MAD Magazine
November 28th, 2006 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As long as I’m on the subject, MAD also tried another on-line endeavor years ago in conjunction with AOL. It was called the “RED” page and was a special teen orientated AOL site. MAD contributed a daily cartoon for the page. This was really a fun job, as it was a quick image and a quick turnaround. MAD needed a digital JPG file at 300 x 300 dpi, usually withing a few hours of calling with the job. It was almost like doing newspaper work, and it paid pretty well considering the short time involved. In order to get these done quickly, I would skip… READ MORE
November 27th, 2006 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD has had several different website designs and redesigns over the last five or so years. They’ve done numerous things, like try and make it an extension of the magazine with original content updated weekly. As I wrote in the mailbag yesterday, I happened along at the time they were first attempting this, and it led to my getting some assignments that were not for print but for the website. They actually had a separate editor that was handling the content, which generally involved a list or short article and some kind of image. Sometimes it was just a static article, but usually it involved… READ MORE
November 24th, 2006 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I haven’t done one of these in a while, so here is another piece hanging on my Wall of Shame. For those who aren’t familiar with it, I have an area outside my studio where I hang framed prints of some of my MAD splash pages that have been signed by some of the subjects depicted in them. They all have a story. I previously recounted the stories of how I got the ones of the Sopranos, Two and a Half Men and of Lost. The piece for today’s Wall of Shame was for the parody of the TV show The O.C.. Unlike the previous… READ MORE
November 7th, 2006 | Posted in General
Now that I am (more or less) caught up in the studio, I can post a report about my trip to the L.A. Comic Con. First, I was very sorry I could not spend at least a few days in L.A. I think that would be a fascinating place to explore. Instead it was a whirlwind visit, flying in at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and catching a 6:30 p.m flight out on Sunday. That did not leave much time for sightseeing. However when I agreed to attend I knew that unless I did it as a quick visit I would end up regretting the time… READ MORE
November 3rd, 2006 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As I mentioned last week, this Sunday, Nov. 5th I will be appearing at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm along with the great Sergio Aragones and writer extraordinaire Mark Evanier…. and David Carradine. If Grasshopper starts to bully me I’ll sick Sergio on him. Nobody messes with Sergio. I’ll have a stack of free MAD magazines to sign while supplies last, and will be doing caricatures and sketches for dirt cheap. Actually I’ll be overcharging, but in L.A. nobody will notice. I’m also going to have a few MAD originals on hand for sale. I… READ MORE
October 31st, 2006 | Posted in General
Here’s a section of the final art of the “Kim Jong” piece, which I sent off to MAD yesterday to be included in their “20 Dumbest Things of the Year” feature in MAD #473: As I mentioned before, this job entailed a different approach as MAD’s editors wanted a fully painted look to the art, as opposed to “line and color”. In the last 6 months or so, I have been tapped by MAD a few times to do painted pieces for special features, giving me a chance to get away from my usual style. The first of these was a piece about “Rejected Characters… READ MORE
October 13th, 2006 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I haven’t posted one of these in a while. I’ve been busy with computer crashes, conventions, chapter meetings and such, but that doesn’t stop the deadlines and jobs coming and going. Here’s what I’ve been working on lately: Nader Museum Job– Yep, still working on that but it is horribly late now. I was hoping to have it inked and colored by tomorrow but it looks like inked is all it will be. I may have to color it while in Orlando next week. I’ll post the finished job when done, but I have to tell you it will be hard to recognize it as… READ MORE
October 4th, 2006 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I’ve mentioned before that some TV shows that I parody in MAD I could care less about. I’ll watch as many episodes as possible to get a feel for the show and what it is about, the quirks and little things I can make fun of, and then never watch it again after I’m done with the art. Occasionally, however, I’ll start watching a show and get hooked on it. The ultimate example of that is when I was assigned to do the art for Lost. The show was already 10 episodes into season one when I got the job, so finding previous episodes was… READ MORE
