Clicky to embiggen… Uproxx.com’s Gamma Squad just released a sneak peek of the splash page of the parody of “House of Cards”, written by David Shayne and drawn by me (but, of course, Uproxx doesn’t mention that). You can read the rest of the parody in MAD #532, due on newsstands next Tuesday! READ MORE
MAD Magazine fandom lost a really fantastic source of joy and MAD scholars lost a really fantastic resource this past weekend when the MAD Cover Site shut its digital doors forever. All that’s left of its seemingly endless MAD data is a placeholder. The MAD Cover Site was the individual effort of one person, MAD Superfan Doug Gilford. Doug started it on Aug 17th, 1997 as part of the late Dick Hanchette‘s Collectmad.com website. It began as a collection of scans of the all the covers of MAD through the years, along with a list of each issues highlights (or lowlights depending on your perspective).… READ MORE
I guess “Weird Al” Yankovic is moonlighting in the publication biz these days. Al tweeted recently that he will be the first ever “guest” editor for MAD Magazine in issue #533, due out in April. The official MAD Press release: “The Usual Gang of Idiots” are getting a new Idiot-in-Chief! Celebrated musical satirist and comedian “Weird Al” Yankovic, the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history, will helm the next issue of MAD as the legendary humor magazine’s first-ever guest editor. Winner of the 2015 Grammy¬¨?Ü for Best Comedy Album, Weird Al is the writer of some of the biggest song parodies in history. Speaking from… READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at MAD‘s parody of “30 Rock”, written by Arnie Kogen with art by me. From MAD #490, June 2008 (clicky any to embiggen): Pencil roughs Final splash page So, what’s with the odd looking monkey I added in the lower center of the splash on the final? Well, the issue before was the “All Monkey Issue”, and I did the art on a piece showing the MAD staff as monkeys: After the issue came out, the folks at MAD decided they should have added former art director Nadina Simon in that group. So they asked me to draw… READ MORE
Cover of MAD #532 by Mark Frerickson The Huffington Post posted a sneak peek of the cover for MAD #532 by Mark Fredrickson, which also features some teases of what’s on the inside. Two, count ’em, TWO TV parodies. I did the art for the “House of Cards” parody. The issue will be on newsstands on Feb 24th and in subscriber mailboxes as early as Feb 13th! READ MORE
WIRED online reported today that the great Jack Davis, who turned 90 years old earlier this month, has announced he’s retiring from producing work. Jack has slowed down considerably from the days when you basically could not open a magazine, look at a movie poster or see an ad anywhere without it featuring his art, but he has still been doing work for clients like the University of Georgia, various golf and sports magazines and the like recently. Jack claims his work is no longer up to his standards: It’s not that the iconic 90-year-old cartoonist can’t draw anymore…he just can’t meet his own standards.… READ MORE
I got permission from the folks at MAD to share my piece from the MAD 20 in issue #531. This is an all-digital painted piece, written by Desmond Devlin. Clicky to Embiggen… READ MORE
On news stands everywhere tomorrow, in comic book shops this week, in most subscriber’s mailboxes already and available digitally immediately via the MAD iPad app: MAD #531 (February 2015) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) MAD’s First-Ever Guarantee (Writer: Dick DeBartolo) The Fundalini Pages (Jeff Kruse, John Martz, Bob Staake, Rick Tulka, Bob Eckstein, Rick Tulka, Anton Emdin, Tom Bunk) The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2014 The NFL’s Domestic Violence Problem (Uncredited) Ebola Hysteria (Uncredited) The GM Recall Debacle (Matt Lassen, Scott Bricher) The Militarization of the Police Dept (Desmond Devlin, Richard Williams) Target’s Security Breach (Writer: Darren Johnson) Obama Caught Off Guard (Artist:… READ MORE
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