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February 6th, 2021 | Posted in General
Like the rest of Planet Earth I was saddened to hear of the passing of acting legend Christopher Plummer yesterday. What a legacy he left, though. Few actors can boast a career as long and storied as he had. He was still turning in great performances after 70 years of acting… he won a “Best Supporting Actor” Oscar at age 82, and was nominated again at age 89! I loved him in “Knives Out”. He also played the Great Detective in “Murder by Decree” in 1979, and made my Sherlock Holmes lineup: RIP… READ MORE
February 1st, 2021 | Posted in General
Are you kidding me? Yet ANOTHER teaser image leading up to the big reveal of another movie parody opening splash page from Desmond Devlin and my upcoming book, CLAPTRAP??? Mama mia… this is worse than not adding a pinch of sugar to your red sauce! Pop culture news website Bleeding Cool will release the exclusive full first look tomorrow! READ MORE
January 30th, 2021 | Posted in General
My fourth job for Cracked was a parody of the movie “Gladiator”, also written by Barry Dutter, which appeared in issue #347, Sept 2000. Sadly this is the job where I had finally had enough of Cracked and how things were run there, and this became my last job for them. This time we did the parody AFTER the movie had come out (unlike what we did for “Xmen” in the previous job I did), which for me is the only way to do a parody. You have to actually SEE the film before you can make fun of it properly. To be fair there… READ MORE
January 29th, 2021 | Posted in General
After writing my own parodies for my first two appearances in Cracked Magazine, in the early spring of 2000 I was assigned the art duties working on someone else’s script for the first time. The movie being spoofed was the first X-Men film, and the writer was Barry Dutter. Barry had already been doing work for Cracked before the AMI buyout, so he was one freelancer who did continue into the Dick Kulpa era. He had writing credits at Marvel (including their “What The?!?” humor comic), Bongo Comics (The Simpsons), Ren & Stimpy Comics, and other work. He wrote a lot of stuff for Cracked… READ MORE
January 28th, 2021 | Posted in General
Following my turning in the final of my “Godzilla” parody to Cracked in late 1999, publisher Dick Kulpa gave me carte blanche to do another of basically anything I wanted. The HBO series “The Sopranos” had been a huge hit the year before, and season two had just gotten started when I decided to do a spoof of it. I hadn’t seen much of the show so I tracked down a few VCR taped episodes from some friends, including fellow caricaturist Jim Batts from St. Louis. I “binged” them long before “binging” was a thing. Like the “Godzilla” parody, I needed to write this piece… READ MORE
January 26th, 2021 | Posted in General
Since I am sharing my work with MAD chronologically every Monday, I think it’s only fair I also go back and take a look at my short time with Cracked Magazine. I’ve been thinking about that lately since the publisher of Cracked during the time I was there, Dick Kulpa, recently passed away. Anyway here’s the first part of the story of how I started working with Cracked. The year was 1999, and I had started setting my sights on breaking into MAD. At the time I was president of the National Caricaturists Network (now the International Society of Caricature Artists), and we were planning… READ MORE
January 22nd, 2021 | Posted in General
One thing I’ve never done much of is animation work. I have done some art that was used in some animated shows and films, like the stuff I did for the MAD show on Cartoon Network and for some segments in a couple of smaller films and other projects, but that’s about it. Last month I posted a couple of caricature designs I did for a political 3D animated project, and some people wanted to see the full turnarounds rather than just the single designs. I don’t have all of those saved, but here’s a few of them with the complete 360 views (clicky to… READ MORE
January 19th, 2021 | Posted in General
My team the Green Bay Packers are back in the NFC Title Game this weekend against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers! Could not resist whipping this up today. It’s an update of an old drawing I did for some client or another ages ago. Hoping for a better result than last year’s NFC Title Game against the 49er’s. We will see. GO PACK GO! READ MORE
