December 9th, 2014 | Posted in General
I am swamped right now to the point of near panic, thanks to a week out of the studio and multiple time consuming jobs now due, about due, and overdue: Jeff Dunham Illustrations– Several down but one more to finish on a multiple illustration job for some products for Jeff’s new Las Vegas show Z People Comic– Inking and coloring pages galore Penthouse– Just finished three new Dave Navarro caricatures for his column in the magazine, with a set of three more to go Marlin Co. Poster– My usual monthly assignment NCS Reuben Awards Brochure– Will debut this next month when it’s in member’s mailboxes… READ MORE
December 6th, 2014 | Posted in General
I’ve been known to Cosplay a bit… Late this week a minor brouhaha ensued after comic book artist Pat Broderick posted a lot of negative comments about the rise of “cosplay” at conventions. Bleeding Cool covered the story and some of the arguments both in support and disagreement with Pat’s take. Pat was more than a little harsh, saying cosplayers bring “no value” to conventions and convention promoters that focus on cosplay as a draw for their shows are doing a disservice to the industry. To provide some context, Pat is just returning to comics after two decades of doing art in other media venues… READ MORE
December 2nd, 2014 | Posted in General
The great Jack Davis is 90 years old today! This from a post here in 2006: Any conversation about the greatest and most influential cartoonists of the last half century must, at some point, include the name Jack Davis. From the notorious E.C. horror comics of the 1950?s to MAD Magazine to TIME and TV Guide covers, record covers, movie posters, advertising, animation design and even US postage stamps, Davis’s art has entertained, amazed and inspired generations. John Burton “Jack” Davis Jr. was born in Atlanta, GA on December 2nd, 1924. An incurable doodler, the young Jack Davis drew on textbooks, writing tablets and anything… READ MORE
November 27th, 2014 | Posted in General
Here’s hoping you have a wonderful holiday with friends and family! READ MORE
November 21st, 2014 | Posted in General
Theme park caricature sample circa 1998 All the accusations of rape being leveled at legendary humorist Bill Cosby are really shocking. I’d like to believe they are not true, but with so many of them coming from women with really no motive to speak out other than to let people know the truth, they just cannot be ignored. Couple that with Cosby’s bizarre refusal to say anything about the accusations…no denials, no explanations, no comments whatsoever…it looks very bad. These accusations are extremely serious, there are a LOT of them, and they are coming from women who are very believable. Bill Cosby has always been… READ MORE
November 8th, 2014 | Posted in General
I don’t spend much time on Google+ but I do have a plug in that feeds my blog posts to my wall there. Today I stopped in to notice an interesting bit of cropping done on my post from last week featuring a drawing of The Lovely Anna: I know it’s automated but… really??? READ MORE
October 31st, 2014 | Posted in General
Be safe out there, kids! READ MORE
October 28th, 2014 | Posted in General
Six years ago I had my wife, The Lovely Anna, be my first (and last) guest blogger here on The MAD Blog. She wrote the following post about being the wife of a freelancer which I am reposting today because I am still on vacation (with The Lovely Anna) so I don’t have time to write and neither does she. All she says here is still true over six years later except we’ve now been married 26 years, all our kids are graduated from high school and either off living life or going to college (except The Animated Elizabeth, who will be home with us… READ MORE
