This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the pencil roughs (and finals) of a feature entitled “A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at Celebrity Poker Showdown” written by Desmond Devlin, Steve Rosso, David Shayne and John Caldwell from MAD #452, April 2005. Sharp eyed viewers will spot some MAD related characters in the audience. Clicky any to embiggen… READ MORE
Q: I have to admit that I am a little disappointed because I thought that just maybe Mad would have done a satire of the movie “Gravity”.¬¨‚Ć The movie was a big hit and quite notable (notable enough to warrant a Sergio Aragones piece in #526) and certainly worthy of the satirical minds at Mad to shred to pieces.¬¨‚Ć A miss on the magazine’s part, I felt.¬¨‚Ć And that got me wondering.¬¨‚Ć Have you ever considered simply doing your own satire of a movie or TV show that Mad ignored to satisfy your own wish to see that movie or TV show skewered?¬¨‚Ć Nothing like… READ MORE
Encouraging kids of any age to discover and read comics has no downside, and to that end there is a wonderful annual event called Free Comic Book Day that happens in comic book specialty shops across North America and worldwide. Held the first Saturday in May each year, the premise is simple: any customer can walk into a comic shop and receive a free comic book, or maybe a few! What comics are available for free? Well, there is a special lineup of comics that are part of the promotion. Check out this link for the 2014 selection. Which and how many you get are… READ MORE
I have gotten a number of emails asking me if I’ll be going to this or that comic-con this year, so I thought I’d do a quick rundown of the ones I am definitely going to be at as well as some I am still waiting for confirmation on… in chronological order: SpringCon– St. Paul MN, May 17 & 18- Confirmed and coming up fast! San Diego Comic Con– San Diego, CA, July 24-27th- I’ll be at the NCS booth and occasionally the DC Booth Wizard World Chicago– Chicago, IL Aug 21-24- I’ll have a booth in Artist’s Alley New York Comic Con– New York,… READ MORE
Me and Tony Moore! Finally catching my breath (well, not really but getting some momentum going in the studio anyway) after attending C2E2 this past weekend. These conventions are always crazy and I end up chained to my table doing drawings all day for people and not getting much of a chance to walk around. That’s what I’m there for, so I don’t mind that at all but I do sometimes wish I could walk around a bit and see more than just my immediate area. I can only imagine what it must be like for the really big name comic book artists and writers… READ MORE
Former MAD editor Al Feldstein passed away yesterday at age 88. No cause of death was listed but his health has been an issue for a few years now, or so I have been told. I never met or spoke to Al. He retired from MAD in 1984. I was busy graduating from high school that year and it would be another 16 years before I did my first MAD job. I did hear a lot of stories about him, though. Some of them glowing and some were not too flattering. Some gave him perhaps more credit for MAD‘s success than he deserved, and some… READ MORE
Continuing with our “Game of Thrones” run, we have Emilia Clarke as everyone’s favorite buck-nekkid mother of dragons, Daenerys Targaryen. There seems to be a distinct lack of buck-nekkidness on the part of Ms. Clarke this season… must be a benefit of either being the ruler of an army of the Unsullied or negotiating a better television contract. READ MORE
Congratulations to Renee Faundo on being chosen to recieve the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship in 2014! From the National Cartoonists Society Foundation Website: The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) is happy to announce the winner of the 2014 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship – Renee Faundo. Renee is a Character Animation major at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA. She was chosen from over 60 applicants for the award, which includes a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend in San Diego in May. The scholarship applicants submitted eight examples of their work along with an entry… READ MORE
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