November 27th, 2009 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Black Friday… when completely insane people go out into completely insane crowds in search of deals on whatever. I try to avoid shopping on this day if at all possible. Except from the comfort of my own home, of course! The image above is of another new MAD book that was just released entitled 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die (Crammed into 864 Actual Pages). This is another “Barnes and Noble” exclusive book like MAD About the Movies: The Director’s Cut and I am guessing features a lot of classic MAD features in black and white. I have no idea if I… READ MORE
November 26th, 2009 | Posted in General
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November 25th, 2009 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch subject is “Zombieland” actor Jesse Eisenberg. It’s rare that I go to see a movie with high expectations and have that movie live up to it. Zombieland was every bit as fun as the trailers looked. READ MORE
November 24th, 2009 | Posted in General
Whenever we have people over to the house inevitably they end up in my studio for a tour… all one room of it. Maybe it’s not the Taj Mahal but still for most people it’s a bit like a visit to a candy store… I have surrounded myself with a lot of cool stuff for inspiration and a generally creative atmosphere and tried to lay out the space for both maximum efficiency and functionality. Laymen marvel, women weep and fellow artists turn green with envy. I’ve been threatening to redo it for years now. Well, I finally pulled the trigger this fall and remodeled the… READ MORE
November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in General
…that after being gone for the last 12 days the Dreaded Deadline Demon would be making an appearance today? READ MORE
November 21st, 2009 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What happens when you are headed back from a trip to Australia and have absolutely no time, between packing and checking out and getting to the airport and going through security and customs and eventually getting all the way back to Minnesota, but you need to do a Sunday Mailbag blog post? Do you shamelessly cop out by posting a meaningless answer to a completely made up question, and even more shamelessly recycle a previously used gag? Yes. Thanks to A.E. Neuman for the question. If you have a question you want answered for the mailbag about cartooning, illustration, MAD Magazine, caricature or similar,… READ MORE
November 20th, 2009 | Posted in MAD Magazine
So far 2009 hasn’t been the best of years for MAD magazine. The announcement back in February that as of issue #500 MAD was going to start publishing quarterly instead of monthly was cited by some as the death knell of the publication. I get asked about the reduction in publication all the time, and what I think the future holds for MAD. I think the rumors of MAD‘s death have been greatly exaggerated. There are a number of things in the works right now that bode well for MAD and not only it’s continued publication but a resurgence in it’s visibility and maybe a… READ MORE
November 19th, 2009 | Posted in General
I learned a lot of stuff about Australia while visiting Sydney and the Hunter Valley this past week for the 25th annual ACA Stanley Awards. Here are some highlights: Koalas may look cuddly but they have big F%$#% claws and will scalp you if you bother them. What in the U.S. is the turn signal lever in the steering column of cars is instead the windshield wiper control in Australia. Cars driving down the road on a dry, sunny day with their windshield wipers going are being driven by American/European tourists. Australia is brimming with fantastic caricature artists. I was honored to be the presenter… READ MORE
