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Happy Third Birthday to The MAD Blog!

June 26th, 2009 | Posted in General

And they said it wouldn’t last! The MAD Blog turns three years old today. 1,176 posts, 3,474 comments and almost 3,000 average daily page views! READ MORE

A U.S. Cartoonist in Colombia, Part 3

June 25th, 2009 | Posted in General

Me and Arturo Kemchs READ MORE

A U.S. Cartoonist In Colombia, Part 2

June 23rd, 2009 | Posted in General

CaliComix 2009 The Sal??n Internacional de Historietas y Caricaturas Calicomix is an annual event held in Cali that celebrates humorous illustration, caricatures, cartoons and comic books in South America and the world. This year’s exhibition is the 15th annual, and the driving force and founder of the event is local Colombian cartoonist Jos?¬© Campo. Jos?¬© is a very acccomplished cartoonist who is also very passionate about the art form, and it shows in the scope of CaliComix. Jos?¬© organizes and finds sponsorship for the entire event, which includes multiple guests speakers from various countries, several art shows and exhibits, many demonstrations and live drawing sessions… READ MORE

A U.S. Cartoonist in Colombia, Part 1

June 22nd, 2009 | Posted in General

?Habla espanol? I received a phone call this winter from my friend and outstanding caricature illustrator Ismael Roldan asking me if I would be interested in traveling to Colombia in early June to be a special guest speaker at a conference celebrating comics, caricature and illustration in South America called the 15 Sal??n Internacional de Historietas y Caricaturas Calicomix 2009 (15th Annual International Exhibition of Cartoons and Caricatures Calicomix 2009). I’d be doing a presentation of my artwork, a separate demonstration of my illustration techniques and there would be an exhibit of my artwork in a gallery at the Colombo Americano. In between I’d be… READ MORE

Another Caricature Demo Video

June 19th, 2009 | Posted in General

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZSkzTC6ZfA[/youtube] Next week is going to be “Columbia Week” on The MAD Blog, when I finally chronicle my trip to South America properly. I’ve been too busy trying to get caught up with everything else I’ve neglected while globetrotting to do it yet…. my apologies. Above is another segment of the dreaded 1993 caricature sample demo, this time featuring Martin Lawrence. I remember how I tried to pick subjects for these demos back then that I thought would remain relevant in years to come, but I don’t think Martin is exactly a household name these days… I’m not even sure anyone will get the gag… READ MORE

Home Again, Home Again

June 13th, 2009 | Posted in General

Jiggity Jig. It’s a long travel day today back to Minnesota. It will take me several days to stop saying “si” whenever a question requires the answer “yes”. Again, a full report on my Colombia experience next week. READ MORE

Another Vintage Caricature Video

June 9th, 2009 | Posted in General

Here’s the second of numerous¬¨‚Ä† video “sample”caricatures from a promo video I used at some of my retail caricature locations in the mid 90’s. This one is of Katey Sagal and Ed O’Neill AKA Peg and Al Bundy from the TV show “Married… with Children“. I likely originally drew this sample from memory one day at the theme park, considering I had been drawing the Bundys for NOW comics for several years at that time. I happen to have a scan of this sample as well, shown below, which I still use at the theme parks believe it or not. With it’s endless syndication, the… READ MORE

Bah, HUMBUG!

June 6th, 2009 | Posted in General

I just placed my order for this eagerly anticipated collection of the entire run of Humbug Magazine. I have never seen a single page of this publication, but being that is was edited by Harvey Kurtzman and features work by Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, Will Elder and Wally Wood, it is undoubtedly pure genius. Humbug was Kurtzman’s second attempt to recapture the magic of his early MAD work, the second being the VERY short lived (2 issues) Trump! Magazine published by Playboy‘s Hugh Hefner. Humbug was actually published by Kurtzman and the creators themselves, which makes it as pure a creative effort as… READ MORE