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Sketch o’the Week- King Jeoffrey!

April 16th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Our “Game of Thrones” run continues with Jack Gleeson as the hated King Jeoffrey Baratheon… lets just say I greatly enjoyed the last episode. READ MORE

On the Drawing Board- 4/15/14

April 15th, 2014 | Posted in On the Drawing Board

Clicky to embiggen… Things are heating up on the old drawing board. Here’s what’s going on right now: Comic Book Project- Ongoing, but going into higher gears now. MAD TV Parody- Just got the splash for that. Six or Seven pages. Great subject. Marlin Workplace Poster- My usual monthly assignment Event poster- An unusual project, will share when appropriate. T-shirt design project- Just a little thing I am doing for a good client. New print illustration!- Debuts next week! Last month’s Marlin poster posted above, pencil rough below. Pencil Rough (digital) READ MORE

Monday MADness: #527 Sneak Peeks!

April 14th, 2014 | Posted in Monday MADness

Here’s a roundup of the various sneak peeks that have (so far) popped up on the Interwebs from the upcoming MAD #527 (besides the one of “The Slobbit” I posted about last week): MAD rules Bill Maher– Written by Butch D’Ambrosio with art by Paul Coker, courtesy of Politico Desmond Devlin and Anton Emdin take a look back at Pro Wrestling, courtesy of Craveonline. El Maestro Sergio Aragon?¬©s (with colorist Tom Luth) takes a MAD look at legalizing marijuana, courtesy of (go figure) High Times. READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag- Trouble Caricaturing Familiarity?

April 13th, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: Let’s say someone loves your rendition so much, they keep showing up for you to draw them. Does this affect your ability to produce a caricature, or do your drawings of them actually get better? A: How intimate familiarity with a subject affects your ability to caricature that subject is an interesting question. Specifically you are referring to live caricature work (I assume), and that is a little different of an animal. Unless your subject comes back to get a drawing several times a week, you really cannot get so familiar with their face that it affects your ability to draw them objectively. After… READ MORE

More Sakai Benefit Auction Items!

April 11th, 2014 | Posted in News

The Comic Art Professional Society has added their weekly fresh items to their ongoing auction benefiting the Sakai family. As usual they have a mix of fun fan art and mind-boggling work from well-known comics pros. This week’s update includes originals from Paul Chadwick, Richard Corben, Lar deSouza, Jan Duursema, Troy Nixey, Paolo Rivera, Dean Yeagle and a whole lot more. Worthy cause, great original art available, win win for all involved. READ MORE

Bye Bye QuizUp!

April 10th, 2014 | Posted in It's All Geek to Me!

Regular readers of my blog probably already know this, but I am a bit of a Sherlockian, that being a scholar of the literary character Sherlock Holmes. In my particular case I am all about the original four novels and 56 short stories (aka the “canon”) written by Holmes’ creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I have a casual interest in the various films, TV shows and such featuring the Holmes characters, but it’s the original Canon that I am partial to. I was pretty happy to find some months ago that the smartphone/tablet app “QuizUp” had a literary “Sherlock Holmes” category. This app is a… READ MORE

MAD #527: The Slobbit 2

April 10th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Clicky to embiggen… Yesterday Moviepilot.com posted a sneak peek at the splash page of MAD‘s parody of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” written by Desmond Devlin with art by yours truly. You can check out the full splash page with text here (although it’s kind of small to read). Above is the final art for said splash. I will post a few more panels of art from the parody once the issue hits news stands on April 22nd. READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Lena Headey!

April 9th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

I’m going to start a series of sketches of the cast of “Game of Thrones”, starting this week with Lena Headey as Cersei Barathonen. I have already done a couple of cast members: I may redo them, though. Especially the one of Maisie Williams. For now I’ll do other characters. READ MORE