Elvis was a big hit the other week, so I’m going to continue with the “Million Dollar Quartet” with this one of Jerry Lee Lewis! As always, the original sketch is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
I’ll be at C2E2 at McCormick Place South in Artist’s Ally at booth number O13 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with my booth babe The Lovely Anna! I’ve got some of the usual crap and some new crap to hawk. Here’s what you’ll find at my booth: Signed copies of my book “The Mad Art of Caricature” Signed copies of MAD Comic-Con exclusive caricatures and commissions- I only do this sort of thing at comic cons. Much less expensive than my studio commissions. Comic-Con exclusive MAD #538 Sketch Cover!- I have 18 of these right now… get ’em while they last! Assorted MAD books (signed) Comic-Con… READ MORE
Okay so this wasn’t a MAD job but in honor of Al Jaffee’s 95th birthday yesterday I thought I’d share this ad job from 2007 that was based on Al’s icon “MAD Fold-In”. This job was for Hardee’s restaurants, and was art for an ad promotion for their newest sandwich offering… the “Philly Cheesesteak Thickburger”. It is a giant hamburger topped with cheesesteak fixings on one bun… not for a light lunch. The ad was supposed to be like a MAD “Fold-In” concept… something I’ve seen other companies like Dodge do in the past so I knew it was not unprecedented. The thing that concerned… READ MORE
I’m forgoing the Sunday Mailbag today to wish a happy 95th birthday to the great Al Jaffee. The words “legendary” and “genius” get thrown around an awful lot these days, but if there is anyone in the world of cartooning to whom these words truly apply it would be Al. MAD Magazine has had many artists work for them whose level of talent and skill have been off the charts. Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Don Martin… the list keep on going. Some were incredible visual artists like Drucker, Wood, and Davis, some were unique combinations of written and visual… READ MORE
If you are near the Twin Cities, come out and see me at the Sound+Vision MN Pop Culture Collectibles show today! I’ll be at the Valley Creek Mall from 9 am-3pm drawing caricatures and doing sketches, plus I’ll have my usual bevy of prints, books, copies of MAD‘s and some original MAD art for sale. It’s free admission and free parking! Plus they have an ACE Hardware store so you can pick up that drywall spackle you’ve been meaning to get to fix the dent in your hallway. READ MORE
Crazy busy right now so here’s a quick look at a finished inked page from the humorous zombie comic “Z-People” I am doing for a company called Sitcomics. It’s a super sized 45 pages. The comic will be out this summer. READ MORE
For a couple of years I did regular illustrations for Penthouse that were used for a column written by rocker Dave Navarro. The column was a tongue-in-cheek sex advice sort of thing… mostly for humorous effect. The column stopped printing late last year. Here’s a look at all of the Dave Navarro art I did for them: READ MORE
Serious deadline issues this week, no time to do any sketching. Here’s a flashback SotW from waaaaay back near the beginning of this blog, November of 2006… Sacha Baron Cohen from “Borat”. READ MORE
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