I’m at New York Comic Con through Sunday, and my “virtual” Artist’s Alley table will be open at the same time. Visit my virtual table here and order any of the commissions I only do at comic cons from the comfort of your couch… pants optional! READ MORE
Another sketch found in an old sketchbook. My daughter The Effervescent Gabrielle loved this commercial back in the day. I’m on my way to New York today where I get to see her at New York Comic Con, where she’ll be DJing to warm up the crowds at several major panels and on the main stage! READ MORE
As if Monday’s weren’t bad enough, it’s time for another stop on the chronological crawl through my work for MAD Magazine! Today’s look back is another of those “Backstage” features, this time skewering the animated TV show “Family Guy”. “MAD‘s Exclusive Backstage Tour of the Family Guy” was written by David Richards and first appeared in MAD #458, Oct 2005. This was a very interesting job for a “behind the scenes” reason. Writer “David Richards” is a pseudonym for another writer who had a connection to the actual show, which is why he used a pseudonym. I’m not going to “out” him here because it’s… READ MORE
Q: Now that you are an established comic artists with a good rep, how useful are societies and guilds and the like? Is it just for fun and networking or do they have your back when times get tough? I was shocked to hear that comic book artists don’t have a union. Should they have one? A: There is no real “union” for comics artists, but there are a number of different professional industry organizations, trade unions, guilds, and societies, that pertain to comic book artists/cartoonists. They range from professional networks to social clubs to organized representation. Visual arts being such a varied field with… READ MORE
Things are getting hairy in the studio. We might be seeing this ugly mug a bit in the next week or two. READ MORE
Some months ago Quentin Tarantino released a novelized version of his film “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”, and it was just announced that there is a deluxe hardcover version coming out in November that will include a bunch of extra goodies… including the second parody Andrew Secunda and I did of the fictional “Bounty Law” TV show for a mini-MAD that was exclusive to the “Collector’s Edition Ultra HD Blu-Ray” of the film. That mini-MAD was pretty hard to come by, but I would think this hardcover book will be easy to get. If you didn’t get the Blu-Ray exclusive one, here’s your chance… READ MORE
As promised, here’s the cover of Des Devlin and my upcoming book, CLAPTRAP. Like the rest of the book, this was a collaborative effort. The concept was mine but Des contributed a good number of the gags (okay, he wrote all the funny ones). This is a “wraparound” cover so I had to consider the spine and fold areas in the center when doing the composition. This was a nice breather from doing the interiors, but it’s back to that tomorrow! READ MORE
I took this picture (and maaaaaaybe did a little photoshop work on it) years ago as part of a gag for a presentation I was doing on cartooning. Then I posted it on my blog. It’s become a frequently used meme image and not a week goes by without someone sending me an email saying they saw it on Reddit or Facebook or wherever and did I know someone was using it? Yes, I do. Can I do anything about it? No, I can’t. It’s out there and there is no reeling it back in. I think if I had a dime for everytime someone… READ MORE
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