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
August 12th, 2007 | Posted in Freelancing
Q: Have you ever turned down an assignment for MAD, and if so, why? A: Only once. Several years ago I was driving to Massachusetts to open my theme park operation at Six Flags New England for the first time. I received a call from MAD to do a parody of a movie called “Panic Room” starring Jodie Foster and Forrest Whitaker. Much as I would have loved to do it, I was about to spend almost two weeks setting up and working at the theme park, plus the drive home to Minnesota from Massachusetts. The deadline was too tight, so I had to turn… READ MORE
August 11th, 2007 | Posted in It's All Geek to Me!
After the endless hype and press coverage, I promised it would be some time before I wrote again about the Apple iPhone. The frenzy has died down now so I thought I’d relate my final assessment of the gadget now that I’ve used one for going on two months in the “real world”. When people see me with the phone I invariably get asked one question… does it live up to the hype? The answer is not cut and dried. In certain ways the phone exceeds the hype, in some it is good but not exceptional, and in some it is woefully inadequate. A lot… READ MORE
