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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27th, 2008 | Posted in General

I hope everyone who celebrates this holiday has a wonderful time with family and friends today! READ MORE

A never considered myself much of a “Trekkie” (or “Trekker” if you prefer). The original “Star Trek” series aired when I was only 2 years old so I grew up watching it on syndication… which is appropriate since that is when Star Trek really became a phenomenon. Being a comic book reader and science fiction fan I naturally liked and watched the show but I was more of a cape and cowl kid. I did buy many of the old Star Trek model kits that contained a phaser, communicator and tricorder (I must have slipped that slimy decal of the alien face onto that tiny… READ MORE

King of Comics

November 21st, 2008 | Posted in General

Very busy right now but I thought I’d do a quick post recommending a recent comic book series from a King. Not Jack “King” Kirby (don’t we all wish we could see more Kirby work on the comic book shelves)… but a new series based on a novel by Stephen King. I took Number One Son Thomas to the comic book shop the other day, and I was surprised and delighted to see there is another adaptation of a “King story on the stands… actually “The Stand“. The first three issues are already out. I picked them up with some low expectations, mainly because the… READ MORE

Paying the Price…

November 18th, 2008 | Posted in General

Yeah, mon. After a long planned weekend getaway in Jamaica I am now once again behind the eight ball on deadlines. Jamaica was fun. Never been before, but the people there are as friendly as you can get. It seems like you are being a smartass saying “mon” to everyone but they love it when you talk to them in their “patwa”, which is what they call Jamiacan lingo. Oh, crap. Forgot about the deadlines for a second… Poster job today and then on to an elaborate MAD job. READ MORE

Dinner with “The Usual Suspects” in NC

November 17th, 2008 | Posted in General

Front right going counter clockwise: Jan Powell, Jack Pittman, Joe, Su, Linda Maloof, Robin (peeking out), me, Nick Meglin, Jay Pittman, Grey Blackwell, Dwayne Powell. Pictures courtesy Jack Pittman. While I was in Raleigh earlier this month for the NCN convention, I got a chance to sneak away one evening and have dinner with long time MAD editor Nick Meglin, his lovely lady Linda Maloof and a bunch of local cartoonists/artists that get together often and go by the name “The Usual Suspects”. The group included cartoonist and illustrator Jack Pittman, his son, illustrator Jay Pittman, occasional MAD contributor and editorial cartoonist/animator/illustrator Grey Blackwell, Raleigh… READ MORE

Batman Vs. Batman

November 15th, 2008 | Posted in General

Holy Frivolous Lawsuits, Batman! Dept. My pal Zack Wallenfang recently sent me this link from Variety online. I thought it must be a prank… looks like something from “The Onion”: From Variety Online: Mayor of Batman sues WB, Nolan Southeastern city in Turkey fights for name By ALI JAAFAR Batman has a new adversary: Batman. The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, is suing helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser “The Dark Knight.” Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused “The Dark Knight” producers of… READ MORE

National Caricaturist Network

November 11th, 2008 | Posted in General

There are two turning points in my professional life that I credit with pointing me (and kicking me) down the right path towards my eventual career, such as it is. The first was getting a job drawing caricatures at a theme park near Chicago in 1985 while a freshman in college at the University of Minnesota. Prior to that job, being from a very small town in Minnesota, I had not been exposed to the kind of talents and abilities I would need to be on par with if I ever wanted to make a living as a commercial artist. Thus I had never really… READ MORE