MAD Magazine
July 14th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I’m going to do something different today for Monday MADness and send you all via this magic link to the blog of Mark Evanier, to read a terrific piece about the late MAD editor Al Feldstein he wrote this past weekend. Feldstein was the editor of MAD for about 29 years, and Mark’s post really lends some insights into Al’s career and why it was very unique. He talks a lot about some of the things that made Al Feldstein a polarizing figure in MAD history. Some people will tell you Al had nothing to do with the things that made MAD great, that we… READ MORE
June 17th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, here is a sneak peek of my art from MAD #528’s parody of “Two Detectives”, written by Arnie Kogen: The splash page (Clicky to Embiggen…) What do you mean you “want to read the entire parody?” What does this look like, a furshlugginer library?!? Go out and buy the issue, putz! READ MORE
June 16th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere Tuesday: MAD # 528 (August 2014) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Matt Lassen, Ward Sutton, Tim Hamilton, Jeff Kruse, Rick Tulka, P.C. Vey, Dick DeBartolo, John Caldwell, Kenny Keil, Anton Emdin, David DeGrand, Tom Bunk, Rich Powell, Kevin Pope, Mark Fredrickson, Bob Eckstein, Stan Sinberg, John Kerschbaum) Two Defectives (A MAD TV Satire) (Arnie Kogen, Tom Richmond) How Kimye Stacks Up Against Other Famous Married Couples (Uncredited) Planet TAD!!!!! (Tim Carvell) Appy (Mike Morse, Sam Sisco) MOtowNOPOLY (Stan Sinberg, Mike Loew) Monster Marriage Poster (Mark Fredrickson) A MAD… READ MORE
June 14th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
If you don’t frequent MAD‘s website often, you are missing out on some original and funny stuff. They post daily content that is often all new and very timely stuff that is more than a few notches above your typical meme. They also sprinkle in classic features like Don Martin, Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy and more. Lately they have really been on a roll with political satire ala these two recent posts: Back in the early 2000s when I started for MAD, I heard a lot of right-wingers accusing MAD of being a¬¨‚Ć “liberal rag” because all they did was bash Bush and… READ MORE
May 13th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The annual “MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things” lists have been a popular feature since it’s debut in 1998, so naturally MAD decided to try and cash in by collecting the 100 dumbest ones of the century (so far) into one special collector’s edition! I haven’t seen a copy yet but I assume a few of the ones I’ve done over the last 14 years are included… since all mine were the very definition of “dumb”. READ MORE
April 18th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere Tuesday: MAD # 527 (June 2014) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Rick Tulka, Evan Waite, John Martz, Tom Bunk, P.C. Vey, Matt Lassen, Kenny Keil, Garth Gerhart, Mike Morse, Mike Loew, Rich Powell, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Staake, Glen Le Lievre, Desmond Devlin, Justin Peterson, Sarah Chalek, Mike Lynch, The Slobbit: The Adaptation’s a Slog (A MAD Movie Satire) (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) Sport’s Atrocity- (Jeff Kruse, Scott Bicher) When Delivery Drones Go Bad (John Caldwell) The Darker Side of The Lighter Side (Dave Berg… sort of) Planet TAD!!!!!… READ MORE
April 10th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky to embiggen… Yesterday Moviepilot.com posted a sneak peek at the splash page of MAD‘s parody of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” written by Desmond Devlin with art by yours truly. You can check out the full splash page with text here (although it’s kind of small to read). Above is the final art for said splash. I will post a few more panels of art from the parody once the issue hits news stands on April 22nd. READ MORE
April 4th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Like this. Sculpture by Jordu Schell, via this website. Hat tip to Dalton Vaughn and Doug Gilford‘s MAD Cover Site, Facebook edition. This is really well done, because it isn’t easy to make Alfred look convincing in three dimensions. Not only are his eyes uneven, but the center axis of his face is slightly tilted, and one side has considerably more space between the eye and hairline than the other. His ears are also lower than natural, and asymmetrical. There is a lot about his face that is ‘off” in a way that only stands out when you see a mirror image of it. Drawing… READ MORE
