March 14th, 2013 | Posted in General
Back in January I got a call from MAD art director Sam Viviano about a side project they were working on…DC wanted to celebrate MAD‘s 60th anniversary with a series of variant covers by the Usual Gang of Idiots for thirteen of their titles. Knowing that I am a huge Batman fan, Sam suggested to the MAD editors that I get to do one of the Batman titles. I was assigned the cover of “Detective Comics”. Given my own choice, I would have picked Detective as well, as opposed to “Batman”. Detective Comics was the title I collected as a kid, and it being the… READ MORE
March 13th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yet another DC MAD variant cover, this one by the long-time MAD artist and current art director Sam Viviano! This one comes courtesy of Gamma Squad. READ MORE
March 12th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Buzzfeed.com has an exclusive sneak peek of my variant cover for Detective Comics #19. This was a lot of fun and given my being a huge Batman fan getting to do the cover of Detective Comics was extra special. I am too busy today to write more about this, but Thursday I will post some pencil sketches and a closer look at the artwork. READ MORE
March 9th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
This might be my favorite gag of these variant covers so far… Ward Sutton does the cover of Teen Titans #19, injecting a little dose of reality to the scene. Exclusive sneak peek brought to you by Newsarama.com. READ MORE
March 9th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yet another of the 13 MAD variant covers for DC titles gets a sneak peek today courtesy of Wired.com’s Geekdad. It’s Supergirl #19 by is by painter extraordinaire Richard Williams, who has done a number of MAD covers as well as many features including some of the great MAD 20 pieces. READ MORE
March 8th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yet another exclusive sneak peek of one of the MAD variant covers for thirteen of DC Comics’ titles, to be released in April. This mind-blowing cover for Aquaman #19 is by Tom Bunk, and comes your way thanks to IGN.com! READ MORE
March 7th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Another exclusive peek at on of the 13 upcoming variant DC Comics covers by the Usual Gang of Idiots. This one is by MAD cover artist Mark Fredrickson, courtesy of Maxim.com! READ MORE
March 5th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Newnownext.com has the exclusive first look at yet another of the MAD variant covers for several DC titles coming to a comic book shop near you in April. This one is by longtime MAD artist Rick Tulka! READ MORE
