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March 22nd, 2019 | Posted in General
Happy 90th birthday to one of the greatest cartoonists and caricaturists who ever lived… the legendary Mort Drucker. While the early MAD Magazine had a number of film and TV parodies pre-1960, It is no exaggeration (pun intended) to say that without Mort’s very unique and incredible set of caricature and storytelling skills, MAD Magazine would never have had movie and TV parodies as one of the staples of the publication for 60 years. When Mort came on board they recognized his skill set and very shortly put him to work on jobs requiring the drawing of likenesses (like the “Bob and Ray” features) and… READ MORE
March 15th, 2019 | Posted in General
The Lovey Anna and I are having a great time here in Seattle at Emerald City Comic Con. That’s a MAD blank variant cover commission above. Come by and say hello if you are attending. We are at Artist’s Alley booth A10. READ MORE
March 13th, 2019 | Posted in General
March is a big month for MAD birthdays. In a little over a week a certain master MAD caricaturist turns 90… but today is a double! Longtime MAD artist turned art director Sam Viviano shares a birthday today with the legendary Fold-In man himself, Al Jaffee! Sam turns 66, while Al is a whopping 98! 98!!!! Both of these gentlemen were huge influences on me as both a young artist and today. Happy birthday, Al and Sam! READ MORE
March 5th, 2019 | Posted in General
It’s Dreaded Deadline Demon time for the foreseeable future. READ MORE
March 3rd, 2019 | Posted in General
Q: I’d just like to get your take on recent news on CNN about the editorial cartoon satirical depiction of Serena Williams’ on court tantrums. My question is where do you draw the line from being funny to being racist especially when your target is a race other than Caucasian? A: This is a sensitive issue for caricaturists. Since you asked my opinion about this specific cartoon, we’ll start with that. Here’s the cartoon he’s talking about: “Specifically, concern was expressed that the cartoon depicted Ms Williams with large lips, a broad flat nose, a wild afro-styled ponytail hairstyle different to that worn by Ms.… READ MORE
March 1st, 2019 | Posted in General
I’m in Atlanta, GA doing a workshop this weekend! Class illustration above. For those who are on the fence about doing one of these workshops, The one coming up in Minnesota in May could be a rare opportunity for some serious one-on-one time. Right now I have only three students signed up but as my expenses are so much less doing one here in my hometown, I’m going to do the workshop regardless of the number of students. So, there may be as few as three for the entire workshop class. Even if that number doubles there will still be only half the students I… READ MORE
March 1st, 2019 | Posted in General
Founding MAD publisher William M. (Bill) Gaines was born on this day in 1922. He would have been 97 today. I never got to meet Bill. He passed away June of 1992, 8 years before my first piece appeared in MAD. The list of current MAD contributors who worked with MAD during the Gaines era is getting small. Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Sergio and Des Devlin are still regulars. Rick Tulka, Paul Coker, and Sam Viviano have occasionally appeared in the last few years. There may be a few others I’m missing, but many like myself never even met him. READ MORE
February 28th, 2019 | Posted in General
Back in 2015 I did black and white, pencil caricatures of all 44 (then) presidents of the United States as centerpieces for the Washington DC Reuben Awards banquet tables. I made a poster out of them (no longer available I’m afraid). Since then I’ve sold the rights to use these images a few times for various clients, including a kids book that needed me to color them. I don’t recall ever posting the color versions, so here’s a gallery with them all, including Trump who was not part of the poster (Click on one to start the gallery feature): READ MORE
