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
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
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
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
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
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
I don’t do this too often anymore, but last week I dusted off the lead-holder and airbrush and worked a shift at my live caricature operation at Valleyfair! theme park here in Minnesota. In fact, I think this was only the second time all summer I did live caricatures, the last time being a day I worked at my Six Flags New England park for a day way back in April… and a handful I did in black and white at the San Diego Comic-Con. I always have a pile of work needing to be done in the studio, so working these shifts never comes… READ MORE
It is believed that the first piece of art was painted on the wall of a cave by early man. The second piece of art was also painted on the wall of a cave, but the prehistoric man that painted it was heard to complain that “they just don’t make this paint like they used to.” So began a long tradition of artists complaining that the art supplies they make today are no where near as good as the ones they used to make. Art supplies are discontinued, formulas changed, manufacturing methods altered, materials switched, etc. and nothing makes artists who use these supplies more… READ MORE
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