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November 26th, 2013 | Posted in News
Front row L to R: Steve Moore, Jeff Myers, Rick Kirkman, Marcus Hamilton. Back row L to R: Mason Mastroianni, Paul Combs, Jeff Keane, me The Lovely Anna and I spent this past weekend in beautiful Boise, ID, in support of one of the most unique and wonderful programs to help our wounded warriors in action today- The Wyakin Warriors Foundation. I wrote a bit about it last week before we left. A Wyakin is a Native American “spirit guide” that legend says appears to a young warrior during a rite of passage where he is left alone on a mountainside to await a vision.… READ MORE
November 22nd, 2013 | Posted in News
Artwork by Paul Combs The Lovely Anna and I are on our way to Boise, ID today to attend the 2nd annual Wyakin Warriors Guardian Ball, along with a gaggle of other cartoonists as seen in the illustration above, drawn by illustrator and my USO cartooning tour comrade Paul Combs. Attending this year are: Bill Amend (FoxTrot) Jeff Bacon (Broadside/Greenside) Todd Clark (Lola) Paul Combs¬¨‚Ć(Firefighter cartoonist) Marcus Hamilton (Dennis the Menace) Jeff Keane (The Family Circus) Rick Kirkman (Baby Blues) Mason Mastroianni (B.C.) Glenn McCoy (The Flying McCoys) Steve Moore (In the Bleachers) Jeff Myers¬¨‚Ć(The Simpsons) Moi The ball is a black tie affair/fundraiser for… READ MORE
November 19th, 2013 | Posted in News
The ribbon cutting!! The Lovely Anna and I attended the 2013 OSU Festival of Cartoon Art this past weekend in Columbus, OH. This is a triennial event and was extra-special this year because it was also the grand opening of the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, the new facility and home for OSU’s unmatched collection of original cartoon art, publications and books on cartooning. The weekend featured many terrific speakers including Jeff Smith, Matt Bors, Eddie Campbell, Stephan Pastis, Brian Bassett, Gilbert and Jamie Hernandez and Kazu Kibuishi. There was also a screening of the Dave Kellett/Fred Schroeder documentary on comic strips entitled… READ MORE
November 14th, 2013 | Posted in News
I get a fair number of emails from people asking me if I am ever going to do a DVD or a series of instructional videos on drawing caricatures. Well, the answer is “yes”, and the time frame is “very soon” now. Animator and comic artist extraordinaire Tom Bancroft just announced today the launch of the new art instruction website, TaughtByAPro.com, and I will be one of the instructors and will be doing a series of how-to-draw caricature video courses. Here’s the press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tom Bancroft, well known author and animator, has teamed up with Rich Lanam, an educational technology executive, to… READ MORE
November 10th, 2013 | Posted in News
Congratulations to “The Lockhorns” (among other things) Bunny Hoest and John Reiner, who will be honored with the prestigious National Cartoonists Society Gold Key Award at the annual Reuben Awards this May in San Diego! From the NCS Website: Cartooning legends Bunny Hoest and John Reiner will both be receiving the National Cartoonists Society’s prestigious Gold Key Award at the 68th Annual NCS Reuben Awards in May of 2014 in San Diego, CA. The Gold Key, awarded by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors, honors the recipients as members of the NCS Hall of Fame. Bunny Hoest is the writer of several cartoon… READ MORE
October 29th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Holy melanoma, Batman! Back in 2010 DC Comics, in an effort to integrate DC Entertainment more into the Time/Warner entertainment division, moved its digital and multi-media sections out to the Warner Bros. complex in Burbank, CA, but left the publishing end of DC Comics in the New York offices. At the time they said that the “New York publishing culture” was important to the division and that publishing operations would stay in NYC. At the time I said: “Good news for MAD, because I doubt many or any of the current staff would be too interested in relocating from NYC to Burbank. I’ve got nothing… READ MORE
October 15th, 2013 | Posted in News
In the next few weeks I’ll be doing a couple of talks/presentations and classes on caricature… on two different continents. ACA Stanley Awards- Oct 25th-27th, Coffs Harbour, Australia If you are “down under” aka in the wonderful country of Australia later this month I’ll be conducting a workshop on caricature and taking part in a panel on working for MAD along with fellow members of the “Usual Gang of Idiots”, Anton Emdin and D.J. Williams (editor of the Australian MAD). This will be part of the Australian Cartoonists Association‘s “Stanley Awards” weekend, this year being held in Coffs Harbour. This is not open to the… READ MORE
October 4th, 2013 | Posted in News
I’m making a rare appearance at one of the Midwest Comic Book Association’s twice-a-year comic cons here in Minnesota (I know… BIG DEAL). I feel a little guilty as I’m missing my NCS Chapter’s annual get together this weekend because I A. Just got back late last night from abroad and can’t possibly go anywhere father than 10 miles from my house this weekend (The meeting is in Sioux Falls). B. I have a wedding reception to go to Saturday night. C. I am off to Florida for a week next week and have 3 weeks of work to squeeze into the week as it… READ MORE
