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February 2nd, 2007 | Posted in General
A few sites and links I’ve been visiting lately: Mark Anderson’s excellent blog has a nice article about how gag cartoonists are considered the red-headed stepchildren of cartooning compared to the syndicated kind. I have a great deal of respect for gag cartoonists, but I understand where he’s coming from. Last year’s National Cartoonist Society’s winner of the Reuben for “Cartoonist of the Year” was Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich, one of the most talented cartoonists working today. Mike has his first new book out in over a decade, and you can read a brief interview with him from the cartoon and art… READ MORE
January 31st, 2007 | Posted in General
If there is one universal truth in the world of pop culture and media, it’s that when something becomes wildly popular with the masses it will automatically be shunned and ridiculed by “sophisticated” critics and consumers. It’s a mass mentality thing that seems to say if the great unwashed embrace something it can’t be good. Arguably the most popular prepared food on the planet, in terms of sheer consumption, is the McDonald’s hamburger. Is that good food? Uh…. no. That one deserves the disdain of the food snobs. Still, why is it that when something catches on and becomes incredibly popular it also becomes fashionable… READ MORE
January 30th, 2007 | Posted in General
I’m a baseball fan. Really. I have season tickets to the little team that could, the Minnesota Twins, and take my kids to ball games all summer long. I know the names of players as deep as our single A minor league teams that are on the fast track to the??ᬨ‚Ć majors. I even keep score and prefer to listen to games on the radio as opposed to watching on TV (the sign of a real fan). So, I was incredibly embarrassed when my art director told me I made an error on this image from last week: Do you see it? Well, if two… READ MORE
January 27th, 2007 | Posted in General
Once a year The Lovely Anna and I take a vacation to Hawaii. We have a convenient timeshare on Maui that is like our home away from home. No kids… they stay home with a good friend of the family who moves in for a week. It’s our week away where we recharge our parental batteries and do some serious relaxing. As usual I had to pull some late nights to get all my jobs done before we leave. Mission accomplished. You’ll be able to read all about our gastronomic adventures on Maui on Anna’s blog: Anna’s Foodie Reviews. Other than tomorrow’s mailbag I do… READ MORE
January 26th, 2007 | Posted in General
Fellow caricaturist Ryan Biddle, who does caricatures in a resort at the Wisconsin Dells as well as personal commissions, murals and portraits, sent me these pictures from a trip he took to NYC some time ago. These are six of my older samples on the closer board… They redrew the body but the head is a Xerox Naughty, naughty! I recognize some of these also. There’s a Kruger, bottom left… Chris Rommel’s Julia Roberts I think this will be my last post on this subject, unless I see some in Timbuktu or some other far away place. It’s getting tiresome and it’s just the same… READ MORE
January 24th, 2007 | Posted in General
I’m still working hard on that MAD TV parody, but had to take a break Tuesday to wrap this poster job up: Now it’s back to working on the color for the parody. The splash spread alone is taking a lot longer than a normal splash, as it has a lot going on in it. As I mentioned I cannot post any sneak peeks at the art, but it will be in issue #476, on the stands in March. READ MORE
January 23rd, 2007 | Posted in General
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January 17th, 2007 | Posted in General
I’ve written a few posts about the ABC drama “Lost”, which was one of the few shows I regularly watched on TV since getting hooked on it when I did the MAD parody. A couple of images from the “Lost” parody in MAD #453 Well, I used to watch it regularly. Now I don’t watch it at all because it’s not on the air. For some inexplicable reason ABC only aired six episodes in the fall, then put the show on hiatus for four months. New episodes resume February 7th. Couple that with a general feeling that the show is not advancing but just keeps… READ MORE
