These were a series of spot illustrations I did for a magazine called Fade In (now long defunct) back in 2005. The article was about famous Hollywood blunders, embarrassments, or scandals. Pee Wee‘s Engorged Adventure was just one of them. Here’s some of the others… frankly I can’t remember the exact specifics of each one: READ MORE
This isn’t really a SotW, but one of the special “Christmas Commissions” I did early this month. Most of those pieces were caricatures of those who bought them or their friends/family, so posting those is kind of pointless since most readers won’t know what the subjects look like. However a few people asked me to do celebrities. This one is of Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen and Billy Joel, and was one of my favorites I did. If you are curious it was done on Strathmore 300 smooth bristol using brush pens and Copic markers, with a touch of colored pencil and white paint. READ MORE
The National Cartoonists Society has just announced a 2nd wave of guest creators for the inaugural NCSFest in Huntington Beach, CA May 17-19th, 2019! The current, updated guest list includes: Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) Lalo Alcaraz (La Cucharacha), Jerry Van Amerongen (Ballard Street) Sergio Aragonés (Groo, MAD magazine) Pénélope Bagieu (Brazen), Ed Brubaker (Criminal, The Fade Out) Daniel Clowes (Eightball, Ghost World) Cathy Guisewite (Cathy) Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (Love and Rockets) Rick Kirkman, Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott (Baby Blues and Zits) Patrick McDonnell (Mutts) Luke McGarry (Sad Chewie, MAD magazine) Bill Morrison (Yellow Submarine, MAD magazine) Sean Phillips (Criminal, The Fade Out)… READ MORE
Nicole from the Perfect Bound Podcast reviews MAD‘s latest kid’s book parody Don’t Let the Penguin Drive the Batmobile. Spoiler…she likes it: READ MORE
Here’s a look at a very early piece of mine from MAD #412, Dec 2001, written by Desmond Devlin. The original digital files from this one are long gone to that great hard drive in the sky. Clicky to embiggen image. READ MORE
Q: I’ve drawn and doodled for most of my life; 37 years. When it comes to caricatures, I struggle to draw features that have likeness to the reference feature. I understand your methods on how to exaggerate (T for eyes and nose, feature separation and proportions) but I guess I struggle to see a nose, for instance, and draw it with likeness. How do you reference a feature, and know exactly how to draw it with likeness and exaggeration? All of your caricatures have distinctive features that are used with that subject only. You don’t copy/paste and tweak a nose from your mental archive, its… READ MORE
MAD posted the complete second page of the parody of “A Christmas Story” on their website and social media yesterday, so here’s a look! Words by Desmond Devlin! READ MORE
I finally found a venue and a way to make a workshop in Amsterdam work, so it’s officially on for June 22-23rd, 2019 at the fabulous DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station, right in the heart of Amsterdam!! This will be a little different than my usual workshops. I found it VERY expensive to book a space in Amsterdam, so I have reduced the number of days from 2 1/2 (Friday afternoon, Sat and Sun) to only the weekend. The workshop will go from 10am-6pm on Saturday June 22 and 10am to 5 pm on Sunday, June 23. That’s a reduction of 5 hours of… READ MORE
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