Thursday is the big release date, but here are a couple of the rough sketches from my new limited edition print “The Game is Afoot!”. Here’s Robert Downey Jr. and Jeremy Brett: Check back on Thursday to see the final art and the entire print… then BUY one! I’ve got another kid starting college this fall! READ MORE
One of the gems in the¬¨‚ĆInside MAD book is the mind-blowing, pull-out poster illustration by Sergio Aragon?¬©s depicting virtually everyone ever associated with the magazine in its sixty-plus year history. Not only is it chock full of “The Usual Gang of Idiots”, it contains dozens and dozens of references to famous MAD moments, items and other goodies. In true MAD fashion, this is an image you can spend an hour staring at and still miss some of the gags and little touches. Fear not! The good folks over at Doug Gilford’s MAD Cover Site (ok, Doug… but with a little help from his friends) has… READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is a peek behind the scenes at the complete rough pencils of the parody of “The Dark Knight Rises”, written by Arnie Kogen and appearing in MAD #519. Clicky any image to embiggen: READ MORE
The 2013 Divisional Awards Nominees just got announced… and on a brand new NCS website! Gon on over and check out the new site and the list of nominees complete with sample of their work. Here’s the complete list: Editorial Cartoons Clay Bennett Adam Zyglis Mike Ramirez Newspaper Illustration Bob Eckstein Miel Prudencio Ma Dave Whammond Feature Animation Mike Giamo: Production Design “Frozen”- Disney Hayao Miyazaki: Director, “The Wind Rises”- Disney Jonathan del Val: Animator of Lucy character, “Despicable Me 2”- Illumination TV Animation Craig McCracken for “Wander Over Yonder” – Disney Paul Rudish for Disney Channel’s “Mickey Mouse” shorts – Disney Douglas Sloan &… READ MORE
Batman/Superman #10 by me! More sneak peeks at the April series of MAD variant covers for 21 of DC’s New 52 titles. They must be getting to the bottom of the barrel to include mine (see above, courtesy of Herofix.com. Click on any of the images to be magically transported to the source of the exclusive for a look at the larger artwork. More from Herofix: Batman and Robin #30 by Mark Fredrickson Aquaman #30 by John Caldwell Batwoman #30 by Kevin Pope From Uproxx.com: Green Lantern Crops #30 by Ward Sutton Justice league of America #14 by Mark Stutzman Via The Nerdist: Justice League… READ MORE
I just finished a big MAD parody job (can’t tell you what it is, so don’t ask) that had me tied in knots for the better part of two weeks, which means that today is catch-up day on all the stuff I had to ignore during my marathon. You know… stuff like bills, paperwork, emails… sleeping. One of the big things I have had to put on the back burner is signing, packing and shipping all those sketches and original art I put up for sale in the Studio Store in the last couple of weeks. My sincerest apologies for all those folks who bought… READ MORE
The CAPS auction to benefit Stan and Sharon Sakai is in action right now, with some really amazing pieces of art up for bidding, including a number of custom pieces featuring the artist’s take on Stan’s great comic book character Usagi Yojimbo from some pretty heavy hitters (Jeff Smith, anyone?). There are also several pieces of original but unrelated comic book, comic strip and editorial cartoon art. Stan and Sharon are beloved figures in the world of comics, and the industry’s heart is breaking over their struggles with Sharon’s health. If you want to support a wonderful cause and get your hands on some truly… READ MORE
These Reuben Award illustrations are something I have been doing for quite a few years now, ever since I was approached by then NCS prez Steve McGarry about doing something for the 2003 Reuben Awards in San Fransisco. Sometimes the art was used on the official Reuben T-Shirt, and sometimes it was for the brochure, and once or twice for both. Anyway I thought it would be fun to post a gallery of the Reubens art I have done over the years… it also makes for a nice record of the guest speakers most years, although some years they depicted the award winners/Reuben nominees instead:… READ MORE
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