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July 26th, 2015 | Posted in General
Q: Since you work digitally these days, what method do you use to send large files to your clients? A: Back in the mid to late 90’s when digital really took off, trying to get large images files to a client was a problem. There was no broadband internet or wifi, and Internet connections were very slow. Uploading a 30 mb file (roughly a full page magazine illustration in CMYK) would have taken forever, and other than email there was no real consumer options for large file transfers. I Fed Exed CDs with the images on them to clients back then… “Sneaker net” on a… READ MORE
July 23rd, 2015 | Posted in General
I have finally found some time to post the remainder of the Special Editions of my “Men of Steel” print for purchase online. If you are not familiar with the Special Editions, what I do is set aside one print for each of the caricatures in the print, and then number them “SE X/8” or however many there are. Each Special Edition comes with the original inked artwork for the correspondingly numbered character. So, for example, “Men of Steel SE 1/8” comes with the original of Superman #1, Kirk Alyn. The originals are approximately 9″ x 13″, on bristol board with ink pen and brush.… READ MORE
July 21st, 2015 | Posted in General
I’ve gotten a number of emails and comments saying that this Orphan Works thing is being taken way out of context, that it is fear mongering, that the fears about it are based on inaccuracies, and we should all just shut up. Granted, I did cut and paste the Illustrators Partnership response and call to arms without reading the current proposal, which is different than some of the past bills that have actually made it to Congress. I have since read the proposal. My take: both sides are spinning it a little too far, but the pro Orphan Works folks are doing it with their… READ MORE
July 17th, 2015 | Posted in General
Cartoon by Nick Anderson, used with permission After admittedly posting this below from the Illustrator’s Partnership without doing any research into the latest copyright reform proposal, I did said research and a few days later posted this more even-handed take on this issue. Since several people seem intent on linking only to this early post and not to the one where I agree much of what is said here in the IP response is overblown and downright misleading, here’s a link to that later post. The more recent version of the Orphan Works proposal is less awful that previous ones, but it still leave a… READ MORE
July 16th, 2015 | Posted in General
I got back late last night after a LOOOOONG drive from San Diego to Minnesota (9 states, 2000 miles, lots of regrettable choices at fast food restaurants), to find my iMac was dead… logic board fried. Never fun. Actually it started having problems just a few hours before I left for San Diego Comic Con when it started rebooting in a perpetual loop, but the techies at the Apple Store declared it dead officially today. It’s a good thing I keep backups of everything. Once I get the new iMac, I’ll be back up and running in short order. Unfortunately this delayed my being able… READ MORE
July 14th, 2015 | Posted in General
I’m sitting in my hotel room in San Diego packing up and getting ready to drive… yes DRIVE… back to Minnesota tomorrow with Number One Son Thomas. We had to stay and extra night because I had a job for the next issue of MAD due today and pulled an all-nighter to wrap it up by about 3 pm San Diego time. Then Tom and I wondered around the Gaslamp district where we didn’t have to wade through the enormous Comic-Con crowds anymore. Very relaxing and healing. Anyway it was thanks to that MAD job I have been remiss in my blogging this week. My… READ MORE
July 8th, 2015 | Posted in General
The last of my “Supermen” series from my new limited edition print, “Man of Steel”‘s Henry Cavill. The “Men of Steel” limited edition print featuring the eight actors who have portayed Superman in TV or film goes onsale today at San Diego Comic-Con, and will be available starting tomorrow here on my website. There are two different limited editions of the print: 450 limited editions– 11″ x 28″ prints on heavy matte paper, professionally printed, all hand signed and numbered as one of 450. $25.00 plus shipping. 8 Special editions– 11″ x 28″ prints on heavy matte paper, professionally printed, all hand signed and numbered… READ MORE
July 7th, 2015 | Posted in General
Here’s Tom Welling from the moment he finally appeared onscreen as Superman, after a mere decade of beating around the bush on “Smallville”. The reason Welling appears after Brandon Routh in the lineup, and is wearing the year “2011” instead of 2001 when “Smallville” debuted, is because of my rules of inclusion in the print. I am caricaturing the actors as they looked when the portrayed Superman proper, in TV or film, and with the requisite year of that appearance. While Welling played Clark Kent starting in 2001, he did not actually wear the costume and become “Superman” proper until the final moment of the… READ MORE
