Well, not until Sunday but I’m betting most people will be celebrating tonight and tomorrow night. The above is an illustration I did for Warner Bros Consumer Products last summer for some T-shirts or other merchandise for this time of year. You can order one here if you are so inclined. Anyway, Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend! READ MORE
Back in January I got a call from MAD art director Sam Viviano about a side project they were working on…DC wanted to celebrate MAD‘s 60th anniversary with a series of variant covers by the Usual Gang of Idiots for thirteen of their titles. Knowing that I am a huge Batman fan, Sam suggested to the MAD editors that I get to do one of the Batman titles. I was assigned the cover of “Detective Comics”. Given my own choice, I would have picked Detective as well, as opposed to “Batman”. Detective Comics was the title I collected as a kid, and it being the… READ MORE
Yet another DC MAD variant cover, this one by the long-time MAD artist and current art director Sam Viviano! This one comes courtesy of Gamma Squad. READ MORE
This week’s SotW subject is one of the stars of “The Walking Dead” (and one of my favorite movies, “The Boondock Saints”), actor Norman Reedus. Today’s sketch is done today in celebration of the occasion of Mr. Reedus’ annual shower, which is rumored to happen just before St. Patrick’s Day whether he feels he needs it or not. EDIT- My twitter feed blew up yesterday with a few people upset by my gags concerning Mr. Reedus’ hygiene (most people enjoyed the joke). Good Lord, people… it’s a joke. You have to admit Norman looks like he just rolled out of bed in every picture you… READ MORE
Buzzfeed.com has an exclusive sneak peek of my variant cover for Detective Comics #19. This was a lot of fun and given my being a huge Batman fan getting to do the cover of Detective Comics was extra special. I am too busy today to write more about this, but Thursday I will post some pencil sketches and a closer look at the artwork. READ MORE
…during this panel discussion happening next Tuesday at the Society of Illustrators: From the Society of Illustrators website: Celebrating Kurtzman A panel discussion with Drew Friedman, Robert Grossman, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth and moderated by Peter Kuper Legendary artists Drew Friedman, Robert Grossman, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth will discuss the life and works of Harvey Kurtzman with a panel moderated by Peter Kuper. Tickets: $15 non-members, $10 members, $7 students/seniors Click here to purchase ABOUT THE ARTISTS Drew Friedman is an award-winning illustrator whose work regularly appears in dozens of major publications.¬¨‚Ć For years he was renowned for his “stippling” style of caricature, employing… READ MORE
Q: Are you ever so swamped with deadlines that you spend all weekend basically working around the clock with barely any time to eat, catching only power naps for sleep, drinking copious amounts of caffeine, furiously trying to catch up, and have absolutely no time whatsoever to do your usual Sunday Mailbag question and answer post? A: Yes Thanks to A.E. Neuman of New York, NYA for the question. If you have a question you want answered for the mailbag about cartooning, illustration, MAD Magazine, caricature or similar, e-mail me and I’ll try and answer it here… except for today! READ MORE
This might be my favorite gag of these variant covers so far… Ward Sutton does the cover of Teen Titans #19, injecting a little dose of reality to the scene. Exclusive sneak peek brought to you by Newsarama.com. READ MORE
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