August 27th, 2018 | Posted in General
I did these cover illustrations for a couple of MAD’s “Bookazines” back in 2016. A “Bookazine” is the modern day version of the MAD Super Specials i.e. reprints collections. They are square-bound publications with heavier, glossy paper kind of half way between a softcover book and a premium magazine format, and usually follow a theme of some kind. MAD has been printing them every quarter for a few years now. You can see a list and all the covers of the Bookazine run over at Doug Gilford‘s fabulous MAD Coversite. READ MORE
August 24th, 2018 | Posted in General
I’m live at Chicago Comic Con! Well… mostly live. Stop by if you are at the show!! READ MORE
August 20th, 2018 | Posted in General
The newest issue of MAD contains a 7 page parody of the film “Ready Player One’, art by me words by Desmond Devlin. It was a very fun movie to parody but it did present a kind of unique problem with respect to the background gags or “chicken fat” that is part of what I like to add to the mix. The problem became apparent to me right away when I was working on the splash page, which was the big race scene. I was brainstorming fun background stuff to put in there, so I was thinking “How about the ’66 Batmobile! That would be… READ MORE
August 17th, 2018 | Posted in General
One week from today is the start of the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL! The show is from Aug 23-26th. The Lovely Anna and I will be there hawking our wares including my new Catwoman print, and I’ll be drawing up a storm. I’ll be in artists Alley somewhere but still don’t have a booth number assigned, so just look for the the guy with the thinning gray hair, granny glasses and big biceps. That will be me. READ MORE
August 16th, 2018 | Posted in General
I just had a cancellation TWO cancellations for my workshop taking place Oct 12th-14th here in Minnesota, so I know have two open spots! Visit the workshop page here for all the details and to grab those last reservations! The workshops in Minnesota are unique. The first part of the class takes place not at the hotel meeting space but in my home. We have everyone over for some drinks and food, then we visit my studio and I demo and explain my inking and coloring techniques right in the space I work at every day, as well as the full process of doing a… READ MORE
August 14th, 2018 | Posted in General
My second workshop of this European tour gets underway shortly here in London! Class illustration above. I’ll be eating my quota of fish ‘n chips with mushy peas, and drinking plenty of ale. Cheers! READ MORE
August 14th, 2018 | Posted in General
Accidentally discovered that “Goodnight Batcave” has a Spanish version. Any other language versions out there I don’t know about? READ MORE
August 13th, 2018 | Posted in General
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the pencil roughs for the parody of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” which appeared in MAD #1…. not the one from 1952 but the one from 2018. READ MORE
