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My friend and talented illustrator James Hungaski called over the holidays from his trip to see family in the Northeast to relate a little story about a visit to Times Square. He said he was walking along and spotted a street caricaturist trying to sell prints of one of my caricatures. Jim got in his face and made him take it down. I appreciate the effort, but he didn’t have to do that. The way I look at it, anyone misrepresenting another’s art for their own like that is not doing themselves any favors. If they have any illusions about moving up from selling street… READ MORE

Happy New Year!

January 1st, 2007 | Posted in General

Hey sourpuss! Don’t start the New Year off down in the dumps! New Years Eve/Day is a great time for optimism. There is something magical about turning the page and starting a shiny new year, where anything seems possible. Here’s hoping you find health, happiness and prosperity in 2007! READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag

December 31st, 2006 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: Some people seem to be easy targets for caricature (Ross Perot, George Bush, Elvis, Stallone). Is that case? And if it is, have you ever had trouble with an “easy” subject? If so, why? A: I tell the new caricature artists I work with that it is only an illusion that some faces are easier to draw than others. Faces all have the same elements… eyes, nose, mouth, etc. Those features are always unique from one person to another. They are sitting right there in front of the artist and should be easy to see and to draw. Why then, as you say, do… READ MORE

Wall of Shame: NCS

December 30th, 2006 | Posted in Wall of Shame

Yet another installment of the Wall of Shame, where I hang prints of some of my pieces that have been signed by the subjects. I don’t really have many because I don’t go chasing after signatures, or try and mail them. I only get them if chances allow and that doesn’t happen all that much. Incidentally if you want to see the previous posts about the Wall of Shame I have created a category for them, just click the link on the blogroll on the right. These Wall of Shame pieces are’t like the others… they were never in MAD and have nothing to do… READ MORE

Sketch O’The Day

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

The cranial-endowed Reese Witherspoon: READ MORE

Hannibal Rising- A Review

December 28th, 2006 | Posted in General

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