MAD Magazine
October 10th, 2022 | Posted in MAD Magazine
There’s no place like Monday! There’s no place like Monday! It’s time for another trip over the rainbow with another look back at my work for MAD. Today we drop in on one of the most unique pieces I ever did for the magazine. Is it a movie parody? Yes.. sort of. Is it a political piece? Yes, definitely. Does it contain a ridiculous number of caricatures of political reporters, commentators and satirists? That would be a big “you betcha”. We are not in Kansas anymore! Desmond Devlin wrote this six pager called “The Wizard of O” for MAD #505, Oct 2010. This was a… READ MORE
October 4th, 2022 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I haven’t done one of these for two years because… why ? MAD is almost all reprinted classic material these days. Not this issue, though! There are a number of new pieces in MAD #28 (aka MAD #578, Dec 2022) to celebrate the magazine’s 70th anniversary! This issue officially released today, and while MAD is usually only available by subscription and in comic book shops, this issue is available at Barnes & Noble. Cover: Mark Fredrickson, Suzy Hutchinson (writer) Weird Al Loves Wacky Jaffee- “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Plain Ed” Steckley MAD Reader– Harvey Kurtzman, Basil Wolverton (MAD #11, May 1954) The MAD “Effluent Society” Pollution… READ MORE
October 3rd, 2022 | Posted in MAD Magazine
It’s Monday! That means it’s time to race headlong into another look back at the car wreck that was my work for MAD Magazine. This week’s MADness is a look back at a three pager my CLAPTRAP cohort Desmond Devlin and I did for MAD #504, August 2010. Back then Toyota was in some hot water for an “unexplained acceleration” issue with their card that resulted in a lawsuit and investigation. This was a play on that with the Toy Story gang. Originally I just did a movie poster spoof that was a little different than the above for the MAD website, but then they expanded it into a short story for… READ MORE
September 28th, 2022 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, here’s one more close up sneak peek of a part of the splash page from Desmond Devlin and my new movie spoof in the 70th anniversary issue of MAD, due out Oct. 4. Yes, that’s Des and me making a cameo! MAD let the bat out of the bag (!!) last week and told everyone the movie is “The Batman”. Look for it along with a number of other new pieces by the likes of Dick DeBartolo, Sergio Aragonés, Sam Viviano, John Ficarra, Tom Bunk, Peter Kuper, Johnny Sampson, and special guests “Weird Al” Yankovic (with Ed Steckley art) and Jordan Peele (with… READ MORE
September 20th, 2022 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD just announced the details of their 70th anniversary issue, due to drop on October 4th. MAD #28 is being designated the official 70th anniversary issue of MAD, and according to the MAD/DC press release it will contain a considerable amount of new material AND will be available in Barnes and Noble stores as well as comic book shops and via subscription. Here’s the DC press release: More Original Content, Including Contributions from ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and Jordan Peele, a Unique MAD ‘Fold-In,’ and More from ‘The Usual Gang of Idiots’ Available at Participating Comic Book Stores, Barnes & Noble Bookstores,and to Subscribers on October… READ MORE
September 19th, 2022 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I’m not making this up… it really is Monday! Time for another high-flying episode of the seemingly endless flight that is our trek through my work at MAD Magazine. This week we reach new heights of mendacity both in the subjects of the work I did and my being credited for new work in issue #503 at all! I had two pieces in MAD #503, May 2010, although neither were technically new. One was part of a one pager that included three spoof DVD covers originally done for MAD‘s website. Yes, MAD used to do original content for their website. In fact, MAD pioneered that… READ MORE
September 15th, 2022 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s another peek at a portion of the splash page from the new feature my CLAPTRAP co-hort Desmond Devlin and I did for the next issue of MAD, which is officially the 70th Anniversary issue of the magazine. Yes, it’s a movie parody… have you figured out which film yet? If not, you’ll get another peek next week! READ MORE
September 12th, 2022 | Posted in MAD Magazine
It’s time to roll the dice and move the around the board with this week’s look back at my work for MAD Magazine. Here’s a second piece I did for MAD #502, Jan 2010, written by Jacob Lambert. This two pager was a response to the rash of movies based on board games. This was the first time I used my “colored line” technique on a MAD job. I had just figured out how to do it and had done a couple of freelance illustration jobs using it, but I had never had the occasion to use it for MAD. The technique starts with the… READ MORE
