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Sunday Mailbag: American Sniper??

April 26th, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Q: Were you surprised that Mad Magazine picked “American Sniper” their next Movie Parody? A: Actually that was a nice surprise. As I have written here recently, for many reasons MAD has been sort of forced to stick to big blockbusters for their film parodies the last decade or so. “American Sniper” is a great departure from that. MAD‘s approach to the parody was also very clever. To do a straight parody of something as politically charged and controversial as “American Sniper” would have been hard to do without coming off as either left or right wing centric, and other than the silly “fake baby”… READ MORE

Presidential Caricatures #17: Andrew Johnson!

April 25th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures

Fun Facts: Took over presidency after Lincoln was shot; First president to be impeached, found not guilty; only president to become a U.S. Senator after leaving the White House READ MORE

Presidential Caricatures #16- Abraham Lincoln!

April 24th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures

Fun Facts: First president to have a beard; liked to keep important papers in his stovepipe hat; was the tallest president at 6’4″ inches; before he was president he was a storekeeper, a rail-spitter, a postmaster, a lawyer and a vampire hunter. READ MORE

Presidential Caricatures #15: James Buchanan!

April 23rd, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures

Fun Facts: Only president to have never married; first to have a royal guest stay at the White House (England’s Prince Albert) READ MORE

Come as See Me at C2E2!

April 23rd, 2015 | Posted in News

I’ll be at C2E2 at McCormick Place South in Artist’s Ally at booth number O16 tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday with my booth babe The Lovely Anna! I’ll be signing stuff, charging outrageous prices for commission drawings and caricatures, hawking copies of my book and limited edition prints (Sherlock and Batman only) as well as some (cheap!) convention exclusives, and ridiculously large and overpriced MAD originals. As always, bring me a cold can of Monster Zero Ultra (white can) and get a free “Alfred as Batman” drawing!   READ MORE

Presidential Caricatures #14: Franklin Pierce!

April 22nd, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures

Fun Facts: Nickname was “Handsome Frank”; Liked to drive his carriage very fast, was once arrested for knocking over a woman while driving READ MORE

Presidential Caricatures #13: Millard Fillmore!

April 21st, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures

Fun Facts: Born in a log cabin; Helped build the east-west railroad to bring back gold from the California gold rush; When Fillmore was 19, he was a student in the class of his future wife, Abigail READ MORE

American Sniping: Sneak Peek!

April 21st, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Here’s a look at a some of the art I did on David Shayne‘s parody of “American Sniper” (clicky some to embiggen): Whaddya mean you want to read the jokes?? What do you think this is, a furshlugginer library? Go buy MAD #533, you putz! READ MORE

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