Uh oh! Looks like the mailbag is empty! When I get some fresh questions concerning cartooning, illustration, freelancing, MAD Magazine or other similar subjects I’ll be happy to answer them as best I can. E-mail me your questions and I’ll try and answer them here! READ MORE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYx-JCAc-ko[/youtube] This YouTube video is from an episode of the 90’s TV series “Horror Hall Of Fame” and features the story of EC Comics and their marvelous line of horror comics from the 1950’s. Bill Gaines is interviewed for the piece, which was filmed only a year or so before his death. I’m afraid the video quality is not good, but it’s passable. It’s fun to hear about the classic E.C. Artists like “Ghastly” Graham Ingels, Johnny Craig, Joe Orlando and of course Jack Davis. Al Feldstein is also interviewed as well as a few others with E.C. connections. Actually the most frightening thing in… READ MORE
Plenty on the board right now- MAD job– TV show parody, due… oh crap! Tomorrow!! By the way, this parody represents the first “continuity” (meaning movie or TV show parody) I’ve done since I did “Watchmen” about this time last year. That sucks. Workplace Poster– My usual monthly assignment Animated film segment storyboards– After designing the animated characters for RG Entertainment’s new movie, I am now storyboarding the animated four scenes from the otherwise live action film. One scene down and three to go. Movie Poster– This got put on hold while I do the storyboards. Here is the pencil sketch and final art for… READ MORE
I am seriously under the gun with a deadline, so no time for a new sketch this week. In honor of the season premiere of LOST here’s a old sketch of one of the show’s stars, Michael Emerson. aka Benjamin Linus aka “that bug-eyed bastard”. READ MORE
Image used with apologies to TUAW for the “enhancements” With all the negative press and the “it’s not that impressive” comments by supposed techie experts I was beginning to think no one was going to grasp some of the potential something like the iPad has for the future of publishing. However yesterday Michael Grothhaus over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog finally put it together with his story “Where’s the iMag Store?” Printed book publishing is not going anywhere, even though eBooks may become more and more popular. People still love bookshelves and a book is not (usually) a one time consumed media. Readers will put… READ MORE
Here is a series of spot illustrations I did a few months ago for Penthouse for their February issue. They are illustrating a “timeline” feature similar to the one I did for St. Patrick’s Day about a year ago. This timeline follows a typical guy’s day on Superbowl Sunday. Here are a few of them, pencil roughs and finals: Breakfast of Champions: hot wings Checking out the neighbor’s hot wife! She is… OOOH! NACHOS! Getting pissed at the hipsters The inevitable end of the evening I did a few extra sketches and the editors chose the six they liked the best (only four pictured, you’ll… READ MORE
Q: During the last 15 years what caricature or drawing skill have you developed the most? A: All of them. I debated whether to use this question, as that is really the only answer. I don’t know what else to tell you. As an artist, unless you completely focus on only one thing to the exclusion of all else (faces for example), you are going to improve your overall drawing skills with constant work and practice. It’s gratifying to be able to look at work I did 15, 10, 5 or even just a few years ago and see glaring faults that today would never… READ MORE
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