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August 14th, 2014 | Posted in General

Paying the price for that trip I took all last week into Monday… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Michael Keaton’s Batman!

August 13th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

It’s the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton‘s “Batman”, and I’ve been meaning to draw Michael Keaton as the Dark Knight since the spring… here he is! READ MORE

Sneak Peek: “Snark Tank” from MAD #529

August 12th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine

As promised, here’s a sneak peek at my art from the Dick DeBartolo scribed parody of “Shark Tank” in the latest issue of MAD (clicky any to embiggen…): If you are familiar with the show, it’s a reality series where hopeful entrepreneurs pitch product ideas to a panel of rich business people, who then either reject them or bid on investing in a portion of their concept. Most of the time the entrepreneurs are inventors of some process or idea, thus the scene with lots of inventors both dead and alive (mostly dead). Dick also wanted to use a couple of people he works with… READ MORE

On the Stands: MAD #529!

August 11th, 2014 | Posted in General

In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere tomorrow: Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Rick Tulka, Jeff Kruse, Kevin Pope, J.C. Duffy, Matt Lassen, Jason Mustian, Chris Houghton, Peter Bagge, Megan O’Leary, Sam Sisco, Bob Eckstein, Mike Morse, Paul Coker, Kenny Keil, Dick DeBartolo, Tom Bunk, Garth Gerhart, P.C. Vey) Perfect Bacon Bed– A MAD Ad Parody (Artist: Scott Bricher) Snark Tank (Dick DeBartolo, Tom Richmond) Your Parents Say to You…/One Day You Will Say to Them… (Matt Lassen, Tim Hamilton) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) Questions We’d Like to Ask Justin Bieber (Matt Lassen, Hermann… READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag- Fonts?

August 10th, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: How do you approach copyright on fonts when it comes to your different projects? It’s tempting to just use whatever font looks best but quite a bit of them have copyright restrictions on commercial use. Or they are donate to author. I am guessing you hand letter some but curious how you approach font usage in your artwork when it comes to copyright restrictions. A: I have to admit I am very lax when it come to the use of a font in an illustration I am doing. Often I hand letter something, but I will usually base that on a font I have… READ MORE

On the Drawing Board 8/8/14

August 8th, 2014 | Posted in On the Drawing Board

Well, I’m not actually at the drawing board right now, unless you count all the caricatures I am doing of the men and women in our armed forces serving in undisclosed locations in the Persian Gulf this week. But, here’s what is awaiting me when I get back to the studio next week: MAD TV parody– For once I can tell you exactly what I am working on for MAD, since editor John Ficarra spilled the beans in an interview at Comic-Con last week… it’s “Orange is the New Black”. This, I believe, will be MAD’s first parody of an Internet-only TV show. History, baby.… READ MORE

Tales from the Theme Park #8

August 7th, 2014 | Posted in Tales from the Theme Park

“The Drawing Muscle” This isn’t much of a story but it is something I used to freak my fellow caricaturists out with all the time. The technique I learned to draw live caricatures invoked using a lead holder and a 4B or 6B 3mm graphite lead. Many live caricaturists use a marker for their lines, which is wonderful and can be used to great effect. I learned with graphite, and the principal reason for this was we used an airbrush to add the color. With the airbrush it was better to use graphite as it was not as intensely black as the lines from a… READ MORE