April 8th, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I’m pretty busy (read: SWAMPED) in the studio right now prior to another trip to another theme park to open up another caricature operation for the season… this time in Springfield, Massachusetts at Six Flags New England. On the return from the last trip I found that The Lovely Anna had bought a copy of 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die (Crammed into 864 Actual Pages) for me. This is another “Barnes and Noble” exclusive book like MAD About the Movies: The Director’s Cut printed in black and white and at a smaller size than the magazine pages. I was surprised to… READ MORE
April 7th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch continues our ink-wash countdown to the series finale of “LOST”. Our subject this week is Ken Leung, who portrays Miles Straume, the son of one of the Dharma Initiative’s main scientists and a man who can hear the dead speak… I couldn’t resist the little gag. Definitely not my most successful attempt with this technique, but you can’t win them all. READ MORE
April 6th, 2010 | Posted in General
Artwork ©2010 Hermann Mejia Back a weekend or two ago I visited NYC and got a chance to sit in on a mini watercolor workshop with some pals and MAD artist Hermann Mejia. Hermann did s few demos for us and gave us pointers while we slapped the paint around. He also did a couple of quick studies himself. He gave me the little treasure above, an unfinished watercolor “sketch” of Sarah Jessica Parker. His painting seems so effortless. Amazing stuff. READ MORE
April 5th, 2010 | Posted in It's All Geek to Me!
The iPad has been out for all of two days and already we are seeing apps that demonstrate not only how much more this device is than the “bigger iPod Touch” naysayers are dismissing it as, but exactly the kind of content delivery that it and it’s eventual ancestors are going to revolutionize the publication industry with. Take the new Marvel Comics app. It’s a free app that is used as a gateway to the buying of single issues or a series from Marvel. They have both an iPhone version and an iPad version. Comparing the screenshots of two you can instantly see how the… READ MORE
April 4th, 2010 | Posted in Mailbag
I’m taking this Sunday off from the usual mailbag question and answer silliness. Happy Easter! READ MORE
April 3rd, 2010 | Posted in General
I opened a new caricature booth at Six Flags in St. Louis yesterday. We just need a few more signs and it’ll be dialed in. READ MORE
April 2nd, 2010 | Posted in General
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/10606990[/vimeo] Cartoonist and Australian Cartoonist Association member Lee Shepard recently uploaded this video of me doing a quick caricature demo at the 2009 Stanley Awards weekend in Sydney, where I was one of several presenters. Unfortunately Lee was sitting with my substantial bulk between his camera and the paper, so you can’t see me drawing much except when I am kneeling down or when I move aside. Sorry about that, Lee. This segment took place after I gave a boring hour long lecture on caricature and the audience was drawing the same faces on the screen as I was during the demo. Two things about… READ MORE
April 1st, 2010 | Posted in General
No place exotic like Colombia, Iraq, Australia or Cuba… just St. Louis MO to help open up our caricature operation for the season at Six Flags. I’m not even flying but driving… however I have no drawing of me driving along with underwear flying out of my car window so i just used the airplane. I’ll upload a postcard from the park! READ MORE
