Monday MADness
May 7th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Okay, the MAD offices in New York have only been closed for about four months so it might be a little too soon to use the word “reunion”, but we had a little get together of “The Usual Gang of Idiots” this past Saturday in Manhattan. I was in town teaching a workshop. Here are some pics! From left to right are former editor Charlie Kadau, his lovely lady Ellen Berg Cohen, writers Desmond Devlin and Dick Debartolo*, and former art director and longtime MAD artist Sam Viviano. *Dick is not only MAD‘s Maddest writer, he’s also MAD‘s Fastest Idiot. He’s so fast normal photography… READ MORE
April 30th, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the final splash page and all the pencil roughs for the Desmond Devlin penned mash-up parody of the first three Daniel Craig 007 movies entitled “Casebook: SPYFAIL- The Battle of the Bonds” from MAD #521, June 2013. These are true “roughs” as I just drew blank heads (and made notes as to who is supposed to be who.. although some might say I should do that even with my finished caricatures) and everything is very sketchy, meaning I must have worked out the caricatures and drew things out fully on the art boards. These pencils were for… READ MORE
April 23rd, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
Last week MAD launched it’s new website and announced a lot of plans for a renewed and higher profile online and social media presence. Plans include multiple daily original cartoons and content on the MAD website, and a new blog coming this summer. On the social media side you’ll already see MAD has a very active Twitter and Instagram feed with multiple daily gags, comics and images. They also plan on posting a lot of original content on Facebook, but that is all going to be published in Russian to cut to the chase. There is also going to be an upcoming MAD podcast hosted… READ MORE
April 16th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic books shops now, in subscriber mailboxes and via digital format TBD, on news stands (all 16 of them left) everywhere tomorrow! Cover– (Jason Edmiston) ToC (Art by Harvey Kurtzman) Star Bores: Half-Assed Jedi (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) A MAD Look at Harassment (Sergio Aragonés, Colors: Carrie Strachan) Make America Greet Again (Teresa Burns Parkhurst) Spy vs Spy (Peter Kuper) The Wisenheim Museum (Ron English) Potrzebie Comics Cover (Kerry Callen) It’s Bring Your Sidekick to Work Day! (Kerry Callen) The 27 Club (Luke McGarry) Boonies, Burbs and Burgs (Bob Fingerman) MAD’s Movie Mogul Guide (Mary Trainor) Pop Culture that Didn’t Make it into Ready… READ MORE
April 9th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
If you are not following MAD Magazine on Instagram you are missing out on frequent sneak peeks at some of the artwork you’ll see in the new MAD #1, which comes out a week from tomorrow!! The above is a close up of part of a panel from my art on MAD‘s parody of “Riverdale” written by Ian Boothby. READ MORE
April 3rd, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Research Center at Ohio State University is putting on a huge MAD exhibition entitled “Artistically MAD: Seven Decades of Satire” from May 5th-Oct 21st 2018 in the Robinson Gallery. Here’s their description: Harvey Kurtzman’s brainchild made its debut as a comic book in 1952 before switching to a magazine format in 1955. Over the ensuing years, MAD has featured artwork by many of the most talented cartoonists in the industry. This comprehensive exhibition will showcase original drawings and paintings by all of the top MAD contributors, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Norman Mingo, Al Jaffee, Serio Aragonés, Don Martin, Mort Drucker… READ MORE
April 2nd, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the pencils of MAD #548’s parody of “Stranger Things”. Splash page above and story pages below. I drew these digitally on my Wacom Cintiq 27QHD. Parody written by Desmond Devlin. READ MORE
March 26th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
After weeks of teasing and gaslighting readers with hints about what to expect, this past weekend the new look MAD Magazine was unveiled at Wondercon in Anaheim. So, what was real and what were gags about the new MAD? Here’s a rundown: Alfred E Neuman gets a facelift and becomes Al Newman– Gag. Alfred is still Alfred. He’s still a gap-toothed idiot. He’s not this: They are redesigning the logo– True, but it’s not the horrific 80’s chrome monstrosity seen above. That was a gag. The new logo: It’s clearly a re-imagining of the classic Kurtman Era logo from the comic book days. MAD is… READ MORE
