Tales From the Theme Park #14

Getting new, fresh samples on the walls of my theme park operations was always a challenge… especially since I spent most of my free time doing freelance work. So, since much of my freelancing had to do with caricature, I would often convert the caricatures I did for various jobs into samples for the parks. This sample of comedian Tom Green from 2002 is an example:

I had originally done that caricature for a job for MAD (#406, June 2001):

This led to the following exchange with a 10 year old kid out at the park:

Kid (looking at the sample on the wall): That’s Tom Green! Who drew that one?

Me: I did.

Kid: I saw that picture in an issue of MAD Magazine! YOU STOLE THAT DRAWING OUT OF MAD MAGAZINE!!!!

Me: I work for MAD Magazine. I originally did that for MAD.

Kid looks at me blankly, blinking several times for a few seconds.

Kid: “Yeah….. RIIIIIIGHT.” Walks way.

Me: …