News
March 3rd, 2015 | Posted in News
The National Cartoonist Society just announced the nominees for the 2014 Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” are: Roz Chast Stephan Pastis Hilary Price ________________________________________________ Roz Chast is probably best known for her cartoons in The New Yorker, where she is a staff cartoonist. She attended Rhode Island School of Design, majoring in Painting because it “seemed more artistic”. After graduating, she reverted to type and began drawing cartoons. Her cartoons have been published in many other magazines besides The New Yorker, including Scientific American, the Harvard Business Review, Redbook, and Mother Jones. Her most recent book is a comprehensive compilation of her… READ MORE
February 27th, 2015 | Posted in News
It’s been a few years… so here is another Great Art Blow-out Sale! Well, only 10 pieces but they are of vintage nature. I have to fund the redesign of my website, so I am selling a bunch of older, traditional media illustrations I have lying about for pretty bargain basement prices. Almost all are published pieces from various magazines or ads, with the exception of two self-promo paintings I did for the Directory of Illustration. All were done before my switch to primarily digital color work, so these are the last vestiges of the real paint, airbrush and mixed media illustrations I did in… READ MORE
February 26th, 2015 | Posted in News
A month or two ago a posted a teaser about a comic book project I am working on for SitComics called “Z-People”. It’s a humorous zombie story written and published by television comedy writer Darin Henry. Originally I was going to do pencils, inks and color on everything but the comic is going to be 45 pages of story and in the interest of getting it done and out on time, colorist K Michael Russell has come on board to do the color work. Darin has posted a couple of sneak peeks of the first few pages on the official Sitcomics Facebook page, pencils/ink by… READ MORE
February 21st, 2015 | Posted in News
Doud Gilford was so moved by the outpouring of sadness over the closing of his incredible MAD Cover Site that he has reinstated it! Hooray for all of MAD fandom, and a humongous THANK YOU to Doug for keeping this institution alive. From the MCS: Because my act of removing the site has been likened to a crime against humanity, because researchers are being left in the lurch in the middle of their books, films, and websites, because I’ve been taken aback by the outpouring of genuine love and well-wishing through too many correspondences, I hereby reinstate Doug Gilford’s Mad Cover Site for who knows… READ MORE
February 13th, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I guess “Weird Al” Yankovic is moonlighting in the publication biz these days. Al tweeted recently that he will be the first ever “guest” editor for MAD Magazine in issue #533, due out in April. The official MAD Press release: “The Usual Gang of Idiots” are getting a new Idiot-in-Chief! Celebrated musical satirist and comedian “Weird Al” Yankovic, the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history, will helm the next issue of MAD as the legendary humor magazine’s first-ever guest editor. Winner of the 2015 Grammy¬¨?Ü for Best Comedy Album, Weird Al is the writer of some of the biggest song parodies in history. Speaking from… READ MORE
February 5th, 2015 | Posted in News
From the National Cartoonists Society Website: The incomparable Mort Drucker will be the inaugural honoree of the “NCS Medal of Honor” at the 69th Annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards taking place in Washington D.C. on May 23rd, 2015. The NCS Medal of Honor is a new award instituted by the NCS board of directors in the fall of 2014, and Drucker was chosen as the very first recipient of the Medal by unanimous vote. The Medal of Honor is a lifetime achievement award bestowed upon a cartoonist “in recognition of a long and distinguished career of continued excellence in cartooning that has set the… READ MORE
January 30th, 2015 | Posted in News
Clicky to Embiggen… I did the above piece a month or two ago for an issue of GQ Magazine that just hit the stands…it’s a gag article about how the NFL is trying to make the Superbowl more woman-friendly. Some of the gags: Players have to wear Spanx rather than football pants Susan B. Anthony painted on all the game balls Mood lighting and aroma therapy in the bathrooms Katy Perry doing the halftime show Fun project and cool new client. Hope to do more work for them in the future. READ MORE
January 27th, 2015 | Posted in News
Clockwise from far left: Nick Galifianakis, Mort Drucker, Brian Crane, Doug Mahnke, Mark Anderson, Jeff Keane, Ann Telnaes and Juana Medina- (Clicky to Embiggen) Members of the National Cartoonists Society will be receiving the official brochure for the 2015 Reuben Award Weekend in their mailboxes in the next week or so. My cover art above. With it goes the announcements of the speaker lineup and special award winners: Mort Drucker– First recipient of the “NCS Medal of Honor”; Speaker Jeff Keane– Recipient of the NCS “Silver T-Square” for outstanding dedication to the Society Brian Crane– Reuben winning creator of the syndicated comic strip “Pickles”; speaker… READ MORE
