Jessica Simpson squeeze and musician John Mayer. The picture I drew this from was about the size of a nickel. Just a very quick study. I know nobody has noticed, but all of last week thorough today I have been in Massachusetts getting my park near Springfield, Six Flags New England, up and running. I pre-posted most of this stuff. When I get back maybe I’ll have some pictures from the roadtrip. READ MORE
Q: As an illustrator do you go to great lengths to protect your hands from injuries? I know it would be a tragedy to injure your hands as you wouldn’t be able to work. For example do you avoid playing catch with the kids and things like that? A: I wouldn’t say I go to “great lengths” but I don’t do anything stupid either. About 6 years ago I was working out with a boxing heavy bag, and while I was wailing on it I hurt my right wrist. I ended up getting something called Decravain’s Tendinitis. That is where the tendons in your wrist,… READ MORE
Leggy Rock Goddess Gwen Stephanie. I saw her in an outfit like this on a video when I was at the gym. READ MORE
MAD art director Sam Viviano warned me that a cover job would be a little different, and he was not kidding. Often when doing feature stuff the editors give the artists a lot of leeway to have fun and add something to the proceedings. They are still very specific about certain things and definitely demand changes when needed, but covers are very different. These are highly scrutinized and the process is reviewed at each step much more closely and with more specific control than the typical inside job. That is no surprise… the cover is the face of the magazine and it’s importance cannot be… READ MORE
Also in comic shops right now and on newsstands on the 18th: MAD KIDS # 7 (May 2007) Cover (Tom Richmond) Alfred’s Brain Drool (Various) Wacky Wall Webbers (Tom Richmond) One Friday Morning (Don Martin) Kid’s Inventions…(Brent Engstrom) A Shore Thing (Felipe Galindo) What School Bus Drivers are Doing While You are in Class (Teresa Burns Parkhurst) The Continuing Adventures of Willy Nilly (Nate Neal, Jacob Chabot) MAD KIDS Chat Room: Tobey MaGuire (Vic Arkoff, Jack Syracuse) A MAD KIDS Look at Supermarkets (Sergio Aragones) Fairy Tale Scenes We’d Like to See (Don Martin) Game On! (Patrick MerrellCharlie Kadau, Charles Akins) Spider-Man Funnies (Don Martin)… READ MORE
In comic book shops today and on newsstands on Tuesday, April 18th: MAD # 477 (May 2007) Cover (Mark Frederickson) The Fundalini Pages (Charles Akins, Doug Bratton, John Caldwell, Paul Coker, Dick DeBartolo, Jeff Kruse, Scott Maiko, Frank Santopadre, Jack Syracuse, Rick Tulka) The Biggest Lardass (Desmond Devlin, Tom Bunk) MAD’s Teacher Translation Guide (Jacob Lambert, Jose Garibaldi) Unabridged Corporate Slogans (Part II) (Jacob Lambert) A MAD Look at Airport Security (Sergio Aragones) How Global Warming is Affecting Various People (J. Prete, Drew Friedman) 7 Periods Closer to Death (Ted Rall) Monroe and… The New Kid (Anthony Barbieri, Tom Fowler) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)… READ MORE
A quick sketch of James Gandlofini as “Tony Soprano”. I used a small reference showing him grinning as you seldom see illustrations of him like that. He has this creepy, snaggletooth grin… I caught “The Sopranos” Sunday night after the holiday weekend. I had to refresh my memory about what happened last season as it seems about 5 years since it was last on (actually about 2 years). That is way too long to expect viewers to stay interested, but the excellence of this show makes it frustrating but forgivable. I’ll watch the rest of the episodes but I’m glad to see this series come… READ MORE
The Wonderful Wizard of ID- Johnny Hart, the cartoonist behind the long time and popular comic strips B.C. and The Wizard of ID, passed away on Saturday apparently from complications after a stroke. I never met Mr. Hart but he was a member of the National Cartoonist Society and the target of many gags at events about the later religious themes in his work. I always enjoyed the dry and irreverent humor of his strips, which seemed a lot more sarcastic than the straight gags of many of his contemporaries. Drawings from Beyond the Grave– This bizarre item, which I got from Drawn!, claims that… READ MORE
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