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First 2019 Appearance!

March 5th, 2019 | Posted in General

It’s Dreaded Deadline Demon time for the foreseeable future. READ MORE

Monday MADness: Fav MAD#6 Panel #3!

March 4th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Here’s a peek at another favorite panel from MAD #6’s “Merry Poopins Goes to the White House” written by Ian Boothby. This one is from page 5. Why is it one of my favorites? Uh….. READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag- Racial Stereotyping?

March 3rd, 2019 | Posted in General

Q: I’d just like to get your take on recent news on CNN about the editorial cartoon satirical depiction of Serena Williams’ on court tantrums. My question is where do you draw the line from being funny to being racist especially when your target is a race other than Caucasian? A: This is a sensitive issue for caricaturists. Since you asked my opinion about this specific cartoon, we’ll start with that. Here’s the cartoon he’s talking about: “Specifically, concern was expressed that the cartoon depicted Ms Williams with large lips, a broad flat nose, a wild afro-styled ponytail hairstyle different to that worn by Ms.… READ MORE

Atlanta Workshop is Underway!

March 1st, 2019 | Posted in General

I’m in Atlanta, GA doing a workshop this weekend! Class illustration above. For those who are on the fence about doing one of these workshops, The one coming up in Minnesota in May could be a rare opportunity for some serious one-on-one time. Right now I have only three students signed up but as my expenses are so much less doing one here in my hometown, I’m going to do the workshop regardless of the number of students. So, there may be as few as three for the entire workshop class. Even if that number doubles there will still be only half the students I… READ MORE

Happy Birthday Bill Gaines!

March 1st, 2019 | Posted in General

Founding MAD publisher William M. (Bill) Gaines was born on this day in 1922. He would have been 97 today. I never got to meet Bill. He passed away June of 1992, 8 years before my first piece appeared in MAD. The list of current MAD contributors who worked with MAD during the Gaines era is getting small. Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Sergio and Des Devlin are still regulars. Rick Tulka, Paul Coker, and Sam Viviano have occasionally appeared in the last few years. There may be a few others I’m missing, but many like myself never even met him. READ MORE

Colorful Presidential Gallery!

February 28th, 2019 | Posted in General

Back in 2015 I did black and white, pencil caricatures of all 44 (then) presidents of the United States as centerpieces for the Washington DC Reuben Awards banquet tables. I made a poster out of them (no longer available I’m afraid). Since then I’ve sold the rights to use these images a few times for various clients, including a kids book that needed me to color them. I don’t recall ever posting the color versions, so here’s a gallery with them all, including Trump who was not part of the poster (Click on one to start the gallery feature): READ MORE

Full NCSFest Details and Tickets Released!

February 27th, 2019 | Posted in News

The NCSFest website just went live yesterday with details on the full lineup of special guests, panels and speakers, artists Alley and the Marketplace on Main St., The Family Zone on 5th and PCH, the Windows Trail, the giant comic strip drawing jam, multiple exhibits at the Arts Gallery, children’s book readings by the creators and other programming at the Huntington Beach Library, “The Great Zombie Walk” and more! All FREE to the public! You can also buy day and weekend passes for the premium events and programming taking place about 3/4 of a mile down the Pacific Coast Highway at the Hyatt Regency Resort.… READ MORE

A MAD #6 Favorite Panel: #2!

February 26th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Whoops, this was supposed to post next Monday! Oh well. Here’s my favorite panel from “Merry Poopins Visits the White House” from MAD #6. In case you missed them, here’s the splash and a panel from page 3. I liked this panel just because it’s the better of the caricatures I did of Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel Miranda. The filmmakers went out of their way to try and make Emily Blunt look a lot less like Emily Blunt in this film, so capturing her was difficult. Ordinarily she has these sleeply-lidded eyes with a pronounced dark bulge under them, and a kind of protruding… READ MORE