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MAD About Politics

March 12th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Last week MAD got a lot of attention for this clever piece they posted on their blog, The Idiotical: MAD is no stranger to sharp political satire and humor. Salon has posted a selection of recent political articles from MAD, including the six page “movie parody” written by Desmond Devlin and drawn by myself entitled “The Wizard of O”: Go check out the Salon article for some political MADness. READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag

March 11th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: Have you or any caricature artists you know been sued by a celebrity for using their image in a caricature? A: The area of law you are referring to is called the “right of publicity”, and I have written a number of blog posts about this subject over the years. The short answer to your question is no, I have never been sued nor to my knowledge has any specific caricature artist been sued for a caricature of a celebrity. The closest I ever got was when Arnold Schwarzenegger walked by my caricature booth at the Mall of America years ago and saw his… READ MORE

Mebbs! Mebbs! Unacceptable!

March 9th, 2012 | Posted in General

I got this tweet the other day from cartoonist and teacher Chris Pearce: Chris had run across an old issue of Coneheads at a thrift store, and wrote a blog post about it in a feature called “Thrift Store Finds”, where he says a lot of nice things about my work in it, most of which are not deserved. My tweeted response is correct…that was an interesting job . . . my first (and only) project with Marvel Comics. It was a four issue miniseries from 1994, obviously based on the Saturday Night Live skit and the (then) recently released movie of the same. The… READ MORE

Art for Another Swiss America Commercial

March 8th, 2012 | Posted in Freelancing

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRuzVKSX-1Q[/youtube] Here’s another animated commercial for director Ray Griggs and Swiss America I did some design work on. The Bernanke, Reagan and Obama characters I had designed for previous videos, and I did a series of “ghost” versions of some other famous (and dead) politicians that appear very briefly in the last few seconds. These were not character designs that were going to be 3D animated but single illustrations meant to approximate the look of the 3D animations for the quick look onscreen. I don’t think we quite pulled that off . . . too much contrast and too much of a linear, cartoon look… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week

March 7th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

A warm up sketch of recent Oscar winner Christopher Plummer. READ MORE

New DC Comics Websites Launch

March 6th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine

DC Entertainment launched a completely redesigned web presence today, with all new looks for the DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD websites: New Online Destinations for DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD Offer Multimedia Experiences with Exclusive Content, Integrated Community Features and Character Franchise Pages BURBANK, CA, March 6, 2012 – DC Entertainment, a Warner Bros. Entertainment company and home to iconic brands DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD, launched today a portfolio of comprehensive and interactive new websites. The DCComics.com site, currently in beta status, offers fans exclusive new content, integrated community and social media features, and in-depth character franchise pages built around iconic characters including Superman,… READ MORE

Calling the Grammar Police

March 6th, 2012 | Posted in News

Hard to believe, but my book The Mad Art of Caricature!- A Serious Guide to Drawing Funny Faces already needs to do a second printing. This is not going to be a second edition . . . there won’t be any new material added. It is merely a second run of the original book. That said, I do have an opportunity here to correct a few of the stray typos and errors that snuck past my copy editors and myself the first time around. Believe me, the fact that these errors are so few and far between is a testament to the hard work and… READ MORE