruin… READ MORE
