MAD Magazine
June 28th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The digital version of the MAD Superman Special is available for purchase via the MAD iPad app (including a nifty animated version of my cover which justifies all that work I did on the cityscape). What’s more, according to the above announcement within that very downloaded collection of dreck the first 23 issues of MAD are also now available through the app or Comixology. I haven’t actually tried to see if I can download them, but they are either ready to go or obviously on the way soon! fa fa fa! READ MORE
May 9th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Some months ago MAD quietly redid their website and got rid of the separate official blog formerly known as “The Idiotical”. Actually DC rebranded all their websites, and MAD was along for the ride. They merged the blog with the rest of the site so it became one central place to go and get daily updates, news, gags (and gagging), shopping etc. Now when you visit, there is a two column staggered list of teasers ala a Facebook wall, with the latest MAD tomfoolery. They still post original content, often of the parody movie poster or TV ad variety, plus sneak peeks of stuff from… READ MORE
April 30th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The latest in MAD‘s series of “Mad’s Greatest Artists” featuring Dave Berg just became available for pre-order on Amazon. From the Amazon page’s description: Included in this magnificent collection are some of the greatest works from Dave Berg…one of MAD Magazine’s most popular writers/artists. The material will be presented chronologically and interspersed throughout with rough sketches, a rare 1970 interview, an introduction and portrait of Berg by well-known American illustrator Drew Friedman, a “growing up with Dave Berg” essay by his daughter Nancy Berg, newly illustrated versions of classic Berg strips by several noteworthy cartoonists, and much more. I am one of the cartoonists who… READ MORE
April 23rd, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad, in subscribers mailboxes and on news stands everywhere today: MAD # 521 (June 2013) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Rick Tulka, Jeff Kruse, Anton Emdin, Bob Staake, Brian Gordon, Matt Lassen, John Kerschbaum, Tom Bunk, Darren Johnson, David DeGrand, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Paul Gilligan, Phil McAndrew) Game of Groans (Desmond Devlin, Hermann Mejia) A MAD Look at Baseball (Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Colors: Tom Luth) Planet TAD!!!!! (Tim Carvell) Overheard in Doggie Heaven (Jeff Kruse, Paul Coker) The All-American Fun N’ Gun Show (Frank Santopadre, Scott Bricher) The Darker Side of the Lighter Side of… (Dave Berg) Stuff-E-Vest… READ MORE
April 4th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yesterday Entertainment Weekly released an exclusive sneak peek at the cover of MAD #521, check it out here. As you can see, MAD will be pillaging Game of Thrones, which I did not do the art for… and also exercising their license to kill on “James Bond”, which I DID do the art for! Is it a parody of Skyfall? A spoof of all 50 years of 007 movies? Gratuitous caricatures of half naked Bond girls? You’ll have to wait for the issue to hit the stands to find out! Fa Fa Fa! READ MORE
March 20th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Remember that radio interview I told you about yesterday featuring Drew Friedman, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth, talking about Harvey Kurtzman? Well, turns out they do have it archived and available for listening after it’s original airing. In fact, here it is: READ MORE
March 19th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s a link to a great article on the history of the movie parodies in MAD from Film Comment magazine. There are also on-line side interviews with MAD editor John Ficarra and me. READ MORE
March 16th, 2013 | Posted in General
Crave Onlines gives us an exclusive first look at the brilliant Sergio Aragon?¬©s‘ variant cover for Justice League #19. Love the MAD jammies with Spy Vs. Spy and Flip the bird. That’s the thirteenth and last one to be released! If you are interested, I have created a page with all the variant cover promotional images on them here. READ MORE
