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September 14th, 2012 | Posted in General
Dr. Watson! The other day I posted a picture of my dog on my Facebook page, and someone asked me if I’d ever drawn him. Oh, yes. He has made cameo appearances in many of my illustrations, although I don’t think I’ve snuck him into MAD yet. His name is Dr. Watson, and he’s an almost 3 year old Lhasa Poo (Lhasa Apso/Poodle mix). He’s my studio buddy, and he hangs out with me while I work all day (and sometimes all night). He really is that cute… he looks like a toy. Here he is hamming it up in a few illustrations of mine… READ MORE
September 11th, 2012 | Posted in General
I received a great email today from a fellow caricaturist/illustrator who hails from Russia, telling me a story of how he got inspired to draw caricatures as a kid by a series of stickers featuring caricature art that came in packages of chewing gum: Clicky to Embiggen That is pretty cool. . . except of course that these stickers are all examples of copyright infringement. There are a lot of my old, OLD caricature samples, as well as a John Kascht, a Sebastian Kr?¬?ger, what I think is a Ben Burgraff and two (Hugh Grant and Gerard Depardieu) that look familiar but I do not… READ MORE
September 10th, 2012 | Posted in General
All my traveling the last month (ok… the whole %@#$! summer) is catching up to me. I will try and post about our time on the USS Enterprise and the gig at the CNN Grill sometime this week, but I am way behind on several projects. READ MORE
September 7th, 2012 | Posted in General
The video above aired on CNN several times the last day or so. I am mentioned and briefly shown drawing, followed by a look at the wall of caricatures, for which I am indirectly credited (or blamed). In fact, only a few of the caricatures shown above I actually did (Adrian Grenier, Hill Harper, Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich, Elijah Cummings, Bill Richardson, Jesse Jackson, and a few others). Most of the CNN people were drawn at the Republican National Convention in Tampa by caricaturist Glenn Ferguson, especially the one of Anderson Cooper, which he complains about on the video. I did the one of Dana… READ MORE
September 4th, 2012 | Posted in General
I originally had a long post here describing our experience on the recent NCS USO to the middle east, but was asked to significantly modify it because of sensitivity to the presence of the US military in certain locations in the area which shall remain nameless. I’m not quite sure why, since all the information I posted here and much more including, literally, the addresses of the bases and names of the very units and squadrons (if any) posted there are plainly available in Wikipedia and many other places on the internet, but rules is rules. Rather than rewrite the post, I’m just deleting it.… READ MORE
September 3rd, 2012 | Posted in General
I did this spot illustration for the tour and a postcard we gave away. Each artist had their own card. Believe it or not a few sailors didn’t get the joke. The National Cartoonists Society has a long tradition supporting the men and women serving our country in the U.S. military. In fact, the NCS originally formed from a group of cartoonists who did chalk talks for US troops during World War II, and continued to visit active military personnel during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Several years ago the NCS and the USO once again teamed up to renew this tradition of sending groups… READ MORE
August 28th, 2012 | Posted in General
About five years ago I built a home-made light table into my drafting board in the studio using a fluorescent shop light, some pine boards, a piece of plexiglass and, of course, duct tape…I did a DIY post about it at the time. Here’s a pic: This light table served me well, but it did have a fair share of problems: Using florescent tube lighting is hard on your eyes. There is an almost imperceptible flickering that occurs that fatigues your eyes and your brain after too long staring into it. I would get a headache or get very tired after a certain amount of… READ MORE
August 24th, 2012 | Posted in General
Yikes. The Drawing Board went from 0 to 60 in in the last few week: Minnesota Twins Team Poster– I did this for several years in the early 2000’s, and they tapped me to do it again this year. Big job, with 40 players and another 7 coaches. Going to do it digitally this time. It is a stadium giveaway on “Kid’s Appreciation Day” at the end of the season. CD cover for a Canadian comedian– Fun image as part of a wraparound jewel-case cover. Sports Illustrated for Kids spread– Illustration for a fall issue. MAD movie parody– Long deadline on this, but I’ve already… READ MORE
