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Sketch O’The Day

December 29th, 2006 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

The cranial-endowed Reese Witherspoon: READ MORE

I received several books as Christmas presents, one of which I burned through over the holidays because it was short and one I had been looking forward to. That book was Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. This is of course the prequel to the books written by Harris which feature the character Hannibal Lecter, made famous by actor Anthony Hopkins‘ portrayal in The Silence of the Lambs. It was Hopkins’ performance as the cannibal serial killer that caught the public’s interest and spawned the sequel book Hannibal by Harris, later made into a film. That was followed by the film Red Dragon, which was based… READ MORE

Sketch O’The Day

December 27th, 2006 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

I said these may occasionally crop up! Winona Ryder from the vastly underrated Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Despite several very bad acting performances (can you say Keanu Reeves?) this 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film is a pretty good telling of Stoker’s tale. Gary Oldman makes a creepy and tragic Dracula, and Anthony Hopkins is terrific as Van Helsing. READ MORE

The Dark Tower

December 26th, 2006 | Posted in General

I guess I’m a sucker for book series and epics. If I was put on the spot to name some of my favorite books, I’d include J.R.R. Tolkein‘s Lord of the Rings, Frank Herbert‘s Dune books, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books and Robert E. Howard‘s Conan stories. It’s not like I don’t read other books and enjoy the work of many other authors, but these long tales seem to keep ending up on my night stand or playing on my iPod every few years… they are like visiting old friends or putting on a favorite pair of shoes. Arguably near the very top of my… READ MORE

Merry Christmas!

December 25th, 2006 | Posted in General

From Anna, myself and our children Elizabeth, Victoria, Gabrielle and Tommy… all the best, health and happiness to all. READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag

December 24th, 2006 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: What sort of sequencing do you use when you do caricatures live? Do you draw in the head shape first, or start with an individual feature? A: I was taught to start with the interior features first and work my way out and I still feel that is the best way to do it when working live. If you work from the head shape in, you are immediately locked into your entire caricature and all the relationships it will describe once the head shape is done. This often leads to generic looking caricatures… drawing the same face/head shape over and over again, and having… READ MORE

A View to a Shill Dept.

December 23rd, 2006 | Posted in MAD Magazine

The long anticipated update to the Totally MAD cd-rom collection is finally out. Absolutely MAD contains complete digital copies of all issues of MAD from #1 to #460 on one DVD, as well as special issues and collections. Each issue is searchable by keywords and such. A valuable resource… and it works on both Macs and PCs. Go buy one today, clod! READ MORE

On the Drawing Board

December 22nd, 2006 | Posted in On the Drawing Board

Here are the finals for the workplace poster and the Scholastic job. Both were pretty rushed: The basketball poster is 17 x 17 inches and the Scholastic images are spots only about 4 inches wide, as you can tell from the level of detail. I just got assigned a quick turn around job for MAD and have another TV show parody in the works. READ MORE