September 7th, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I realized the other day I never did my usual listing of contents for MAD #15. The issue has been out for a month already, but here you go: Cover (Isabel Samaras) Snappy Answers to Super-Stupid Questions (Kerry Callen) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) ECCCH-Men* (Dick Debartolo, Sam Viviano, Colors: Nathan Kane) MAD #327, May 1994 With Great Power Comes Great Instability (Jon Adams) New Comic Book Superheroes Based on Real People* (Mike Snyder, Angelo Torres, Colors: Carrie Strachan) MAD #288, July 1989 More Powerful than a Locomotive* (Sergio Aragonés) MAD #172, Jan 1975 A “Comics” Scene We’d Like to See* (Don “Duck” Edwing, George Woodbridge, Colors: Nathan Kane) MAD #103, June 1966 Everyday Pet Peeves of Transformers* (Jacob Lambert, Tom Bunk) MAD #480,… READ MORE
August 31st, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The mailbag question about “The Batman” trailer yesterday got me thinking about some of the other Batman related stuff I’ve done for MAD over the years. I ended up being the go-to artist for most of the comic-book related movie spoofs, which resulted in my doing the art for all three Christopher Nolan Batman films, and both “Justice League” and this movie “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”. This parody appeared in MAD #540, Aug 2016, written by Desmond Devlin. Remembering this job still gives me the cold sweats. For whatever reason I ended up getting this assignment with only 10 days to do the… READ MORE
August 10th, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I did these cover illustrations for a couple of MAD‘s “Bookazines” back in 2016. A “Bookazine” is the modern day version of the MAD Super Specials i.e. reprints collections. They are square-bound publications with heavier, glossy paper kind of half way between a softcover book and a premium magazine format, and usually follow a theme of some kind. MAD has been printing them every quarter for a few years now, although I think they are no longer being produced. You can see a list and all the covers of the Bookazine run over at Doug Gilford‘s fabulous MAD Coversite. READ MORE
August 5th, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Posting the little sneak peeks yesterday was fun, but here’s my full piece from MAD #15, which officially releases today. I both wrote and did the art for this… a first for me in MAD. I mentioned yesterday that this may be my last piece for MAD. It’s probably not. I might get a cover job someday or they’ll have some new piece they want done for some reason down the road and I’ll get a call to do it. However this two pager IS the end of a twelve year, 71 consecutive issue run of a new piece of my art in MAD (tied… READ MORE
August 4th, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
OMG!!! Not ANOTHER cropped close up sneak peek from my piece in MAD #15?? Have I no DECENCY???! Well, that’s the last one. Tomorrow I’ll post the whole thing, since the issue will officially be out. READ MORE
August 4th, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MERCY! NOT ANOTHER cropped close up sneak peek from my piece in MAD #15?? This HAS TO STOP! Thank goodness the issue comes out tomorrow!! READ MORE
August 4th, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Can you take yet ANOTHER cropped close up sneak peek from my piece in MAD #15?! Do you even know who these two guys are?? Luckily the issue comes out tomorrow. READ MORE
August 4th, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
NO! Not yet ANOTHER cropped close up sneak peek from my piece in MAD #15?? I’m not sure how much more of this you can take… That issue can’t come out fast enough! READ MORE
