November 18th, 2009 | Posted in General
Its amazing how quickly the cynics come out when something like what happened with the “Bobble Rep” app last week takes place. While the vast majority of people I have heard and read comments from are supportive of the app and our trouble with Apple, a few have come out of the woodwork to malign and cast stones at myself and app developer Ray Griggs. Most of these people are woefully uniformed and guilty of the usual crime of the internet serial commenter… that being not bothering to read the entire story but casting judgment based on a headline. So, here are some of the… READ MORE
November 17th, 2009 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch is in honor of our trip to Australia… I did this little gag drawing in a number of sketchbooks when at the Stanleys. Marker/pen on sketch paper. READ MORE
November 16th, 2009 | Posted in News
I was honored and privileged to be invited to beautiful Sydney, Australia to be a guest speaker at the Australian Cartoonists Association‘s 25th annual Stanley Awards this past weekend. The ACA is the Aussie equivalent of the National Cartoonists Society in the U.S., and in fact is an even older organization having grown from the original Australian Black and White Artist’s Club formed back in 1924. Australia is brimming with fantastic talent in the cartooning field… so much of the work I saw there was absolutely top notch. I was humbled to be asked to be a speaker at their event this year. The Stanley… READ MORE
November 15th, 2009 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: With your recent “Bo Confidential” project, and in light of the new MAD Magazine business model, have you considered personal pet projects for development under the MAD umbrella? A: Yes I have. While things have changed (and are still changing) at MAD there is an unspoken rule that any regular contributor to the magazine can approach the powers-that-be and pitch ideas for things like books and they would be given due consideration. Likewise the publishers that have handled publication of other MAD books like Watson-Guphill will give a good look at any book project from a MAD artist or writer. Of course, that doesn’t… READ MORE
November 14th, 2009 | Posted in News
Bobble Rep, the iPhone app conceived and produced by Ray Griggs and featuring my caricatures of all 540 members of the 111th U.S. Congress was APPROVED by Apple late last night and is now available on iTunes for the low, low price of 99 cents (cheap). This after my innocent little blog post of a few days ago caught fire and was picked up by major news outlets and high traffic tech blogs. Apple came to its senses yesterday and approved the app. You have to wonder how much of the decision was based on the press covered and image hit Apple had taken, and… READ MORE
November 14th, 2009 | Posted in General
I’m currently in Sydney, Australia for the 2009 Stanley Awards for the Australian Cartoonists Association. Just got back from the awards ceremony itself. Australia has a rich history of cartooning and has some incredible talent. The ACA is a terrific organization and the people here have made us feel very welcome. I did a presentation and a caricature workshop on Saturday, and attended several other panels and presentations as well. Very nicely organized and some great speakers. The main speaker of the weekend was Pat Oliphant, the influential and brilliant political cartoonist who was born and raised in Australia but had lived and worked in… READ MORE
November 13th, 2009 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here is a look at the two pieces I have in MAD this issue: MAD 20- Gates Vs. Crowley Everybody remembers the big deal that was made out of “Beer Summit” this summer, when Obama invited Harvard professor Henry Gates and Cambridge police Sergent James Crowley to the White House and had a beer with them and Joe Biden on a patio table on the lawn. More was made out of that than the event that led to their invitation: when Crowley and other police officers arrested Gates on charges of disorderly conduct when he was confronted by the officers when he and his driver… READ MORE
November 12th, 2009 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic books shops now and on news stands soon: Here’s a close up of the glove… note the familiar jewels!! MAD # 502 (January 2010) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Glenn LeLievre, Desmond Devlin, Kevin Pope, Darren Johnson, Scott Nickel, Jeff Kruse, Bob Staake, Mark Fredrickson, Ryan Pagelow, Tom Bunk, Dick DeBartolo, John Caldwell, Farley Katz, ) The MAD 20- The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2009 The Canonization of Michael Jackson (Mark Stutzman) Corporate Bailouts (Hermann Mejia) Jon and Kate Plus 8 (Jack Syracuse) Henry Gates Arrested in Own Home (Tom Richmond) Dick Cheney Won’t Shut Up (Jeff Kruse) Angry Town… READ MORE
