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August 24th, 2009 | Posted in General
From left to right: The Lovely Anna, me, Cedric Hohnstadt, Anne and John Hambrock, Jerry Van Amerongen and Linda Houden, Nicole and Kelly McNutt, Mike Edholm, Roxanne Prichard and Jim Horwitz. The Lovely Anna and I were fortunate to find our humble abode graced by the company of a bunch of cartoonists and their families from Minnesota and elsewhere around the mid-west as we hosted an official unofficial Grill-Out Party of members of the North Central Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society. The occasion was that new NCS member John Hambrock, creator of the syndicated strip “The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee” and his family… READ MORE
August 18th, 2009 | Posted in General
Yet another time lapse video from my old 1993 “demo reel” of live caricatures. This time the subject is Albert Einstein… a sample I actually still use at the parks but usually in black and white. By the way I stole that T-shirt slogan gag from Steve Fasen in 1985. 🙂 READ MORE
August 17th, 2009 | Posted in General
I spent a sweltering Saturday drawing live caricatures at my theme park operation at Six Flags New England. Here is a smattering of some of the ones I did. The pictures are never the best, and these are true live ones done at the park that I spend the appropriate short amount of time on : These last two are two of my caricaturists, Bill Breneisen and Guerlins Ellsyee. I took a little more time doing these but they are probably still about 15-18 minutes tops: Bill’s getting married in a week… READ MORE
August 15th, 2009 | Posted in General
I’m currently in Agawam, Massachusetts visiting my theme park operation at Six Flags New England, where I am actually scheduled to spend today drawing caricatures. If I have a chance I’ll take some pictures of some of the drawings. READ MORE
August 11th, 2009 | Posted in General
Signed with an Alfred sketch! Many thanks to those who purchased signed copies of my new MAD book Bo Confidential. I have shipped all purchased books and they will be arriving shortly! I still have a few dozen left, so anyone who wants one can snap them up here. You can get them with just a signature with or without it being personalized to you, or with a sketch of the “Bo” character or Alfred as pictured above. Considering how quickly I cranked out the art for that book, I am happy with the final results. I wish I’d had even another week to tweak… READ MORE
August 10th, 2009 | Posted in General
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2-Ri74LWhA Above is an hour long PBS video documentary about Los Angeles Times’ editorial cartoonist and terrific caricaturist Paul Conrad. Whether you are a fan of caricature, or of hard hitting and brutally honest editorial cartoons, it’s a great tribute to one of the giants of the cartooning world. You can watch it in a larger format here. Thanks to The Daily Cartoonist for the heads up. READ MORE
August 7th, 2009 | Posted in General
Sorry, I am completely sold out of all my copies of Bo Confidential, and I won’t be ordering anymore to sign, draw in or sell here on the MAD Blog. If you still want a copy, you can easily order it from Amazon here. Thanks to everyone who purchased one from me, I hope you enjoyed it. READ MORE
August 6th, 2009 | Posted in General
I took the above picture today when at the gym, demonstrating the results of my being unable to work out my left side (still!!) due to my rotator cuff surgery back in March. I am still several months away from even beginning to get back into doing exercises to build back up my left side. The drawing below isn’t quite the gross exaggeration one might think it was, is it? 🙁 READ MORE
