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The Dreaded Deadline Demon

May 29th, 2014 | Posted in General

I know I promised a Reubens wrap-up today but I am swamped trying to catch up with freelance work I have put aside for the last week or two. Tomorrow, I promise. READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

May 28th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

This week’s sketch is “Game of Thrones”‘s Nikolaj Coster-Waldau aka Jaime Lannister. READ MORE

Back from the Reuben Awards

May 27th, 2014 | Posted in General

Getting back home later tonight from San Diego and the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend! Full wrap up coming Thursday. Too tired for anything else… plus my liver hurts. READ MORE

This week’s Monday MADness is a look at a piece I did for MAD Kids, the short-lived pre-teen version of MAD. The first of the Sam Raimi “Spider-Man” movies had just come out, and these large spot illustrations were called “Wall Webbers”. In the magazine, these were two page spreads containing two main images (and some accessories). The art department at MAD added dotted lines around them so they could be easily cut out, and indicated where a piece of yarn was supposed to be inserted. Then they could be taped to a wall and the yarn stretched from Spidey to the other image to… READ MORE

2014 NCS Reuben Award Results!

May 25th, 2014 | Posted in News

Whew. Another NCS Reuben Award Weekend in the books. I’ll write a complete wrap-up later this week after I recover. In the meantime, here are the complete award results. Congratulations to the winners! The Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year: Wiley Miller Editorial Cartoons Mike Ramirez Newspaper Illustration Miel Prudencio Ma Feature Animation Hayao Miyazaki: Director, “The Wind Rises”- Disney TV Animation Paul Rudish for Disney Channel’s “Mickey Mouse” shorts – Disney Newspaper Panels Dave Coverly Magazine Gag Cartoons Matt Diffee Advertising/Product Illustration Rich Powell Greeting Cards Mark Parisi Comic Books Sergio Aragon?¬©s –Sergio Aragon?¬©s Funnies Graphic Novels Andrew C Robinson- The 5th… READ MORE