February 18th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In subscribers mailboxes for a week or so already, on newsstands everywhere tomorrow and in comic book shops and digital (maybe… your guess is as good as mine) this week! Cover (M. Wartella) Merry Poopins Goes to the White House (Ian Boothby, Tom Richmond) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) Let’s have Fun with a Hospital Visit! (Teresa Burns Parkhurst) Frosty the Snowperson (Jon Adams) If You See Something, Say Something (Stan Sinberg) The Wisenheim Museum (William Wray) Modern Steps to Make It Official (Casey Boyd & Allie Goertz, A Person) A MAD Look at the Future (Sergio Aragonés, Colors: Tom Luth) The Potrzebie of Love… READ MORE
February 17th, 2019 | Posted in General
Q: I usually hate having to ink anything because it never looks as good as my pencils. How did you learn to ink, and why did you choose the tools you use? A: I’d like to preface this answer by saying I do not consider myself a very good inker. I’d categorize myself as “competent”. I don’t ink enough (i.e. daily) to gain the kind of natural ease with inks you need to be an exceptional inker. My inking is often still an exercise in controlled frustration. I had not done much inking prior to my starting with MAD. With the exception of a couple… READ MORE
February 15th, 2019 | Posted in General
… otherwise known as “Damage Control Day” for everyone who forgot yesterday was Valentine’s Day. READ MORE
February 14th, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This was a rather obscure subject for a warmup, suggested by one of the artists at my workshop this past weekend in Las Vegas: charater actor Raynor Scheine. READ MORE
February 13th, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s another “Workshop Warmup” from this past weekend’s class in Las Vegas: Marie Kondo! READ MORE
February 12th, 2019 | Posted in General
I just got back from teaching another caricature workshop, this time in Las Vega$, so it’s time for another round of “Workshop Warmups!” On the second day of the class, we start out by doing three or four warmup sketches where I have the class suggest subjects, I search for an image to work from, and we all spend 10 minutes doing a quick caricature study of each. Here’s one from this past weekend, embattled Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam. I was tempted to do him in blackface, but my better nature triumphed. By the way, I project what you see above on a large… READ MORE
February 11th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Comedian Tom Green is sort of back in the public eye right now being a contestant on “Celebrity Big Brother”. Coincidentally he appeared in my favorite panel from my very first MAD job… the first assigned to me that is. It was actually the sixth feature I drew that saw print in the magazine. MAD would sometimes give a kind of “test” assignment to new artists. You got paid for it and everything, but the subject was usually an “evergreen” piece, meaning it could be run anytime as it was not of a timely nature (thus “evergreen”). This was from “MAD‘s Cable TV Viewing Odds”… READ MORE
February 10th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I realize you draw your word balloons directly onto your art boards so you know where your art fits and how much space the word balloons will take up. Does MAD send you the blocks of type? Or do you take the script and break it down yourself? Do they tell you what dialogue goes in each panel – or do you have some leeway in how the story dialogue is broken down? And lastly, what font does MAD Magazine use in these parodies? A: The MAD staff does all the editing and production on the movie and TV parodies. They start by editing… READ MORE
