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June 15th, 2007 | Posted in General
Number One Son Thomas and I did a Comic Book Day/movie night yesterday and finally got to see “Spider-Man 3”. Summer is so nuts for me I often find even big blockbuster films out of theaters before I finally get a spare few hours to go and see them. I did the above image as one of the “Wall Webbers” for MAD KIDS last month. Tobey Maguire is supposed to be looking like he just sneezed, and his boogers/webbing stretch across the page to a disgusted Kirsten Dunst. Little did I realize how appropriate the image of a weeping Maguire would be. He spent over… READ MORE
June 14th, 2007 | Posted in General
In October of 1990 The Lovley Anna and our baby girl Elizabeth moved back home to the Twin Cities in Minnesota from Atlanta, where I had been managing a caricature operation for Fasen Arts at Six Flags Atlanta. The next summer I opened up my own caricature concession operation at Valleyfair, a local theme park southwest of Minneapolis. This summer will be our 17th season at Valleyfair. The booth above was built in 1993 as our third location in the park. I worked there yesterday on an unseasonably sweltering day. Here are a few of the live ones I did. They aren’t really very good…… READ MORE
June 12th, 2007 | Posted in General
Golden Moldy oldie from MAD circa 2002 Sunday night The Lovely Anna and I are sitting in our home theater, ready to watch the series finale of “The Sopranos“. Since we never seem to sit down together to watch a TV show (she couldn’t care less for “Lost” or “Heroes”, and I can’t stand “Desperate Housewives” or “Ugly Betty”), the fact that we are both there and looking forward to the final episode means it’s a bona-fide event. We enjoy the fantastic dialog and the wit (the cat staring at Chrissy’s picture and Paulie’s reactions were hilarious) combined with sudden and shocking violence (Phil’s death… READ MORE
June 9th, 2007 | Posted in General
This month a local magazine did a story on me and my family for their summer issue. It seems odd that a small, suburban town like Burnsville, MN would have it’s own (and extremely professional) glossy magazine. It turns out many suburban towns have similar publications… the publisher that produces Burnsville Magazine does other magazines for several other Twin Citie’s suburbs like Woodbury and Eden Prairie. They are very well done, but likley too small a budget to be a potential client for a freelance illustrator. The story is several pages and describes my work, my background and my family, including a little about my… READ MORE
June 7th, 2007 | Posted in General
Three of the TV shows I watch regularly… okay the only TV shows I watch regularly… have or are wrapping up for the season. I was so busy in the week leading up to my Orlando trip I was unable to watch the season finales of “Heroes” or “Lost” until well after the airdates, but I did get to see them eventually. “The Sopranos” is having it’s grand series finale on Sunday. Here are some thoughts on the shows: SPOILERS AHEAD!! Heroes- I have to say I was a little disappointed in the finale. I thought it was all building up to a knock down-drag… READ MORE
June 5th, 2007 | Posted in General
Every once and a while you come across something in the news that makes you shake your head and wonder “is society is really that bad off?”. I was checking the news at CNN.com the other day and one of the ‘quick link’ main news items was a blurb about a new record in a hot dog eating contest. Yes, a hot dog eating contest. The link was to this ‘news’ (and I use the term loosely) story on Sports Illustrated‘s website detailing the triumph of Joey “Jaws” Chestnut at the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe, AZ,… READ MORE
June 4th, 2007 | Posted in General
Frame from one of three Apple iPhone ads Apple released ads this weekend with the official release date of the iPhone: June 29th. You can see all three ads online here. It’s been unofficially said that most AT&T store will have only 40 or less iPhones on the first day. Jobs was quoted as saying not to come to an Apple store to buy one, as it will be chaos. Apple has not lost it’s touch with designing intuitive, innovative and elegant hardware. It’s too bad the initial roll out will make it so hard for anyone to actually get one, and that it’s price… READ MORE
May 31st, 2007 | Posted in General
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