From “Muddled Family”, MAD #509, June 2011. Writer: Arnie Kogen. I always liked this caricature of Ed O’Neill. It was weird going back to drawing him after doing all those issues of “Married…with Children” comics back in the early-mid 90s. READ MORE
In a couple of weeks Showtime’s “Homeland” begins its final season. MAD spoofed the show back in #523 (Oct 2013) with art by me, written by David Shayne. The splash page of the spoof is above. In an interview for the Hollywood Reporter, series star Claire Danes has this to say about the popularity of the show: There were parodies on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and in MAD magazine. That’s a real sign that you’ve made it, getting roasted. – Claire Danes on the popularity of “Homeland” That’s an opinion shared by a lot of people who make TV shows and films. Not going forward, of course. :/ READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the splash page from MAD‘s parody of “The Following” from issue #525 (Feb 2014) written by the great Arnie Kogen. This parody has the dubious distinction of being the only parody I did the art for 100% digitally… inks and all. It was an experiment on my part just to see if I could do it, if it saved time, and if the results met my expectations. The answers were yes, no and no. Don’t get my wrong, I am not disparaging digital inkers. There is fantastic work being done digitally that I greatly admire. It’s just… READ MORE
The gag Desmond Devlin wrote in that first panel still makes me laugh out loud. This was from the parody “The Dork Knight” in MAD #495, Nov 2008. READ MORE
Well It’s not Monday but it sure feels like it. Whenever I do a workshop or a presentation of some kind I usually wear a MAD shirt. I’ve got a few of them, and even have some I did the art on myself… both officially licensed and unofficial bootlegs. The one above I did just for myself, as DC/WB has no merchandise with the new MAD logo on it. I print it on an inkjet printer on heat transfer paper and then heat press it on a shirt. I can’t sell you one so don’t ask. I also did these designs that were made into… READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the splash page of MAD #515 (June, 2012)’s parody of the first “Hunger Games” movie, written by Desmond Devlin. Here’s the pencil roughs… I redid the caricature/pose of Stanley Tucci‘s “Caesar Flickerman” character as well as some other tweaks in the final: READ MORE
MAD often had a knack for predicting the future, mostly because in pointing out the absurdities, hypocrisies, and fallacies of their subject matter through satire, they were usually right on target. Baby Yoda, anyone? These panels are from MAD‘s spoof of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” from MAD #539, June 2016, written by the mysterious David Richards. Incidentally I posted this in honor of this past weekend’s release of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, which I actually got to see and enjoyed quite a lot. Since it looks like MAD has abandoned their long running TV/movie parody features, it seems that “Star Wars: The… READ MORE
Yes, they are still publishing it. Arriving in subscribers mailboxes already, and in comic book shops everywhere Wednesday! Cover (Mark Summers) Star Wars Funnies (Kerry Callen) Christmas Greedings* (Al Jaffee, Bob Clarke) A MAD Look at New Year’s Resolutions (Sergio Aragonés, Colors: Carrie Strachan) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) Meanwhile (Ian Boothby, Pia Guerra) The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2019 Boeing’s Max Stupidity (Bob Merlotti, Ed Steckley) Amazon’s HQ (Sheryl Zohn, Gideon Kendall) Deporable Migrant Detention Camps (David DeGrand, Michael Gambriel) Admitting to Admission’s Fraud (Ellis Rosen, Raven Juergensen) Micheal McConnell’s Bill Killing (Desmond Devlin, Kerry Callen) Game of Thrones Coffee Cup (Amanda Stellberg, Laurie Greasley)… READ MORE
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