As promised, a sneak peek of “The ScAvengers” from the latest MAD: Splash page final art- Clicky to embiggen… The splash page inks- Clicky to embiggen… Some assorted panels: READ MORE
On news stands and available for download on the iPad Aug 21st, in comic book shops this week, in many subscriber mailboxes already : MAD # 517 (October 2012) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Desmond Devlin, Tom Bunk, Jeff Kruse, Mike Lynch, Tim Shamey, Barry Liebmann, Anton Emdin, Scott Maiko, Bob Staake, Kenny Keil, Glen Le Lievre, Charles Akins, Matt Lassen, Sam Sisco) The ScAvengers (Dick DeBartolo, Tom Richmond) Men’s Wealth Magazine (Uncredited) Minor Sports Cheaters and their Shocking Confessions (John Caldwell) MAD’s Practical College Prep Courses (Teresa Burns Parkhurst) Planet TAD!!!!! (Tim Carvell, Brian Durniak) If Their Candidate… If Your Candidate… (Stan Sinberg,… READ MORE
We lost one of the greats of the comic book world this morning. Joe Kubert, a true legend of comic art, passed way today at age 85. I only met Joe briefly once, when he was a guest speaker and recipient of the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Weekend in New Jersey in 2010 (I did the above caricature of him for the NCS T-shirt on that occasion). He was one of the most well-liked and well-respected artists in the business, and I never heard anyone say anything about him except that he deserved those descriptions many times over.… READ MORE
Q: How far do you feel a freelancer has to wade into the murky waters of online social media? What do you view as wasting time, and what actually shows results? A: A pertinent question in this day and age. Personally I have found social media like Facebook and Twitter do little or nothing for my bottom line with respect to freelancing. By “bottom line” I mean the only thing that counts . . . putting jobs on the board. I have not gotten even one single, real job directly from my social media presence. That includes LinkedIn. I may be abnormal in that regard… READ MORE
It’s customary for the recipient of the National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Award to do the cover of the post-Reubens newsletter/magazine The Cartoon!st. I was so honored this past May, so here is my cover illustration with self-inflicted caricature and oft-repeated gag of me curling the Reuben statue. The Cartoon!st is a terrific publication, available for only NCS members (if you are not a member…sorry!). The issue contains a fantastic Reuben wrap-up article by member Ed Black. I got mine in the mail today, so I figure it’s in the wild and ok for me to post the cover art . . . but maybe I… READ MORE
This is just a small sample of a larger poster/publication cover job I did back in May for an NBA related project. Depicted is current NBA czar David Stern. I am not sure I’ll ever get permission to share the entire image. . . it seems to be one of those jobs where once the work is done there are complications with the project and it may never see the light of day. Who knows? Some jobs are like that. If I ever do get the go-ahead to show it here, I will certainly do so. READ MORE
This week’s subject: America’s Olympic gymnastic sweetheart Gabby Douglas. READ MORE
Illustrator extraordinaire Drew Friedman‘s blog is always worth a visit, but he just posted a particularly fantastic story about a visit he made to the offices of MAD Magazine . . . in 1974 at age 15! Complete with pictures, this is the way a visit to the MAD offices should always unfold. Do yourself a favor and go read it. READ MORE
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