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December 16th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
WIRED online reported today that the great Jack Davis, who turned 90 years old earlier this month, has announced he’s retiring from producing work. Jack has slowed down considerably from the days when you basically could not open a magazine, look at a movie poster or see an ad anywhere without it featuring his art, but he has still been doing work for clients like the University of Georgia, various golf and sports magazines and the like recently. Jack claims his work is no longer up to his standards: It’s not that the iconic 90-year-old cartoonist can’t draw anymore…he just can’t meet his own standards.… READ MORE
November 28th, 2014 | Posted in News
It’s Black Friday and the Studio Store has a special deal on all our prints… today only! Get one of our Limited Edition Batman prints “Bats in the Belfrey”: or one of our Limited Edition Sherlock Holmes print “The Game is Afoot!”: for the low, low price of $19.99 (regularly $25)! That’s more that 20% off… perfect for that Batman or Sherlock fan you know and love. But we aren’t stopping there! Back by popular demand are a limited number of our sold-out 2013 Doctor Who print “The Doctor is In”: While the original Limited Edition of 450 prints is long sold out, we still… READ MORE
November 25th, 2014 | Posted in News
The comic book world is in mourning today. The wonderfully talented and equally wonderful person, comic book icon Stan Sakai, finally lost his wife Sharon today after a long battle with a brain tumor. Stan and Sharon were like rays of sunshine whenever you ran into them at a comic con or a cartoonist event. I would be hard pressed to think of anyone on this planet that deserved any form of heartbreak or sadness less than the Sakais. This year the comic’s industry came together to help support Stan, Sharon and their family with a fundraising auction and a book full of tribute art… READ MORE
November 20th, 2014 | Posted in News
I’ll be a special guest this weekend at the Grand Rapids Comic Con in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The show runs from Fri the 21st through Sunday the 23rd at the Deltaplex, 2500 Turner Ave. NW. I’ll be doing a talk on caricature on Saturday the 22nd at 10:30 am: Saturday Nov. 22nd- Main Stage 10:30 to 11:30 am Tom Richmond, “The MAD World Of Caricatures”: Join MAD Magazine artist Tom Richmond for a fun and informative presentation about¬¨‚Ćthe art of caricature! Tom got his start in art doing caricatures in theme parks in¬¨‚Ć1985 while a college student, and parlayed that into a career doing caricature… READ MORE
November 18th, 2014 | Posted in News
In March of 1995 I opened a caricature art concession operation at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Mo. We started out with a single location, eventually expanded to two locations, added airbrush T-Shirts (which I eventually sold my stake in to my airbrush business partner Kent Lind), and spent the next 20 seasons drawing Six Flags customers. After returning from Dallas from the North Texas Comic Con, I got right back on a plane and went to St. Louis. After arriving, I picked up a rental truck, rolled out to Six Flags, packed up all the equipment and stuff from my two caricature locations… READ MORE
November 15th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Come see MAD Magazine’s David Degrand, Annie Gaines Ashton, Garth Gerhart, Kit Lively and myself today at the North Texas Comic Book Show at the Doubletree Hotel, 2015 Market Center Blvd, Dallas, TX 75207 (just off I-35 near Medieval Times and behind The Hilton Anatole). Admission is only $7.00 (CHEAP). I’ll have my usual plethora of books, prints, original MAD art and will be doing disappointing but overpriced caricatures and sketches. As always, anyone who brings me a Monster Ultra Zero energy drink (the white can) gets a free “Alfred as Batman” drawing (big deal)! See you there! READ MORE
November 7th, 2014 | Posted in News
“YEEEEE-HAW?” Next weekend I will be in Dallas Texas to be a guest at the Saturday-only North Texas Comic Book Show, which is doing a special “MAD” event with guest artists and writers from the magazine. Joining me will be cartoonist David DeGrand, who does the features “Ain’t Life DeGrand” and “Patience Man” in MAD‘s “The Fundalini Pages” and “The Strip Club” sections respectively, “Bitterman” cartoonist Garth Gerhart, writer Kit Lively, who has contributed to “The Fundalini Pages” and “The Strip Club” as well as other features, and the special guest of honor Annie Gaines Ashton! Annie is the widow of MAD founder and publisher… READ MORE
November 4th, 2014 | Posted in News
The Winsor Newton Series 7 watercolor brush is considered by many comic artists, myself included, to be the best inking brush available. I’ve tried other brushes, including both synthetic and natural hair, and none I’ve found are comparable. Series 7s have a tremendous “snapping” quality that allow the brush to keep its shape and point, and return right back to it, with vigorous use. They resist splitting and last for a long time with proper care. Unfortunately, they have become very hard to get in the U.S. thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and something called the Convention on International Trade in Endangered… READ MORE
