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November 22nd, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
If you are a fan of MAD‘s Spy vs. Spy, or know someone who is, put Spy vs. Spy: Omnibus on your Christmas list. 10 years ago, MAD put out Spy vs. Spy: The Complete Casebook, which features all 247 Spy vs. Spy’s Antonio Prohias did for MAD, plus all the other articles he wrote/drew for the magazine as well as essays, interviews, preliminaries and sketches, his early Pre-MAD work and a bunch more fun stuff. It’s a great book, but one aspect of it was disappointing… many of the Spy vs Spy strips were printed much smaller than the originally appeared (about 25%…as in… READ MORE
November 22nd, 2011 | Posted in News
The Biography Channel will be airing Jeff Dunham: The Birth of a Dummy tonight at 8 PM/7 PM Central, during which Jeff is going to talk about the creation of one of his newest characters and (I’m told) my role in that process. Try and catch it! READ MORE
November 18th, 2011 | Posted in News
Art by John Martz The deadline approaches… STOP PROCRASTINATING! If you are an art student/college student interesting in cartooning, send in your submissions for the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship today! : Jay Kennedy Scholarship The annual Jay Kennedy Scholarship, in memory of the late King Features editor, was funded by an initial $100,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation/King Features Syndicate and additional generous donations from Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Patrick McDonnell and many other prominent cartoonists. Submissions are adjudicated by a panel of top cartoonists and an award is given to the best college cartoonist. The recipient is feted at the annual NCS Reuben Awards… READ MORE
November 14th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
From left: Nick Meglin, myself, Paul Coker, Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis and Sam Viviano. Clicky to Embiggen. This past weekend I had the distinct privilege to participate in a gathering of some of the “Usual Gang of Idiots” (i.e. major contributors to MAD Magazine) hosted by the Southeast Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society and the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah Georgia. In attendance were long-time editor Nick Meglin, cartooning legends and members of the exclusive 50 year MAD contributor club, Paul Coker Jr., Jack Davis and Al Jaffee, soon to be member of that same club (next year) Sergio… READ MORE
November 11th, 2011 | Posted in News
I’m currently in Savannah, GA attending an event put together by the Southeast Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society and the Savannah College of Art and Design, featuring a gaggle of Idiots. No, not the cast of Jersey Shore. It’s a gathering of some of the “Usual Gang of Idiots”, as the contributors of MAD Magazine call themselves. As you can see from the list above, it includes some of the true greats from the magazines history, and also me. Some of the conference involves private seminars and workshops with SCAD students. I’ll be doing a workshop on caricature and participating in portfolio reviews, etc.… READ MORE
November 9th, 2011 | Posted in News
The cartooning world lost a true giant yesterday. Bil Keane, creator of The Family Circus, has passed away at age 89. I’ll never forget the first time I met Bil… In 1999, Anna and I attended our very first Reuben awards in San Antonio. I was a new member and basically knew no one, so we walked about wide-eyed seeing all the legendary cartoonists milling about like Charles Schulz, Jack Davis, Jeff MacNelly and many more. One of those legends I knew and admired the most was Bil Keane. “The Family Circus” was a staple in our home growing up, and while my cartooning tastes… READ MORE
November 4th, 2011 | Posted in News
Photo by David Folkman via NewsfromME.com Back on Oct. 29th, The Comic Art Professional Society (CAPS) had their annual gala dinner where they honor someone from the comic art world… this year’s honoree was the indefatigable and unfoldable Al Jaffee. I was not there to attend (gotta make it to one of those one of these days), so go to Mark Evanier‘s excellent blog to read all about it. READ MORE
November 3rd, 2011 | Posted in News
Art by John Martz It’s that time of year again! Time for all your college students interested in cartooning to send in your submissions for the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship! : Jay Kennedy Scholarship The annual Jay Kennedy Scholarship, in memory of the late King Features editor, was funded by an initial $100,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation/King Features Syndicate and additional generous donations from Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Patrick McDonnell and many other prominent cartoonists. Submissions are adjudicated by a panel of top cartoonists and an award is given to the best college cartoonist. The recipient is feted at the annual NCS Reuben Awards… READ MORE
