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Happy New Year!

January 1st, 2012 | Posted in General

Happy 2012! Let the annual three weeks or so of angrily crossing out “11” and writing in “12” on all my checks begin. READ MORE

Caricaturist extraordinaire and fellow member of the Usual Gang of Idiots Drew Friedman was the guest speaker at the International Society of Caricature Artists convention held last month in St. Pete’s Beach, Florida. Drew has posted a wrap-up of his trip, including lots of pictures and a transcript of a Q & A he did as part of one of his two presentations that week. Well worth a look. READ MORE

Holiday Travels

December 27th, 2011 | Posted in General

Off to Orlando with The Lovely Anna and all the kids for our annual visit to see Mickey and Co., plus Harry Potter and friends. You know you have great kids when, despite one daughter being 19 and a sophomore in college, another 18 and a high school senior, and the lone boy a 15 year old high-school tenth-grader, they all still get excited to spend a week with mom and dad at Disney World and Universal Studios. The 21 year-old autistic daughter would rather be no where else. The MAD Blog posts might be spotty this week. Apologies in advance. READ MORE

Art for Jeff Dunham Merchandise Online

December 26th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing

Some of the work I’ve done for Jeff is starting to appear in his line of merchandise: The Peanut ones are based on some simple line-art drawings with flat color I did of basically all Jeff’s characters. The Achmed one uses this more illustrative rendering. There are a few others, including an image I did of Bubba J that’s being used on the label of¬¨‚Ä† “Bubba J Cabernet“… that one is too small to see in the product image. There are other pieces I have done are no doubt destined for similar uses. There’s another Achmed one I am particularly looking forward to seeing on… READ MORE

Merry Christmas!

December 25th, 2011 | Posted in General

No mailbag today. A very Merry Christmas and blessings to all in whatever season or faith you celebrate this time of year. READ MORE

MADe in China

December 23rd, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine

This was posted in the Wisenhiemer Cartoonist’s Forum yesterday: I couldn’t find a link to the Heritage auction these reportedly came from, but this was posted with the images: Mad Chinese Edition (EC, 1990) Condition: VF-. Published for 6 issues in 1990. Some regard the Chinese (or Taiwan) Mad as the most valuable and hard to find. An issue of the Chinese Mad recently sold on eBay for $1400+. Includes certificate signed by Mad writer Dick DeBartolo. Not currently listed in Overstreet. From the Dick DeBartolo Collection. Most foreign editions of MAD have a certain amount of content from the US version in it. It… READ MORE

More Animated Character Design

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing

Click either above image for a closer look… I’ve blogged before about some of the work I’ve done for filmmaker Ray Griggs of RG Entertainment, including the title credits and some (sort of) animated segments in the movie Super Capers and 3D character design, storyboarding and other work for his film I Want Your Money. I’ve been doing a bit more work for him lately on a series of animated commercials he has produced for a gold investment company called SwissAmerica. Ostenibly, the commericals are to promote investment in gold with SwissAmerica, but they double as conservative criticism of the Obama administration’s economic policies. He… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week

December 21st, 2011 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

A little late today, but here is the Sketch o’the Week, American Horror Story star Connie Britton. A few friends of mine who know my tastes in TV and films, including my wife The Lovely Anna, suggested I give¬¨‚Ä†American Horror Story a look. I did, having seen the entire run over the last few weeks via iTunes and my DVR. I have to say my mind is still not made up on the show. Some aspects of it are very engaging and cool, and it is extremely creepy, but for some reason it just hasn’t hooked me all the way. Maybe tonight’s season finale will… READ MORE