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Questionable Life Decisions, Part 1

December 12th, 2013 | Posted in General

Someone’s mom is not going to be pleased. READ MORE

Tales from the Theme Park #4

December 12th, 2013 | Posted in Tales from the Theme Park

This tale took place in my first year of drawing caricatures at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL, in the summer of 1985. Disclaimer: This was before I’d met my future wife, The Lovely Anna. This was only the second year that the company I worked with, Fasen Arts, had the concession at this park, which was one of the biggest in the Six Flags family at the time. Fasens originally were from Minnesota and had an operation at Valleyfair outside Minneapolis, so their venture into the Chicago area park was staffed with nothing but artists from Minnesota. They transplanted us down there for… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Finnick Odair!

December 11th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Well, actually actor Sam Claflin, who plays Finnick in the new Hunger Games movie, “Catching Fire”…but I’m sure HG fans (or “Tributes” as they are lamely trying to be know as) don’t care. This is a quick study. READ MORE

MAD 20 Exclusive: Miley Cyrus!

December 11th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Yet another exclusive sneak peek of one of MAD‘s 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2013, this one courtesy of Elite Daily online. Artist: Scott Bricher. Incidentally, this piece happens to be the centerfold of the printed issue… not sure if MAD did that on purpose, but it’s appropriate, don’t you think? READ MORE

MAD 20 Exclusive: Weiner and Spitzer!

December 10th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Clicky to visit the full sized sneak peek… What?!? ANOTHER exclusive sneak peek at one of MAD‘s 20 Dumbest People, Things and Events of 2013??!?¬¨‚Ä† At this rate you won’t actually have to buy the issue at all! This is Dumb Thing #3, courtesy of the Huffington Post. Writer: Desmond Devlin, Artist: Drew Friedman. READ MORE

MAD 20 Exclusive: The NRA!

December 10th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Clicky to see the full sized sneak peek at CraveOnline Yest another exclusive peek at one of MAD‘s “20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2103”, this one courtesy of CraveOnline. It’s a mashup of “The Big Bang Theory” and the NRA, written by Mike Morse and featuring some awesome caricatures by Sam Sisco. READ MORE

The Swallowing: Sneak Peek from MAD #525

December 10th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine

In MAD #525 due out next week, but already available on the iPad in in comic book shops, I did the art on a parody of the TV show “The Following”, written by Arnie Kogen. The splash was already debuted as a web exclusive last week… here are a few panels for the rest of the parody: Clicky this one to embiggen… What, no words? Of course not… we have to try and get you to by the ferslugginer thing after all! I’m afraid I wasn’t a very big fan of the show… the premise was so totally unbelievable, the good guys so incredibly unlucky… READ MORE