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Sketch o’the Week- West & Ward!

January 21st, 2026 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

BIFF! POW! Holy Sexagenarian Crimefighters! I did this one last week for the 60th anniversary of the debut of “Batman” on ABC. READ MORE

End of the MADness #161: Severance!

January 19th, 2026 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Here we are at the end of the line… for now (there’s a wrap up at the bottom of this post). This parody of the TV show “Severance” was just published in MAD #47 (Feb 2026) last month, and is the most recent piece I have done for them. It was written by my CLAPTRAP cohort Desmond Devlin. This piece was a bit of a pain to do. It came in late with a short deadline and just as I was leaving on a two week trip with The Lovely Anna and oldest daughter The Animated Elizabeth to visit our youngest daughter The Effervescent Gabrielle… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week: Johnny Depp!

January 14th, 2026 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

The Lovely Anna bought me some “Sauvage” cologne for Christmas, for which Johnny Depp is the spokes…uh… model. I hope it makes me smell better that Johnny looks like he smells. READ MORE

New Workshop Date: Cleveland OH!

January 13th, 2026 | Posted in News

I just booked a new workshop for 2026… Cleveland, OH! This will be my first workshop in Cleveland. My first in Ohio in fact! So, if you’ve been waiting for me to come closer to your neck of the woods and this fits the bill, register now. There are only twelve spots available. READ MORE

MADness #160: Dysfunctional Family Board Games!

January 12th, 2026 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Time again for another of the final steps along the stumbling trek that was my work for MAD Magazine. You will be relieved to know that this is the penultimate stop along that journey. In fact this piece was published in MAD #46, Dec 2025, which went on sale a mere three months ago! It was written by my CLAPTRAP partner-in-crime Desmond Delvin. This piece was a milestone for me. My very first published piece in MAD was in #399 (Dec 2000) which hit the stands in October of that year. This one dropped in October of 2025, marking 25 years of my being one… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week: Karl Urban!

January 7th, 2026 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Here’s Karl Urban as “Billy Butcher” from “The Boys”. READ MORE

MADness #159: Horror of Quakenstein!

January 5th, 2026 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Time again for another step on the rapidly shrinking road that was a look back at my work for MAD Magazine! This feature was written by my CLAPTRAP co-conspirator Desmond Devlin and appeared in MAD #45, October 2025. It’s a mash up of different “Frankenstein” movies and a political piece. This issue was released just this past August, so we are only four months back now! I think this was the piece that convinced me, at least for now, that MAD really was going to keep doing some new content in every issue. Each time I got a new assignment it just seemed likely it… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week: Brigette Bardot!

December 31st, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Here’s a final “Sketch o’the Week” for 2025… the recently passed sixties French sex symbol Brigitte Bardot. Frankly I only knew of Ms. Bardot as a… um… sixties French sex symbol. I’ve never seen one of her movies. I’ve never heard her sing. I didn’t know she forsook acting and performing at 39 and became a prominent animal activist (good) and later was fined and convicted multiple times in France for inciting racial hatred through several controversial racist books and public comments (bad). A controversial figure for certain… but she did have great lips. READ MORE