August 23rd, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
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
August 22nd, 2013 | Posted in General
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August 22nd, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
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
August 22nd, 2013 | Posted in General
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
August 21st, 2013 | Posted in General
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
August 18th, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag
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
August 15th, 2013 | Posted in General
Here we go again with another attempt to move the website to a new host. I will resume posting when the big move is successful. That’s “when” not “if”… READ MORE
August 15th, 2013 | Posted in Freelancing
…or “A Theme Park Caricaturist’s Long Journey Down a Freelance Path” The following is an article I wrote for the latest issue of the International Society of Caricature Artist‘s quarterly magazine Exaggerated Features. It is one of a series they call “A Master Piece”, meaning articles written by past winners of their highest honor, “Caricaturist of the Year” aka the “Golden Nosey” (which I won in 1998 and 1999). Its focus is advice on ways a live caricaturist can branch out into a career in freelance illustration: I’ll never forget my first summer drawing caricatures. It was 1985 and I was a new artist for… READ MORE
