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Paying the Price

July 27th, 2010 | Posted in General

I’m afraid my Comic Con wrap-up will have to wait until Thursday… as usual any time away from the studio comes at a heavy price. READ MORE

Home Again, Home Again…

July 26th, 2010 | Posted in General

..jiggety jig. Flying back home from Comic-Con today… full wrap up tomorrow hopefully with lots of pictures. READ MORE

Even More Comic-Con!

July 25th, 2010 | Posted in General

Picture by Tom Racine We are going to dispense with the Sunday Mailbag this week in order to continue with our annoying coverage of San Diego Comic-Con. Yesterday was a busy day for me here, starting with the Mad About MAD panel at 10:00 am and then signings at both the DC Comics booth and the Warner Bros booth with fellow MAD men Sam Viviano and John Ficarra, and MAD animated show writer and producer Kevin Shinick, plus a surprise appearance on at the Quick Draw! program in between. I wish I had some pictures of the panel but unfortunately I do not. Tom Racine… READ MORE

More Comic Con 2010

July 23rd, 2010 | Posted in General

Day one at Comic-Con? Uneventful. Actually for once the crush of humanity was not that horrific and it was relatively easy to walk about the exhibitor floor. I did a little of that, but mainly stuck by both the DC booth for my signing and the National Cartoonists Society booth where I did caricatures and had some MAD originals for sale. The NCS booth is located at booth spaces 1307 and 1309: The NCS booth is pretty well done, IMO. Nice location, too. I’ll be there from 2:00 to about 3:30 today doing caricatures, sketches and selling those MAD pages. I’ll also be at the… READ MORE

Live from Comic-Con 2010

July 22nd, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Well, here I am in beautiful and sunny clammy and rainy San Diego for Comic-Con 2010. The weather is suppose to improve as soon as this afternoon, but it looks like I might get wet on the way to the convention center this morning. I’ll be blogging from the convention floor and you have my promise: No “BIFF!” “POW!” or other sound effects will be lazily used in any headlines or posts. I’m not sure exactly why I ever go to comic book conventions. As I have written here before, MAD is sort of the red headed stepchild of comics… yes, it’s got plenty of… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week

July 21st, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Usually I completely avoid drawing reality TV “stars” as they don’t need more encouragement or even as mild an extension of their mostly undeserved 15 minutes of fame as my modest little blog provides. However since I had already stooped to drawing his therapy-bound kids and his fame-seeking horror of an ex-wife, I figured I might as well do the trifecta and draw the deplorable Jon Gosselin. This one is a little different, done with a fine tip pen. READ MORE

An Expressive Workshop

July 20th, 2010 | Posted in News

One of the books that sees a lot of wear on my bookshelf is The Artist’s Complete Guide to Facial Expression by Gary Faigin. It’s a very comprehensive look into what happens to the face when certain emotions come into play, and shows how to draw someone displaying those emotions. That’s a pretty important skill when doing visual storytelling, and caricature artists can learn a lot from it as well. The author will be conducting a five day (FIVE DAYS?!?!) workshop on the subject this upcoming December at Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, WA. The workshop must give thorough and comprehensive an entirely new… READ MORE

On the Drawing Board- 7/19/10

July 19th, 2010 | Posted in On the Drawing Board

Well… vacation is over, I can tell you. Actually the old drawing board is a little light when it comes to heavy duty projects. Just a few small and one long, ongoing one- iPad App– Art for another app for Ray Griggs, the developer of Bobble Rep. Should have this done today. Caricature/Character Design– This for a UK company for an advertising project. Awaiting feedback on a round of sketches. Workplace Poster– My usual monthly assignment for The Marlin Company WB Animation– between episodes right now for the upcoming MAD Show That should keep me busy until the Comic Con starts in… only 3 days!!?! READ MORE

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