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March 14th, 2014 | Posted in News
Remember back in August some idiot started a rumor online that MAD Magazine legend Jack Davis had passed away? Well, not only is Jack happily still among the living, the guy is still doing work! The image above is his art for the cover of a new Sex Clark Five CD! I know what you are thinking… they still make CDs? Well they DO, smartass. According to the press release this is Jack’s first album cover art in 24 years, and back then they still made ALBUMS. It appears the people behind the band understand the significance of having Jack Davis do your album cover… READ MORE
March 14th, 2014 | Posted in News
I have been remiss in not promoting the wonderful SpringCon Comic Book “Celebration” taking place this year on May 17th and 18th in St. Paul, MN. I’ll be there, along with 250 comics creators, lots of dealers, panels and other fun stuff. For those who lament the comics conventions of today are much more about movies and other media than actual comics, this one has a truly classic feel like the cons of old. Plus, Minnesotans are so glad the %*&$^# winter is over by then that we are all unusually cheerful and fun to be around. This volunteer group has been putting on Minnesota… READ MORE
March 4th, 2014 | Posted in News
We interrupt the sharing of potentially useful or entertaining content on this blog for some shameless huckstering! This past weekend I added a bunch of original art for sale in The Studio Store. Included are some not so cheap original pages from MAD, but also a few relatively cheap sketches. Well… okay… it’s ALL overpriced but that goes without saying. The MAD pages are from the parody of “The Avengers”, and this pencil drawing that was then digitally colored for the “MAD 20” piece “Abysmal House”: Among those sketches for sale are both my recent “sketch o’the week” drawings of: John Hurt Peter Capaldi Meryl… READ MORE
February 28th, 2014 | Posted in News
The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning is back with real cartoonists as featured guests as opposed to the poser they had last year. Well, it’s back but it could sure use your help: [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/87380865[/vimeo] From their Indiegogo campaign page: The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning is a 3 day festival, in Kenosha Wisconsin, from September 25th through September 27th of 2014. There will be live presentations, workshops, a gallery show, panel discussions, and community outreach by some of the nation’s top cartoonists.¬¨‚ĆWe are asking for a total of $10,000 – this amount will allow us to mount two spectacular gallery shows of original comic art, cover the… READ MORE
February 28th, 2014 | Posted in News
Clicky to Embiggen… Comic book art legend Stan Sakai and his family are currently struggling to deal with the costs and challenges related to the health of his wife Sharon, who is fighting a brain tumor and needs constant medical care. The Comic Art Professionals Society (CAPS), a Southern California sister organization of the NCS, is organizing a benefit auction and the printing of a book, with all proceeds going to the Sakai’s. They have asked cartoonists to do their take on Stan’s classic comic character Usagi Yojimbo, and it’s that original art that will be auctioned off and will be in the book. My… READ MORE
February 27th, 2014 | Posted in News
From the NCS Website: NCS membership nomination voting has been tabulated, and the nominees for the 2013 Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” are: Wiley Miller Stephan Pastis Hilary Price Mark Tatulli ________________________________ Wiley Miller is the creator of Non Sequitur, a daily comic strip syndicated by Universal UClick. Started in 1992, Non Sequitur has been honored with four National Cartoonists Society Divisional Awards, including Best Newspaper Comic Strip in 1992, and Best Newspaper Panel in 1995, 1996 and 1998. It was the first comic strip to win in its first year of syndication and the only title to ever win both the… READ MORE
February 20th, 2014 | Posted in News
Clicky to Embiggen… Roughly left to right: Tom Gammill, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Greg Evans, Eddie Pittman, Sandra Bell-Lundy, Russ Heath, Bunny Hoest Carpenter, John Reiner, Suzy Spafford, Chris Houghton. The lineup for the speakers for the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards Weekend was just released: From the NCS Website Eddie Pittman– Animator, illustrator, creator of the online graphic novel Red’s Planet Chris Houghton– Animator, comic artist, illustrator, 2009 winner of the NCSF Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Greg Evans– 2003 Reuben Award winning creator of the syndicated comic strip Luann. Suzy Spafford– Creator of Suzy’s Zoo, greeting card/product/licensing entrepenuer Sandra Bell-Lundy– Creator of the syndicated comic… READ MORE
February 15th, 2014 | Posted in News
The Studio Store is finally back up and running, and with that I’m running a sale on signed copies of The Mad Art of Caricature! That’s right… you can order a signed copy for only $20 plus shipping. That’s cheaper than Amazon, and it’s signed! Also on sale is the “Signed copy with a drawing of Alfred E. Neuman”, which is the corresponding $4.95 off. So, if you don’t have a copy of my book and you’ve always wanted one, save a couple of bucks while the sale is on! READ MORE
