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Sketch o’the Week- Tilda Swinton!

January 21st, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

This week’s sketch… no doubt soon to be sold as t-shirts in several Etsy stores… is of Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton. READ MORE

Educating Copyright Thieves…

January 20th, 2015 | Posted in General

… one at a time. Dear Lettie, No doubt you are well aware of this, but several of the items you have for sale in your Etsy store use caricatures of mine, taken from my website and colorized/manipulated into T-shirt designs. You do not have permission to use my work and are in direct violation of my copyright. Here are links to the offending items: Matt Smith, Tom Baker, Daniel Craig, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Lautner (again), Tom Baker (again) This is a courtesy letter to give you a chance to remove these items from your store. If they are still active by tomorrow morning at… READ MORE

Monday MADness: Spider-Sham!

January 19th, 2015 | Posted in Monday MADness

This week’s Monday MADness features the art I did for Dick DeBartolo‘s parody of the first “Spider-Man” movie with Tobey McGuire. that appeared in MAD #418, June 2002. You remember… when Spider-Man movies were good? (Clicky any to embiggen…) READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag: Future of Cartooning?

January 18th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: My question is regarding your thoughts on the future of comics and illustration in general. Newspaper printing seems to be headed towards a very different form in the coming years (or possibly by the wayside completely) and I was curious to hear (read) your thoughts or predictions about where the future of the cartooning industry lies. A: That’s a big question, but pretty easy to answer in general terms. One: publishing and media consumption in general is going to move almost exclusively to the internet over the next decade or so. Two: cartooning and comics will move with it. I don’t have any idea… READ MORE

Again with This Guy…

January 16th, 2015 | Posted in General

I’m swamped after all the time I spent in the last week with the NCS and the events in Paris. Sorry to say posting will be a little light for a while. READ MORE

NCS Charlie Hebdo Gallery

January 15th, 2015 | Posted in General

For those of you who might be getting tired of all these posts pertaining to the Charlie Hebdo massacre last week, you’ll be relieved to know this will be my last one. This really did rock the cartooning community, and not just political cartoonists. The National Cartoonists Society made a call to all members (although they welcomed non-member pro submissions) to speak their minds and show support over this terrible event in the best way we know how… through cartoons. There is now an awesome gallery of these cartoons, 130 at last count, up on the NCS website. My contribution is above. One last thing.… READ MORE

Comic Riffs: After Charlie Hebdo

January 14th, 2015 | Posted in News

Michael Cavna with the Washington Post’s Comic Riffs writes a great piece about satire on this side of the pond and the effects (if any) the Charlie Hebdo massacre may have on it. Interviews with MAD‘s John Ficarra, editorial cartoonists Matt Bohrs, Jack Ohman and Jen Sorenson, and me. READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Chris Hemsworth!

January 14th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

This is heavily based on a gag illustration I did for the MAD show on Cartoon Network, featuring everyone’s favorite cinematic God of Thunder, Chris Hemsworth. READ MORE