May 24th, 2015 | Posted in General
Here is the gigantically disappointing reason behind my series of caricatures of all 44 U.S. Presidents: The Lovely Anna framed all the originals and used them as the centerpieces for the tables at the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards banquet last night. Each table was the “President’s Table”, with the corresponding number for each president, my caricature, a beautiful vase with blossoms, and a hand painted box with the years of the president’s term(s) written on it. Inside that box were little items representing that president (peanuts for Carter, a little baseball for Taft, a old fashioned radio mic for FDR, etc), and fun facts… READ MORE
May 22nd, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: The first African-American president; was a comic book collector; only president born in Hawaii READ MORE
May 21st, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: Used to be part owner of the Texas Ranger baseball team; son of the 41st president George H.W. Bush; first president elected in the 21st century READ MORE
May 20th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: Loves peanut butter and banana sandwiches and fast food; was allergic to Socks, the family cat; famously played the saxophone at his inauguration and on TV READ MORE
May 19th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: Brought the game of “horseshoes” to the White House, often playing with staff and groundskeepers; at 19 was one of the youngest Navy pilots in Word War II; hated broccoli and banned it from the White House READ MORE
May 18th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: Loved jelly beans; oldest president to take office at nearly 70; was a semi-famous actor before he got into politics READ MORE
May 17th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Hey, clod–what’s with all the furshlugginer caricatures of the U.S. presidents? P.S. your Benjamin Harrison sucks and looks nothing like him. A: On Saturday of this next week I will reveal the reason behind my project of doing caricatures of all 44 U.S. presidents. It will be incredibly anticlimactic. Thanks (I guess) 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
May 17th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: first president to have been born in a hospital (all others had been born at home); was a peanut farmer before getting into politics; his brother Billy was an infamous drinker and slob, who parlayed his brother’s fame into his own label of beer “Billy Beer” READ MORE
