I’m desperately trying to wrap up this MAD movie parody before Sunday, when I am once again off to points unknown on a cartoonist’s USO trip. Have to resort to the Deadline Demon today. READ MORE
With all the recent issues with the website (now resolved) there was an interruption in the accessibility of some of the things I’m pimping… uh… selling right now. So, here’s a shameless rundown of some of the stuff which are limited editions that are not going to be available forever: Doctor Who Limited Edition Print I’m already 300 plus prints into this 450 limited edition print featuring all 11 official TV Doctors. For a measly $25 plus shipping you can get the original, hand signed and numbered print: Or for $35 (cheap) plus shipping you can get the print with the upcoming 12th Doctor Peter… READ MORE
This week’s SotW is “The Newsroom” star Jeff Daniels. There are a lot of interesting faces on that show, it might be fun to do a series of studies of the main cast. READ MORE
Clicky to embiggen… I’m crazy busy with travel in the next two months, so this workload is looming as being about three times what it is with my constrained drawing table time… Here’s what’s on the drawing board right now: Penthouse– More spot illustrations of celeb columnist Dave Navarro MAD– 7 page parody of a big summer movie for #524 Jeff Dunham– Illustrations for some retail products MAD TV Show– Doing a secret side project for these guys… “When We Went MAD” Movie Poster– Summers almost over so I need to get serious about this. I just finished the above Marlin Co. workplace poster, pencil… READ MORE
In honor of my 100th appearance in MAD this latest issue, today’s Monday MADness is a look at my very first appearance in MAD from issue #399, November 2000: Clicky to embiggen… The article was called “Gadgets to REALLY Make Home Theater Like Going to The Movies”, written by Dick DeBartolo. It was on the newsstands in October of 2000. READ MORE
Q: What was the worst freelance job you ever had to do? A: I’m not sure what you mean by “worst”. It could be one where the deadline was so short it almost killed me, or where the pay ended up being far less than the job’s worth ended up being, or where I had a hard time getting paid for the work. I’m going to take it to mean biggest nightmare to complete… a job that went south and kept going until it hit the Antarctic. There have really not been many of these in the grand scheme of things. After a while you… READ MORE
As promised, here are a couple of panels from “Ho-Hum Land” appearing in the latest issue of MAD. written by David Shayne. And in case you missed it, here’s the splash: Clicky to embiggen… As I mentioned briefly before, this particular piece has a special significance for me, since it represents the 100th issue of MAD my work has appeared in. My first appearance was in issue #399 back in October of 2000, and since then I’ve had work in all but 25 of the subsequent 124 issues. That magic #100 should be updated sometime soon on Mike Slaubaugh’s MAD lists page. According to Mike’s… READ MORE
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