April 25th, 2016 | Posted in Monday MADness
Back in issue #428 (April 2003), MAD had me draw a two page feature entitled “MAD Sizes up the Oscars- Best Picture 2003″. Actually this was part of a longer feature that included “Best Actor” (Drew Friedman art) and “Best Actress” (Rick Tulka art), and was written by Greg Leitman, Barry Liebmann, Mike Snider and David Shayne. Here are the pencils roughs: And the finished spot artwork: Actually my first gag idea for the “Lord of the Rings” was this: But MAD made me redo it because this was their cover for that issue (art by Dale Stephanos): Cover image courtesy Doug Gilford ah well… READ MORE
April 24th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Looks like it’s that time again… no questions to answer in the mailbag. I actually only have to post this maybe once or twice a year, and only because many of the questions I get are repeats of ones I have answered more than once in the past (I’ve had this feature running for almost ten years, and this is the 468th “mailbag” post) or of the “please show me how to crosshatch” variety that are impossible to answer in a few paragraphs. It’s entirely possible that people have run out of questions. There are only so many questions people might have about freelancing, illustration,… READ MORE
April 22nd, 2016 | Posted in Freelancing
If you do caricatures as part of your illustration arsenal, election years become a busy time. I expect I’ll see quite a few political jobs for various clients over the next several months. Here’s a few images I did earlier this year for a client’s pitch of a 3D animated web series. READ MORE
April 21st, 2016 | Posted in General
Official news outlets are reporting that music superstar Prince died today at age 57. Having moved to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area in 1985 for college, I was here right when the Prince “Purple Rain” rocket was going full blast and he was literally the biggest name in music. Rumors abounded at the time that, despite being a very young mid-twenties, he had already written and recorded enough music stashed in his “vault” that he could release albums regularly for the rest of his life and not have to write another song. He played every instrument and created a sound that was a huge influence on… READ MORE
April 21st, 2016 | Posted in Tales from the Theme Park
Last Sunday’s mailbag reminded me of this story. When you work a theme park caricature stand you meet a lot of people. Every once and awhile I’ll get told I look like some celebrity. In the 80’s when I was just a kid I heard John Travolta quite a bit. Jon Cryer from “16 Candles” a lot as well. Once I got into my late 20’s early 30’s the one I got all the time was Paul Rieser. In fact, here’s an example of one of the more forgettable ones: I’m in my mid 30’s drawing at Valleyfair one summer day when two really good… READ MORE
April 20th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
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April 19th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, here’s a little sneak peek at the monster 9 pager I drew in the lastest issue of MAD, written by David Richards. Whaddya mean you want to read all the jokes and gags in the word boxes? What do you think this is, a furshlugginer library? Go out and buy the issue, clod! READ MORE
April 18th, 2016 | Posted in General
In subscribers mailboxes, comic book shops and via digital now, and on news stands tomorrow!!: Cover (Tom Richmond) Letters and Tomatoes (Ed.) The Fundalini Pages (Jeff Kruse, John Martz, Matt Lassen, Tom Hart, Rick Tulka, Mike Leow, Evan Waite, Kevin Pope, Kenny Keil, Stephen Silver, Bob Staake, Shannon Wheeler, Dick Debartolo, Ward Sutton, P.C. Vey, Josh Mecouch, Anton Emdin) The Trumpalini Pages (Artist: Hermann Mejia) Star Bores: The Snores Awaken (David Richards, Tom Richmond) A MAD Look at Man Caves (Sergio Aragonés, colorist: Jim Campbell) Chilling Thoughts (Desmond Devlin, Jonathan Edwards) Obama’s Gray Hairs (Desmond Devlin, Sam Sisco) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) The Darker… READ MORE
