August 19th, 2007 | Posted in Freelancing
Q: I am currently developing a couple of different portfolios to shop around to different companies. Each portfolio I am working on basically “caters” to that specific company I am going to send it to. I have done some freelance work in the past, as a matter of fact, as I speak, I am developing and illustrating characters for a board game expansion due out in September, but, as I develop my portfolio and ready myself to send it out to the different companies I am targeting, what advice can you give me to make a better impression on the companies I am sending them… READ MORE
August 18th, 2007 | Posted in General
The internet is a bizarre place where ordinary people become “iCelebrities” for seemingly no concrete reason other than they are on the internet and strike some unknown chord with other internet dwellers. YouTube in particular has spawned a number of iCelebrities thanks to quirky and just plain weird uploaded videos. The traditional media is starting to take notice, and as a result iCelebrities are sometimes breaking into the mainstream pop culture. Here’s a recent example: The other day in my local newspaper was a story (front page, no less) about a University of Minnesota grad student who has made a YouTube music video of his… READ MORE
August 17th, 2007 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I did the “Celebrity Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards” job (written BTW by cartoonist and former Cracked artist Michael Arnold in his first appearance in MAD) in a typical time frame, but the Paris Hilton job was a last second, brutal deadline job. As such the ‘rough’ is as rough as you can get. Here’s some images and the rough of that piece: Click for a closer look Close up of Paris Lots of word balloons with the “things shouted out” were to cover the crowd, but I didn’t know exactly where they would be placed so much of the crowd will not be visible in the printed… READ MORE
August 16th, 2007 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops today and on newsstands on Tuesday, August 21st: MAD # 481 (Sept. 2007) Covers (Jack Syracuse) The Fundalini Pages (John Caldwell, Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, Duck Edwing, Feggo, Laura Howell, Jeff Kruse, Kevin Pope, Adam Rust, Eric Scott, Jack Syracuse, Rick Tulka) Spider-Sham 3 (Arnie Kogen, Hermann Mejia) The Young Man’s Guide to Successful Mall Romance (Jacob Lambert, Rich Powell) Planet TAD!!!!! (Tim Carvell) MAD Proudly Presents Outtakes from Hillary’s Sopranos Spoof (Uncredited) Failed Pitches for the new Simpson’s Movie (Steve Smallwood) Things Shouted Out to Paris Hilton as She Left Prison (Tom Richmond) Spy vs Spy (Peter Kuper) Monroe and…… READ MORE
August 15th, 2007 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Very quick study of Stacy “Fergie” Fergusen from the Black Eyed Peas. I may work it up into a park sample. READ MORE
August 14th, 2007 | Posted in General
Well, the problems with the blog have been solved. Nothing is ever as easy as it’s supposed to be. Last night I did a routine upgrade to my WordPress blog software. It’s a simple procedure where I download the new files, delete the old from my website and upload the new ones to replace them. You have to be careful not to delete the files containing your uploaded posts, images and settings, or your customized theme if you have one. I’ve done it a half dozen times at least since I started this blog. This was supposed to be a simple upgrade that just patched… READ MORE
August 13th, 2007 | Posted in General
After an upgrade my blog is having serious problems and I may be “off the air” for a while. READ MORE
August 13th, 2007 | Posted in General
Here’s a few I did this weekend while working at the park. Sorry, some of the pictures are pretty bad: READ MORE
