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October 19th, 2006 | Posted in General
Drawing for MAD isn’t exactly doing Batman for DC or Spider-Man for Marvel, so I am hardly on anybody’s short list of special guests at comic book conventions. In fact, the few times I have appeared at them, the typical exchange usually goes: “What do you draw?” “I draw for MAD Magazine” “Oh… can you do a sketch for me?” “Sure, I could draw your caricature… or a picture of Alfred E. Neuman, or…” “Draw a sexy Batgirl with big boobs!!” I go to the Minnesota FallCon every year, but not many other places. Every once and a while I get a gracious invitation to… READ MORE
October 11th, 2006 | Posted in General
The last of this year’s NCS North Central Chapter meeting took place at a chapter brunch at my house. We had several members still in town over, and Dave Phipps did his radio show live from my studio. As usual my wife Anna went all out and made enough food to feed three times the people who attended. It was all delicious, of course. Michael Jantze hangs out in the foyer Michael and I in the Studio Iowa cartoonist Bucky Jones and St. Cloud’s Dave Phipps Dave prepares for his radio show In addition to being a full time freelance cartoonist, Dave does a one… READ MORE
October 10th, 2006 | Posted in General
It was a full day of events for the North Central Chapter on Saturday. We started by attending the FallCon comic book convention, organized by the Midwest Comic Book Association. The MCBA crew were enthusiastic about our appearance there, and set aside a lot of table space for chapter attendees. They were very hospitable and we were welcomed with open arms and a free taco bar. Dave Phipps and Michael Jantze man the tables at FallCon Michael signs a book for a fan Cedric Hohnstadt does a sketch for another fan I’m thinking about the free taco bar while Dave thinks I am listening to… READ MORE
October 9th, 2006 | Posted in General
The Minneapolis College of Art and Design were gracious hosts for the cartoon art show that opened last Friday, and coincided with our NCC meeting this weekend. Several of the cartoonists attending the meeting were on hand Friday for the opening reception. The space was great and the presentation terrific. MCAD and in particular Kristin Makholm, the MCAD Director of Gallery and Exhibition Programs really knocked themselves out to corral this stack of original cartoon art from all over central USA and turn it into a classy looking show (as classy as you can get with anything from MAD included). Here are some pictures of… READ MORE
September 19th, 2006 | Posted in News
Back in July I wrote this post about the “Orphan Works Act” that most illustrators, photographers and creators of intellectual property are rightfully up in arms about. Briefly it is legislation that will allow the free use of intellectual property like illustrations, pictures, writing and other examples to anyone who can demonstrate they made a “reasonably diligent effort” to find the owner of said works. “Reasonably diligent effort” is not specifically defined, and this law would not only open wide the free use of intellectual property but language in it would severely restrict the ability of the copyright holders of any work wrongly used to… READ MORE
September 18th, 2006 | Posted in General
The National Caricaturist Network’s annual convention is fast approaching, Oct. 1st-5th at the Holiday Inn Hotel, International Drive, Orlando, FL. Usually taking place in January or February of each year, this year the NCN board decided to move the convention back about 8 months to have it in the fall of the year. As such, it’s been about 20 months since the last convention, and members are very excited about it finally coming around. I wrote this blog post about the NCN and my history with it back in July. I’ve been a member of the NCN since 1998, and it’s a fantastic organization of… READ MORE
August 18th, 2006 | Posted in News
The Great Neck Art Center is having an exhibit of original cartoon artwork at their gallery from August 12- October 1, 2006. I have two pieces in the show, the original splash pages from the “Batman Begins” and “Medium” parodies. The show features some great art by some terrific cartoonists. To name just a few: Sy Barry (The Phantom), Mort Drucker (Mad Magazine), Hy Eisman (Popeye), Stan Goldberg (Archie), Bunny Hoest(TheLockhorns), Arnie Levin (The New Yorker), Mike Lynch (Wall Street Journal), Don Orehek (Playboy), Rina Piccolo (Tina’s Groove) and many more. Check out this link to see some pictures of the show on cartoonist Mike… READ MORE
August 9th, 2006 | Posted in News
A few weeks ago I wrote this post about the annual Walt Disney Toonfest in Marceline, MO and this year’s event. Since Marceline geographically falls within the my chapter of the National Cartoonist Society, the North Central Chapter, we are closely involved in Toonfest in general and their annual art show in particular. I received the following press release from former chapter officer Paul Fell, concerning this year’s art show. The show is very well done and any professional cartoonists who might be reading this should consider submitting work. Return shipping is paid by the Toonfest organizers so all you are out is the “to”… READ MORE
