January 4th, 2011 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
The Holidays through me for a loop, so I am very busy playing catch up on several projects right now: Cover illustration for Reason Magazine finishing 6 page TV show parody for MAD Over 100 new congressional faces for the “Bobble Rep” app finishes of illustrations for comedian/entertainer who can’t be named January Marlin poster illustration Speaking of Marlin workplace posters, here is last month’s illustration (click any image for a closer look)- Final artwork Pencil rough Finished inks READ MORE
January 3rd, 2011 | Posted in General
Here’s a great article in the Huffington Post on the legendary Al Jaffee. READ MORE
January 3rd, 2011 | Posted in General
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January 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Do you find architecture grueling to draw? Is there any trick to it or do you really have to draw each and every stinking brick and tile? A: Drawing buildings and architecture can be very tiresome, but you have to know when it’s appropriate to draw every brick and tile and when you are better off “suggesting” the features of something like a building. Every illustration has a focus, and adding too much detail to an element that is only a supporting player in an image will distract from the focus and make the illustration too busy. If a building facade is close to… READ MORE
January 1st, 2011 | Posted in General
I usually don’t post on Saturdays but I couldn’t pass up doing one on the first day of the new year. This is an old sketch revised appropriately. Since I’m at it, I’ll remind those who know and tell those who don’t that ComicCraft is having their annual New Year’s sale on all their entire catalog of awesome comic book fonts… any font is only $20.11. I usually grab two or three cool ones on this day each year. READ MORE
December 31st, 2010 | Posted in General
Is this going to be you tomorrow morning? Hopefully not, but if so here’s an article on hangover cures and if any actually work. The short answer to that is, of course, NO. Party like it’s 2011 but do it safely, please. Happy New Year, everybody! READ MORE
December 30th, 2010 | Posted in News
Every U.S. publication having periodical publication mail privileges must furnish to the Postal Service and publish somewhere in their publication a “Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation” (required by the Act of August 12, 1970, Section 3685, Title 39 of the United States Code). This is usually done in a publication’s year end issue. Yesterday on The Beat comics blog they posted an examination of the 2010 DC Comics circulation figures. MAD publishes theirs in the last issue on the news stands of the year. According to the figures in issue #507, MAD‘s annual paid distribution average per issue in 2010 was 188,825. That’s up… READ MORE
December 29th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
The Lovely Anna and I went to see “True Grit” this past weekend. I loved it… she was ambivalent. Must be a guy flick. Jeff Bridges was fantastic and the trademark razor sharp dialogue of the Cohen Brother’s films was very prevalent. Sketch done with a Uni-ball Vision Micro-tip ball point pen… not much of a caricature but and interesting face to draw. READ MORE
