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
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere on Aug 27th: MAD # 523 (October 2013) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Sam Sisco, Shira Rachel Danan, Matt Lassen, Peter Bagge, Alex J. Mann, Darren Johnson, Chris Houghton, Rick Tulka, Rich Powell, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Kevin Pope, Darren Johnson, P.C. Vey, Nate Chastain, John Martz, Hermann Mejia, Nate Fakes, Jeff Kruse, John Caldwell, Tom Hart, Anton Emdin, Darren Johnson, ) Ho-Hum Land (A MAD TV Satire) (David Shayne, Tom Richmond) Rules of Office Cubicle Ettiquette (Tom Cheney, Colorist: Carl Peterson) The MAD Vault: What Coaches Say…… READ MORE
Finally have the website moved over to our new home, all (most) issues resolved! Regular posting will resume today. Thanks for sticking with us! READ MORE
Clicky to Embiggen… … still some issues to work out. Right now none of the individual pages/posts on the blog work. This includes the pages you’d use to order one of my Doctor Who prints or the Artists’ Edition of my book. Hoping to get this sorted out soon. READ MORE
Q: ¬¨‚ĆI was wondering what brush setup you use for digital caricature line work. I have tried many different settings and no matter what I try it seems that my line work suffers in digital form. My caricatures seem to lose some “life” due to this.¬¨‚Ć I use a Wacom Cintiq tablet. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. A: I actually use the stock brushes from the PhotoShop brush palette for all my PhotoShop work. My needs are relatively simple since most of what I do is color scanned line art. I very seldom do line work in PhotoShop, much preferring the lines I get… READ MORE
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