In honor of the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond film, “Dr. No” in 1962, here are small studies of each of the actors to officially (i.e. star in an EON Production) play 007 in the movies: Clockwise from top right: Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan,¬¨‚Ć Sean Connery, Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby. READ MORE
Here’s another one! TheMarySue.com has an exclusive first look at Peter Kuper‘s Spy vs. Spy cover for Wonder Woman. READ MORE
Newnownext.com has the exclusive first look at yet another of the MAD variant covers for several DC titles coming to a comic book shop near you in April. This one is by longtime MAD artist Rick Tulka! READ MORE
The folks over at The Huffington Post have an exclusive sneak peek at another of DC’s MAD variant covers, this time the great Al Jaffee does a Fold-In cover for BATMAN. The folks at the HuffPo also have a hard time spelling “magazine”… must be longtime MAD readers. Please be careful folding this cover, your computer screen is not very flexible. READ MORE
Clicky any to Embiggen… This is going to be a killer week with a cover for the Utne reader due and trying to finish up a five page parody for MAD, plus the back cover of a trade publication that is going to be a really fun parody “homage” to a famous movie poster coming up right after that. There might not be a lot of time for blogging this week. In the meantime, here is my latest Marlin Co. workplace poster illustration. Final above, below the pencil roughs and inks. The assignment…an illustration of a teenager multitasking on several electronic gadgets… gaming on the… READ MORE
Q: Do you ever find yourself “taking revenge” on a personality or celebrity you find particularly annoying? For example, being so fed up with constantly hearing about the shenanigans of Snooki or a Kardashian, your only option is to skewer them through caricature (although admittedly your drawings don’t seem to come across as mean-spirited). A: I will certainly channel my feelings about a subject into the caricature, so if I dislike them or find them annoying that will play into my drawing. Sometimes if I really despise someone I will “go after them” in my drawing… not so much in their exaggerations but in the… READ MORE
Oops, nevermind my last post about Herman’s cover being the only one available in sneak peek form. Here’s John Caldwell‘s cover of Green Arrow, courtesy of¬¨‚Ć MTV.com. READ MORE
MAD has been pretty good at leaking exclusive sneak peeks of what they are up to out to various internet sites and entertainment news sources. Today Entertainment Weekly.com featured what I think is the first released image of one of the upcoming MAD variant covers of several of DC’s main titles…this one is the cover of Justice League of America by the amazing Hermann Mejia! READ MORE
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