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December 23rd, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
This was posted in the Wisenhiemer Cartoonist’s Forum yesterday: I couldn’t find a link to the Heritage auction these reportedly came from, but this was posted with the images: Mad Chinese Edition (EC, 1990) Condition: VF-. Published for 6 issues in 1990. Some regard the Chinese (or Taiwan) Mad as the most valuable and hard to find. An issue of the Chinese Mad recently sold on eBay for $1400+. Includes certificate signed by Mad writer Dick DeBartolo. Not currently listed in Overstreet. From the Dick DeBartolo Collection. Most foreign editions of MAD have a certain amount of content from the US version in it. It… READ MORE
December 12th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
On news stands next week and in comic book shops today: MAD # 513 (February 2012) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Bob Staake, Glen LeLievre, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Kevin Pope, Jeff Kruse, Scott Bricher, P.C. Vey, Tom Bunk, Kit Lively, Tim Hamilton, Jacob Lambert, Charles Akins, Jason Salas, John Caldwell, ) The MAD 20- The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2010 The Walking Debt (Artist: Hermann Mejia) Tired Air Traffic Controllers: Stay the F**k Awake (Darren Johnson, James Warhola) The Blind Eye (Artist: Scott Bricher) The Anthony Weiner “No Limits” Sexting Plan (Writer: Desmond Devlin) Wedding Cashers (Matt Lassen, Mark Stutzman) The Sheen… READ MORE
December 8th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky to Embiggen Usually MAD wants me to wait until the latest issue is on the stands before sharing any of the work I did in it here on The MAD Blog. Well, I guess the cat’s out of the bag on this one, so I might as well share it here. MAD has provided Comic Book Resources with an exclusive first look at the piece I illustrated for this year’s “MAD‘s 20 Dumbest People, Events & Things” feature in #513. Written by Kit Lively and Scott Nickel. Image courtesy of CBR and MAD Magazine. Here’s the pencil rough and the finished art sans the… READ MORE
December 6th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The Huffington Post has an exclusive sneak peek at a few of the “MAD’s 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2011″, including the cover above and this little gem from artist Hermann Mejia: Clicky to Embiggen I have a piece in the MAD 20 as well, and once the issue is out I’ll post it here. In the meantime, check out that sneak peek at the Huffington Post. READ MORE
November 29th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
As promised, here are some of the character art I did for last night’s episode of MAD on the Cartoon Network for the segment “Superhero Millionaire Matchmaker”: Christian Bale Rachel from “Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti from “Millionaire Matchmaker” Robert Downey Jr. Destin from “Millionaire Matchmaker” READ MORE
November 22nd, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
If you are a fan of MAD‘s Spy vs. Spy, or know someone who is, put Spy vs. Spy: Omnibus on your Christmas list. 10 years ago, MAD put out Spy vs. Spy: The Complete Casebook, which features all 247 Spy vs. Spy’s Antonio Prohias did for MAD, plus all the other articles he wrote/drew for the magazine as well as essays, interviews, preliminaries and sketches, his early Pre-MAD work and a bunch more fun stuff. It’s a great book, but one aspect of it was disappointing… many of the Spy vs Spy strips were printed much smaller than the originally appeared (about 25%…as in… READ MORE
November 14th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
From left: Nick Meglin, myself, Paul Coker, Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis and Sam Viviano. Clicky to Embiggen. This past weekend I had the distinct privilege to participate in a gathering of some of the “Usual Gang of Idiots” (i.e. major contributors to MAD Magazine) hosted by the Southeast Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society and the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah Georgia. In attendance were long-time editor Nick Meglin, cartooning legends and members of the exclusive 50 year MAD contributor club, Paul Coker Jr., Jack Davis and Al Jaffee, soon to be member of that same club (next year) Sergio… READ MORE
October 20th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, here is a sneak peek at some of the images I did for the “Punitive Damages: A Game of Extreme Justice” feature in MAD #512. The video game “cover” The premise of the article was an mock ad for a video game featuring the U.S. Supreme Court Justices, satirizing their decision to allow ultra-violence in video games being targeted at kids as a first-amendment protected right. In the game, the Justices are trying to get past various opponents and obstacles like: Crazed protesters Monster laws and amendments (yes… nod to Schoolhouse Rock!) Fat, former politicians Zombie Founding Fathers Finally, the winner get’s new… READ MORE
