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Sketch o’the Week

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

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

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

Sketch o’the Week

April 27th, 2011 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

This week’s subject: Clint Eastwood circa the “spaghetti western” era. This was a small study for a digital painting. READ MORE

Inkin’ with Anton

April 26th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlrGDEIDSdw&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] I’ve been meaning to post this link for a few days but it’s been crazy around here. In 2009 I was a guest speaker at the Australian Cartoonists Association’s Stanley Awards in Syndey. When there I met a young illustrator by the name of Anton Emdin. Anton was nominated for a “Stanley” for illustration, which he quire deservedly won. Anton did work for the Aussie MAD Magazine, so we were kindred spirits. Since then Anton has won a few other Stanley awards, and he’s been nominated for several divisional awards by the National Cartoonists Society, including two this year. He’s also had several pieces… READ MORE

UTNE Reader Cover

April 25th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing

The artwork for the cover of the new issue of UTNE Reader: Click for a closer look… The job was a caricature of Kim Kardashian representing our 24/7 narcissistic society. The art director wanted me to convey how even a casual stroll shopping for someone like her becomes a staged event, and how the public seem to be willing sheep in the process. Here is the final pencil sketch (done on a mock layout with dummy text) and final color art: Click for a closer look… Click for a closer look… I was the folks at UTNE’s choice to leave out any shadows on the… READ MORE