February 24th, 2017 | Posted in General
Tomorrow is the 88th birthday of one of the greatest American cartoonists ever, the incredible Arnold Roth. I’ve been lucky to have been able to get to know Arnie and his delightful wife Caroline through the National Cartoonists Society, where he is a former President, winner of numerous awards including The Reuben Award in 1983, and fixture at the annual Reuben Awards Weekend. He’s a cartooning genius and one of the funniest people you will ever meet. Last October when we were in NYC for the New York Comic Con, we had a surprise 50th birthday party for The Lovely Anna at a bar and… READ MORE
February 14th, 2017 | Posted in General
Here’s the artwork I did for my London Workshop that took place back in December. It was a great group and we had a lot of fun! I’ve got workshops planned for here in MN as well as in Long Island City, NY and pending ones in Pittsburgh and Munich Germany this summer. Check out my Workshop page for all the details and to reserve your space! READ MORE
February 9th, 2017 | Posted in General
The Huffington Post published an exclusive sneak peek at Des Devlin and my piece in the next issue of MAD… “The Trump Family Circus”. Enjoy, and my apologies to my friend Jeff Keane. Some closer looks: Get the rest and much more in MAD #544, coming to a news stand near you soon! READ MORE
February 7th, 2017 | Posted in General
Just a few days ago my book The Mad Art of Caricature hit 200 reviews (actually 201 now) on Amazon. Its been on Amazon for about 5 years so that might not seem like a lot, but getting over 200 reviews is pretty great. The overwhelming majority are 4 or 5 stars and very complimentary, which is a lot better than “this sucked”. Of course, if you have a book on Amazon and want a good laugh just read some of the oddball negative reviews your book gets. Some of them are real head scratchers. Here are three negative reviews of my book: Shannon G:… READ MORE
January 27th, 2017 | Posted in General
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January 26th, 2017 | Posted in General
Took some time to find a date and suitable location but the Dallas/Ft. Worth area caricature workshop is on! The dates are Thursday March 2nd through Saturday March 4th, 2017. Visit this page for all the details and to reserve your spot! READ MORE
January 24th, 2017 | Posted in General
After being in existence for a long time, a blog will have a lot of back content that is buried so deep no one will ever see it unless they specifically search for it… and if they don’t know it’s there they can’t do that, can they? The MAD Blog is going on 11 years old, with almost 4,000 posts and there are a few articles that I am sure many new readers have missed that they would nevertheless be interested in reading. I used to have a page with links to past articles that were popular and of some importance of topic called “Posts… READ MORE
January 12th, 2017 | Posted in General
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