I’m at New York Comic Con through Sunday, and my “virtual” Artist’s Alley table will be open at the same time. Visit my virtual table here and order any of the commissions I only do at comic cons from the comfort of your couch… pants optional! READ MORE
Another sketch found in an old sketchbook. My daughter The Effervescent Gabrielle loved this commercial back in the day. I’m on my way to New York today where I get to see her at New York Comic Con, where she’ll be DJing to warm up the crowds at several major panels and on the main stage! READ MORE
Some news on the workshop front! Due to the continued unknowns of the pandemic, and because I was trying to concentrate my efforts on putting together my online video workshop, I have not scheduled any in-person workshops since 2020 (although I did a few makeup ones in 2021). Frankly after the nightmare that was 2020 and all the cancellations, postponements and re-postponements I was not planning on doing any or very few live workshops anymore, and that is still more or less the plan. However friend and fellow caricaturist Thomas Counts has been after me to do a workshop in his newly built private art… READ MORE
As if Monday’s weren’t bad enough, it’s time for another stop on the chronological crawl through my work for MAD Magazine! Today’s look back is another of those “Backstage” features, this time skewering the animated TV show “Family Guy”. “MAD‘s Exclusive Backstage Tour of the Family Guy” was written by David Richards and first appeared in MAD #458, Oct 2005. This was a very interesting job for a “behind the scenes” reason. Writer “David Richards” is a pseudonym for another writer who had a connection to the actual show, which is why he used a pseudonym. I’m not going to “out” him here because it’s… READ MORE
Q: Now that you are an established comic artists with a good rep, how useful are societies and guilds and the like? Is it just for fun and networking or do they have your back when times get tough? I was shocked to hear that comic book artists don’t have a union. Should they have one? A: There is no real “union” for comics artists, but there are a number of different professional industry organizations, trade unions, guilds, and societies, that pertain to comic book artists/cartoonists. They range from professional networks to social clubs to organized representation. Visual arts being such a varied field with… READ MORE
One week from today, it’s the return of in-person comic cons with New York Comic Con, which runs from Oct 7th-10th! The Lovely Anna and I will be manning a booth in Artist’s Alley for the first time since Feb 2020, when we appeared at C2E2 in Chicago and COVID-19 was just beginning to rear its ugly head. We are looking forward to doing a live show again! If you can’t make it to NYCC, never fear. This year I’ll also be conducting a simultaneous “Virtual Artist’s Alley” booth here on my website. Starting at 10 am on October 7th and ending at 5 pm… READ MORE
Still under the gun with deadlines this week, so no time for a new sketch today. Instead, here’s a look at an inked version of a sketch of Jackie Gleeson from a month or so ago. Someone commissioned it after missing out on the sketch. I’ve been doing a lot of inking this week, so I working it up in between waiting for wet pages to dry. This is mostly crow quill pen and ink, with some #2 brushwork as well. READ MORE
In a little over two weeks the National Cartoonists Society will conduct NCSFest 2021, once again taking place virtually on their website NCSFEST.com. This year will be another collaboration with The Lakes International Comic Arts Festival, which is going on simultaneously on the other side of the pond in Kendall, UK. There will be a lot of fun programming, with panels and presentations galore… some featuring yours truly. The NCS Reuben awards are intertwined into the festival, so those honors will be bestowed including THE Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year”. So, mark your calendars but don’t worry about wearing any formalwear… or… READ MORE
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