March 15th, 2015 | Posted in General
Q: I just watched the NCS awards banquet on your site (thanks for posting!), and just attended my forth International Society of Caricature Artists convention. How do these organizations differ regarding choosing award recipients, if at all? At ISCA members vote for the winner of the coveted Noseys. Is this the same with NCS–do members vote or are Reuben recipients chosen by elected board members? A: They are very different. The questioner knows all about the ISCA awards, but I’ll fill readers in on both. The International Society of Caricature Artists (ISCA) hold an annual convention and competition each year. At the event, competing artists… READ MORE
March 13th, 2015 | Posted in General
Image courtesy madmagazine.com It’s a MAD dual birthday today… in fact it happens on this day every year! Yes, today is the birthday of both legendary “MAD fold-In” creator Al Jaffee and longtime MAD artist and current MAD art director Sam Viviano. You see above Al accepting Sam’s award for picking such an excellent date for his birthday, and Al thinking how nice it is to know he could still crush Sam’s hand like a rotten egg despite having been born 32 years earlier. Al is 94 today, and still delivers his completed MAD assignments to the offices by hand, and they are still as… READ MORE
March 10th, 2015 | Posted in General
I’m trying to make some room in the studio, and I ran across a small stack of this MAD variant cover I did last year from DC Comic’s Batman/Superman #10, which I just listed in the Studio Store, signed and everything. These were made in very limited quantities. There were no MAD variant covers this year, which was a real bummer. Those were very fun to do. Maybe DC will do something like that again in the future. READ MORE
March 5th, 2015 | Posted in General
Well… okay. Not really “battle” damaged like your favorite action figure variation, but sort of. Books bought wholesale for brick and mortar stores can be returned if unsold within a certain timeframe. Sometimes these returned books come back with a crease on the cover, a bent corner, a little wear on the spine… very minor damage that does not reduce the readability of the book at all, but does preclude the distributor from selling it again as “new”.¬¨‚Ć I picked up a limited supply of these returned but lightly damaged copies from my distributor the other day, and am selling them for a mere $9.99!… READ MORE
February 20th, 2015 | Posted in General
Another illustration/sketch from my book, this one is of Matt Damon done in watercolor. READ MORE
February 19th, 2015 | Posted in General
Another piece of art from my 2011 book The Mad Art of Caricature. READ MORE
February 18th, 2015 | Posted in General
So, rather than post nothing for the next week, I am going to post various caricatures from my book. Most are former “Sketch o’the Week” drawings I then did a little digital wash on. Here’s Katie Couric. READ MORE
February 17th, 2015 | Posted in General
Seriously paying the price for too many irons in the fire. Sleep and free time may be precious quantities for a while. Carry on. READ MORE
