Today’s Monday MADness is a look at the pencil roughs, final pencils ( of the splash at least… a rare occurrence as I seldom scan my final pencils in before inking) and the colored final art from the Dick DeBartolo penned parody of “Extreme Home Makeover” from issue #460, December 2005. Yikes, I used to over-paint my work. Everyone looks so shiny! Clicky any to Embiggen… READ MORE
This is one of the most frequently asked questions I get, so every year or two I repost this mailbag answer, with updates as needed: Q: How much should I charge for an illustration? A: I get individual e-mails occasionally asking for advice on what to charge on this project or that kind of job, and the problem is that the question in basically unanswerable. It is always “that depends”. One mistake a lot of people make in the beginning is charging based on how much time it takes to do an illustration. You need to understand that you are not actually selling the client… READ MORE
Well, a surprise to me anyway… and I drew the damn thing! The Chicago Tribune website ran a story this week from the Post-Tribune of North Indiana, about about MAD‘s doing a spoof of “A Christmas Story” in issue #5, ostensibly for the film’s 35th anniversary (although that was just a coincidence I think, MAD just wanted to do a classic Christmas film for the holiday issue). Jean Shepherd, on whose writings the film was based, was originally from nearby Hammond, Indiana. I learned something interesting from the article. The above panel was from a scene in the film inside the department store, where Ralphie’s… READ MORE
Here are a few more of the limited “Christmas Commissions” I did earlier this month. Most people won’t recognize anyone depicted but some of these had some fun bodies/themes. Maybe I’ll do something like this again next year! There were others but I didn’t scan them all, nor did I think it appropriate to post them all… not all people would want it posted. These above were either done for or were of fellow caricaturists I know or were posted online by the owners of the art. READ MORE
The last Sketch o’the Week of 2018… Sir Elton John! Original sketch available in the Studio Store, in case you didn’t get enough presents for Christmas. READ MORE
Happy holidays to all, whatever you celebrate at this time of year! READ MORE
Considering I sort of did three parodies in the first issue of the New MAD, I guess I need to choose three favorite panels. The one above is one of my favorites from the “Star Bores: Half Assed Jedi” parody, written by Desmond Devlin. The two below were some of the more fun ones from “Starchie: Reconstituted” and “Riverdull”, both written by Ian Boothby. READ MORE
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