October 14th, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, here’s a look at a bit of the art for the parody of “Glee” in the just-released MAD #506: Click for a closer look… My kids are big Glee fans so they ended up in the splash page (Gabrielle and Tom in upper left on stair landing, college girl Victoria to right of “Sue Sylvester” with her boyfriend Pat). Oldest girl Elizabeth doesn’t like Glee but if I ever do a “Roseanne” parody she’s in. I had a lot of fun with this one. READ MORE
October 13th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’ve got a section of my website entitled the Me Gallery chock full of caricatures of me from artists all over the world. If you are interested n the funny(ish) story of how the Me Gallery began, you can read about that here. Many are from the many International Society of Caricature Artists conventions I’ve been to, but many more are unsolicited submissions from artists who just send them in to be included. I just updated it last week with dozens of recent entries, and currently there are 255 different caricatures of yours truly… if you haven’t seen this you should check it out. Given… READ MORE
October 12th, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Last night’s episode of MAD on the Cartoon Network had one of the segments I worked on… this one was called “Batman Family Feud”. Here is some of the art I did for the animators to work with: I’m not sure why they decided to go with a combination of the 1989 movie Michael Keaton Batman, the “Batman Begins”/”Dark Knight Returns” Michael Caine Alfred and the 60’s TV show Robin and Batgirl. The Riddler they wanted to be generic, and neither Frank Gorshin nor Jim Carrey. I think these drawings represent the style of finishes that work best with the animation needs, are are the… READ MORE
October 11th, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In mailboxes and comic shops this week and on news stands October 19th: MAD # 506 (December 2010) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Jeff Kruse, Mort Drucker, Joe Masterman, Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer, Jacob Lambert, Bob Staake, Eric Scott, Rick Tulka, Scott Nickel, Matthew A. Cohen, Angelo Torres, Brian & Sean Farrelly, Anton Emdin, Dick DeBartolo, J.C. Duffy, Jack Syracuse, Dave Croatto, Ward Sutton, Corey Pandolph) Glee-tarded (Arnie Kogen, Tom Richmond) A MAD Look At The Oil Spill (Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Tom Luth) RosettaStone- Mel Gibson Domestic Abuse Edition (A MAD Ad Parody) A Beginner’s Guide to a More Prosperous Career in Panhandling (John… READ MORE
October 10th, 2010 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: With all the work you do for the MAD parodies, have you ever contributed your own jokes/gags? Or have you ever done any written and illustrated pieces? Do you have any aspirations to write a comic strip or something like that? A: I guess that depends on what you mean by “writing”. If you mean do I put words down in a script to contribute jokes and gags, then no… I have never done that for MAD. However when asked this question I do feel confident in saying I “write” for MAD in a certain sense… meaning I do contribute a lot of humor… READ MORE
October 8th, 2010 | Posted in General
üü Caricature and portrait painting master Sebastian Krüger is one of the most highly respected artists working in the field today. I’ve had the privilege of meeting him a few times at a couple of conventions for the International Society of Caricature Artists (formerly the National Caricaturist Network), and commissioned him to do the caricature of me above. Krüger rarely does caricatures anymore… these days he does mostly fine art paintings of pop culture celebrities for galleries. That’s a real shame as his caricature illustrations were mind-numbingly outstanding, but I don’t think he ever really felt like he was a caricaturist. He is obviously doing… READ MORE
October 7th, 2010 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Lots o’stuff cooking on the drawing board right now. Nothing “big” but a lot of smaller projects add up: Workplace Poster Illustration– My usual assignment for The Marlin Company Character Illustrations– Sort of a personal commission job doing individual illustrations of his dummies for ventriloquist and comedian Jeff Dunham Feature Article Illustration– Full pager for School Library Journal Couple of personal commissions– Stay tooned for details on an official personal commission format and availability… I’m currently “between” assignments for the MAD animated show (wrapping production on a series of episodes prior to beginning on some new stuff) and MAD Magazine… although no doubt they’ll be… READ MORE
October 5th, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Last night’s Cartoon Network’s MAD episode featured a segment with some of my artwork… the “Extreme Home Makeover: Fortress of Solitude Edition”. Here is a sampling of some of the art I did for it: According to the Cartoon Network’s schedule, next week’s episode will also have one of the segments I worked on… “The Batman Family Feud”. READ MORE
