MAD Magazine
February 14th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I know it looks like that should be an embedded video but sadly that’s not possible, so clicking on it will bring you to a Yahoo News story (with a short video!) about how Al Jaffee‘s “MAD Fold-In” turns 50 next month. The story starts out: It just might be one of the longest freelance gigs in magazine publishing history. Cartoonist Al Jaffee has contributed to MAD Magazine, the satirical mainstay, since its beginnings, and is marking the 50th anniversary of not only creating but illustrating its most iconic feature. I’m not sure it’s fair to call the fold-in MAD‘s “most iconic feature”…many might say… READ MORE
February 13th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky to visit the sneak peek… Crave Online has an exclusive sneak peek at one of the features in the upcoming issue of MAD: The new American Girls doll collection (girls as in HBO’s Girls). Click the image or link above for more of the fun. MAD #526 hits news stands on February 25th. READ MORE
February 7th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
¬¨‚ĆClicky to visit the MAD website If you don’t regularly visit the MAD Magazine website you are missing out on some timely and funny stuff. Since they relaunched it a couple of years ago (originally called “The Idioitcal”, a title I loved but which they seem to have dropped) they have been terrific at posting daily pieces that give the MAD treatment to in-the-moment subjects, something the production time of a print magazine makes impossible. The one above is a perfect example. Just hours after the “Facebook Video” thing started happening the guys at MAD jumped on it with this, posted yesterday. New Jersey Governor… READ MORE
December 20th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky to embiggen… The answer to yesterday’s question as to what I did differently than usual in my art for the parody of “The Following” in MAD #525 is that I did the entire thing digitally. No pencils, no pens, no ink, no paper. Start to finish on the computer. It was an interesting experiment, but I will never do it again. I’d been thinking of giving this a try for a while now, just to see how it turned out and to see if it was a time saver of any kind. In this particular case I was a bit behind on getting the… READ MORE
December 19th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky to Embiggen… I got this email the other day from MAD aficionado Ed Meisinger: I’m curious – no signature on the splash page (for “The Swallowing” in MAD #525). 1)¬¨‚ĆIntentional? I’m assuming it is since you’ve got the “Richmond Area Directory” included. 2)¬¨‚ĆIs this a first? (a splash page without your usual stylish signature) Nope. Not intentional… I just forgot. I forget to do that a lot. I get wrapped up in the job, and just plain forget. Sadly, no. Thanks to some OCD issues I had to go back and look at how many I have actually missed signing. I only counted those… READ MORE
December 18th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky any to embiggen… Better late than never today… had another job due this afternoon that had to get done first. So, this week’s SotW is one of the two pieces I did for the latest issue of MAD. Originally I was supposed to do only the art for the parody of “The Swallowing” for MAD #525 (now on news stands… Fa Fa Fa!), but then the editors decided they also wanted me to do the art for the #1 “Dumbest Thing” in MAD’s “20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2013”. I can’t imagine where they got the idea for me to do this… READ MORE
December 11th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yet another exclusive sneak peek of one of MAD‘s 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2013, this one courtesy of Elite Daily online. Artist: Scott Bricher. Incidentally, this piece happens to be the centerfold of the printed issue… not sure if MAD did that on purpose, but it’s appropriate, don’t you think? READ MORE
December 10th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky to visit the full sized sneak peek… What?!? ANOTHER exclusive sneak peek at one of MAD‘s 20 Dumbest People, Things and Events of 2013??!?¬¨‚Ć At this rate you won’t actually have to buy the issue at all! This is Dumb Thing #3, courtesy of the Huffington Post. Writer: Desmond Devlin, Artist: Drew Friedman. READ MORE
