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It’s Free Comic Book Day!

May 7th, 2011 | Posted in News

Go visit your local comic shop and getcha free comics! READ MORE

Kascht on Conan

May 6th, 2011 | Posted in General

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpUE-oMpjNE[/youtube] This video is pretty long but well worth the time. John Kascht is a terrific caricature illustrator who I met when he was a guest speaker at one of the International Society of Caricature Artist’s conventions. This video isn’t just about drawing Conan O’Brien, it’s about the caricature as an art form and the application of this art form in depicting celebrities that the world is intimately familiar with. Many thanks to Marv Sohlo for the heads up on this! READ MORE

The MAD Blog Semi-Hiatus

May 5th, 2011 | Posted in General

It has become apparent to me over the last few weeks I am going to have to step back from doing daily and involved writing on The MAD Blog for much of the month of May. My regular work, my theme park operations starting, and trying to finish the book, is taking it’s toll…something has to give. The MAD Blog will cut back to a Monday, Wednesday (Sketch o’the Week), Friday and Sunday (Mailbag) schedule through the end of the month. With the possible exception of a quick news post here and there, these will be the only days with active posts, and some of… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week

May 4th, 2011 | Posted in On the Drawing Board

This week’s subject, east coast rapper Jay Z. READ MORE

Not Much More to Say…

May 2nd, 2011 | Posted in News

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Sunday Mailbag

April 30th, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: Here’s an obscure question about your history with MAD Magazine: What was your longest run of appearing in consecutive issues? A. I had to look that one up. I am terrible at remembering things like issue numbers or what I did for what issue. To combat this, I keep a list that I simply add to the bottom of with each new MAD job. Prior to the magazine going quarterly, the longest number of issues I had consecutive appearances in was 11, starting with “MAD‘s Exclusive Backstage Tour of The Family Guy” in MAD # 458 (Oct. 2005), and ending with “Stuporman Reruns!” in… READ MORE

Two Mad Men

April 29th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Oops…might have drawn Rich’s nose too big . . . Last month I got an email from actor Rich Sommer, who plays the character “Harry Crane” on Mad Men. Turns out Rich is a fan of MAD Magazine, and also originally from Minnesota. He wrote to tell me he and the rest of the cast loved the show’s parody in MAD, and he invited me to attend a fundraiser for a Minneapolis improv theater he’s associated with. I was able to attend, and got to meet Rich and enjoy the show. I donated a signed copy of the magazine for the fundraiser, which may have… READ MORE

G.A.G. Gagged

April 28th, 2011 | Posted in News

A two and a half year lawsuit brought by the Graphic Artists Guild against several of the artists behind the Illustrators Partnership of America was just completely dismissed by the New York Supreme Court. FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP 4.27.2011 GRAPHIC ARTISTS GUILD LAWSUIT DISMISSED Last week the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, dismissed all claims in a million dollar lawsuit brought by the Graphic Artists Guild (GAG) against the Illustrators’ Partnership of America (IPA) and five named individuals. In the lawsuit, GAG asserted claims for defamation and interference with contractual relations, alleging that IPA had interfered with a “business relationship” GAG had… READ MORE

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