Took some time to find a date and suitable location but the Dallas/Ft. Worth area caricature workshop is on! The dates are Thursday March 2nd through Saturday March 4th, 2017. Visit this page for all the details and to reserve your spot! READ MORE
After being in existence for a long time, a blog will have a lot of back content that is buried so deep no one will ever see it unless they specifically search for it… and if they don’t know it’s there they can’t do that, can they? The MAD Blog is going on 11 years old, with almost 4,000 posts and there are a few articles that I am sure many new readers have missed that they would nevertheless be interested in reading. I used to have a page with links to past articles that were popular and of some importance of topic called “Posts… READ MORE
It’s that time of year again, the National Cartoonists Society’s annual Divisional Awards aka the “Silver Reubens” are gearing up, and they need your submissions for consideration. Each division has specific sets of eligibility criteria, but the following are universal: Must be professionally published between Dec 1, 2015 and Dec 31, 2016 Creator need not be an NCS member, but must be eligible for NCS membership (i.e. a professional cartoonist) The NCS has changed some of the procedures for this year, so please read the gudielines carefully. Here’s the details from the NCS website: The National Cartoonists Society has begun its annual call for entries… READ MORE
I had to share these extremely cool photos of what my fellow Sherlockian David Haugen did with his limited edition Sherlock print… he managed to get ORIGINAL autographs of all eight Sherlocks depicted and added them to the matted and framed piece: Pretty impressive considering John Barrymore died in 1942, Basil Rathbone died in 1967, Peter Cushing died in 1994 and Jeremy Brett died in 1995. David told me the hardest one to get was Cushing, because of the Star Wars connection. Not surprising… Cushing is the hardest working dead actor in Hollywood. Anyway, I thought this was awesome. Well done, David! READ MORE
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! I’m going to put the blog on hiatus for the final week of the year. Things will resume next Monday in 2017! READ MORE
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