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June 28th, 2018 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
This week’s illustration throwback is a look at some of the illustrations I have done for comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham of his character “Achmed the Dead Terrorist”. Most of these were used for various products like T-shirts and posters sold at his shows. Some are available on his website. This one was done for a game app Jeff did called “Achmed’s Bombsweeper”. READ MORE
June 27th, 2018 | Posted in General
Gabrielle, home in MN and recovering with newly deputized therapy dog Dr. Watson First, a recap: On Tuesday, June 12th the Richmond family had a bad scare when our youngest daughter Gabrielle (okay she’s 24, but she’d still my baby girl) who lives and works in Orlando FL was rushed to the ER via ambulance after multiple instances of losing consciousness amid sudden alarming amounts of blood in her stool. She was in critical condition when she arrived at the closest ER, where they said she was turning blue from blood loss and had a hemoglobin level of 5 g/dl (normal is 11-13… anything below… READ MORE
June 21st, 2018 | Posted in News
Speaking of comic cons, I’ll be appearing as a special guest at the Tampa Bay Comic Con, Aug 3-5th at the Tampa Convention Center. I’ll have loads of crap to sell, and will be doing commissions and caricatures as always. If you are attending, stop in and say hello! READ MORE
June 20th, 2018 | Posted in General
I have been overwhelmed with our family health crisis and trying to get caught up with deadlines… I am not sure when blogging will continue here. Next week sometime. READ MORE
June 19th, 2018 | Posted in General
This form letter went out to San Diego Comic-Con exhibitors last week: Comic-Con takes the issue of copyright infringement very seriously. Exhibitors who violate copyright law run the risk of legal action, up to and including, arrest and prosecution. Comic-Con does not knowingly allow the sale of unlicensed or copyright infringing merchandise, including art, books, music, videos and other copyrighted materials. At our discretion we will cooperate with all law enforcement agencies, the MPAA, the RIAA and other copyright holders to enforce their copyright(s). If you are unsure whether or not material you have is unlicensed, or otherwise illegal, we suggest that you do not… READ MORE
June 18th, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
Poor Rick Meyerowitz… his classic illustration for the Animal House movie poster might be the most parodied movie poster ever. MAD got in on the action with this spoof of that famous movie poster that also lampooned our dysfunctional government. This was part of MAD‘s “Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2013” from MAD #525. Written by Jay Rath. My pencil rough and final pencil below (this never got inked… I stuck with pencil to get the Meyerowitz look and added the color digitally): READ MORE
June 17th, 2018 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Being self-employed, what have you done about medical insurance? Have you found affordable medical insurance with decent coverage? It is something we all need. A: Believe it or not, I wrote the post below a week ago, before my self-employed daughter had her sudden medical crisis without having any health coverage. Since then this hits home a lot more… in fact some of the sentences I wrote below are downright spooky in the light of my daughter’s current situation. I have been self-employed for about 30 years now, and getting affordable health insurance has always been a challenge… and it keeps getting harder and… READ MORE
June 15th, 2018 | Posted in News
Tuesday, June 19th marks the 40th birthday of everyone’s favorite lasagna-loving, Monday-hating cat. Garfield and friends are celebrating with a new book entitled Age Happens: Garfield Hits the Big 4-0 from Ballantine Books. The full color book features a collection of classic strips, fan art, and a foreword by the Pulitzer Prize–winning creator of Hamilton! (and lifelong Garfield lover) Lin-Manuel Miranda. It also features a section of birthday wishes from guest cartoonists, of which one is me (see above). The book will be released Tuesday, on the anniversary of Garfield’s first appearance. You can pre-order it here. READ MORE
