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November 24th, 2018 | Posted in News
It looks unlikely that I can do a full three day workshop in Amsterdam. The costs of staging one are just too high… I have to charge more than I think people would be able or willing to pay to do it. So here’s a new idea I have been toying with: a single day workshop. This would be a kind of crash course of a class, eliminating some of the extras like my inking and illustration coloring demos, the live caricature round robin, my work retrospective, and a few other things and getting right to the fundamentals of my theories behind seeing and observing,… READ MORE
November 8th, 2018 | Posted in News
Cartoonists! Comic book artists! Animators! Graphic Novelists! Etc! It’s time to get an Artists Alley table at the NCSFest International Comic Arts Festival taking place May 17-19th in beautiful Huntington Beach, California! What’s this all about, you say? Not another comic con?!? Nope, not another comic con. This festival is going to be a very different animal than the same old comic cons. This is a festival patterned after European events like Angouleme and Lyon in France, The Lakes International Comic Arts Festival in the UK, and Lucca in Italy. These festivals are not tradeshows held in cavernous convention centers. They are celebrations of the… READ MORE
October 26th, 2018 | Posted in News
I had so many people on the waitlist for my sold out January Orlando FL workshop that I have booked a second one for the next weekend, Jan 18-20th. Some of the waitlist people have been dragging their feet registering, so I have opened the remaining spots to everyone. Don’t wait around if you want to be a part of it! READ MORE
October 18th, 2018 | Posted in News
This past weekend I conducted one of my caricature workshops here in Minnesota, class group illustration above. As usual we had a great group and drew a LOT of faces. Thanks to all who attended! I’ve just announced a new workshop for 2019, this one taking place in Atlanta, GA March 1-3rd. As always, it’s limited to 12 students and will fill up fast, so don’t procrastinate on grabbing a spot. Check out all the details on what my workshops are all about here. As for other locations in 2019, I am working on one in Amsterdam in June. There won’t be any workshops scheduled… READ MORE
October 10th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
For those of you who hated the MAD iPad app for getting the digital version of the magazine, good news! MAD is discontinuing the app and moving its digital subscriptions over to Magzter. Here are all the details: Q: What happened to my MAD in my MAD app? A: We have listened to our fans through tweets, emails, Facebook, and millions of two complaints via Google+ – the experience of reading issues on the MAD app left much to be desired. We want our fans who like to read the magazine digitally to have as enjoyable and effortless reading experience as those who read the… READ MORE
September 28th, 2018 | Posted in News
Next week is New York Comic Con at the Javits Center, Thursday October 4th through Sunday October 7th! I’ll be at booth L-6 in the new Artists Alley, and will also be on the “Mad about MAD” panel on Sunday at 10:45 AM, room 1A21 with editor Bill Morrison, art director Suzy Hutchinson and fellow Idiots Tom Bunk, Dick DeBartolo, and Desmond Devlin! Stop by and say hello!! -Tom is on vacation outside the country, so comment moderation and responses may not happen for a while. Je suis désolé!- READ MORE
August 2nd, 2018 | Posted in News
When I was in Toronto doing a workshop I was a guest on a podcast called “Cashing in on Creativity”. You can listen to it here. This podcast a great show, over 80 episodes so far, focusing on the business side of the creative arts hosted by Bruce Outridge. Besides being a terrific podcast host, Bruce also a talented artist and caricaturist as well as an author and entrepreneur. We chat about the world of illustration, the passing of Nick Meglin, how I got started with MAD and a bunch of other stuff. Bruce’s podcast series is well worth listening to if you are in… READ MORE
July 31st, 2018 | Posted in News
Visit me this weekend at Tampa Bay Comic Con in the Tampa Convention center! The Lovely Anna and I will be at table G-9 in the “Guest Artists Alley” area. I’ll have plenty of crap to sell including my new “Purrrfectly catty” limited edition print and other prints, books, comics, and of course caricatures and commissions. READ MORE
