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February 26th, 2021 | Posted in News
I am a longtime member of the National Cartoonists Society, a 75 year old organization of professional cartoonists that has boasted members like Rube Goldberg, Milton Caniff, Jeff MacNelly, Charles Schulz, Jack Davis, Sergio Aragonés, Walt Kelly, Mort Drucker, Alex Raymond… well, way too many of the greatest of the greatest to list here. It’s a wonderful organization full of terrific and super talented people. The NCS will be hosting a virtual “NCS Open House/Meet & Greet” tonight at 7:00pm EST via Zoom. Here’s their brief description about it: Join fellow cartoonists to learn about the NCS, hear from some of our current members, and… READ MORE
February 25th, 2021 | Posted in News
Yet another major company that should know better is conducting another of those online “art contests”, where they invite artists to create visual pieces of art for “a chance to win $$$” and of course to have your work recognized by “really important people”. This time it’s Universal Pictures, and they want artists to create a new horror character to go along with their famous line-up of horror/monsters for a chance to win $10,000 and to have your work “recognized by a panel of visionary Hollywood filmmakers and creatives”. And, of course, like all of these “contests” this is part of the rules: BY SUBMITTING… READ MORE
February 23rd, 2021 | Posted in General
Just a reminder that you have about two weeks or so to get your birthday wishes for Al Jaffee‘s 100th birthday to MAD Art Director Emeritus Sam Viviano. Sam hasn’t set a deadline but he needs time to put all of this together, so I’d suggest you make sure your cards, letters, fruitcakes, or fresh fish arrive by Wed, March 10th. That’s only TWO WEEKS from tomorrow! What are you waiting for, clod… a furshlugginer invitation? READ MORE
February 12th, 2021 | Posted in News
Yesterday my pal and writer extraordinaire Mark Evanier shared the not exactly unexpected news that the Wondercon 2021 comic convention will not take place as a live three day event in Anaheim CA as previously scheduled March 26-28th, but will be a two day virtual event instead on Friday and Saturday, March 26 and 27, 2021. Again, not exactly a shocker, but I believe this will be the first major comic book convention that has seen its in-person event cancelled TWICE since the pandemic began. I fear it won’t be the last. I would have attended Wondercon as I usually do, so I am planning… READ MORE
February 9th, 2021 | Posted in News
Former MAD art director and longtime MAD artist Sam Viviano announced his “The Jaffee Project” last week, which is a little something he’s graciously put together to celebrate the great Al Jaffee‘s upcoming 100th birthday on March 13th. Given the pandemic, we can’t very well do this the way we’d like, with a Times Square parade, so Sam thought some ingenuity was required. Sam’s idea was to give everyone a place to send their birthday wishes to Al, and then Sam will put them together and schlep them over to Al’s place. I have a feeling Sam may need to rent a Uhaul from the… READ MORE
February 5th, 2021 | Posted in News
Next month is Al Jaffee‘s 100th birthday, which doesn’t come around too often… for anybody, let alone one of the world’s greatest cartoonists. To celebrate, longtime MAD artist and former MAD art director Sam Viviano is putting together a little project for AL. This from Sam’s Instagram feed: SPECIAL POST! Next month. Al Jaffee, dean of MAD’s Usual Gang of Idiots, will observe his 100th birthday. Yes, Al Jaffee, creator of the Fold-In, “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” and more insane inventions than you can count, will be 100 years old on March 13. In normal times, we’d throw a huge party for Al, and… READ MORE
February 2nd, 2021 | Posted in News
You think we’re funy? Funny how, exactly? Don’t make us borrow another one of mom’s kitchen utensils! As promised, here’s the full image of the opening splash from Desmond Devlin and my spoof of the classic gangster movie “Goodfellas” (you can find a larger version exclusively on Bleedingcool.com). There’s more of this to come, long with 11 other parodies of movies MAD never got around to doing in our upcoming book CLAPTRAP. If you haven’t already pre-ordered you copy, you can do that in our Indiegogo Indemand store! READ MORE
February 1st, 2021 | Posted in News
Do you find all our teaser images leading up to the big reveal of another movie parody opening splash page from Desmond Devlin and my upcoming book, CLAPTRAP funny? Do we amuse you? Funny how, exactly? Look for Bleeding Cool to release the exclusive first full look tomorrow! READ MORE
