The official sneak peeks at what’s coming up in MAD #8 have started, beginning with TV Insider’s look at Game of Thrones Spin-offs!, featuring PhotoShop art magic by former MAD art director Ryan Flanders, and written by Brian Firenzi! One of the many spin-offs pictured above. They also released a look at the cover, art by Jason Seiler: Ecccch. The entire nauseating issue hits the stands on June 11th! READ MORE
Since a couple of weeks ago I posted a favorite panel from the first “Spider-Man” movie parody, I thought I’d post one from “Spider-Sham, Too”, which appeared in MAD #446, October 2004 (written by Dick DeBartolo). I remember really liking this caricature of Willem Dafoe. The one of James Franco on the other hand… woof. READ MORE
Not sure I see the resemblance myself, but… READ MORE
Here’s one of my favorite panels from MAD’s parody of “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” entitled “Interminable 3: Rise of the Bad Scenes” written by Dick DeBartolo and printed in MAD #432, August 2003. I did a lot of sight gags in this parody making fun of Arnold Schwarzenegger being too old to play this character anymore. This was the scene in the film where Ahnuld’s terminator catches a bullet in his teeth and then spits it out. I drew his dentures coming out as wellin in addition to the AARP t-shirt. Those jokes seem quaint now that Ahnuld is about to film another… READ MORE
This was one of my favorite panels from MAD 418 (June 2002)’s parody of the first Tobey Maguire “Spider-Man” movie, written by Dick DeBartolo (the parody, not the movie). This was the schizo scene where Willem Defoe‘s character has a conversation with his collection of creepy masks. The cameo by Russell Crowe and Ed Harris was referencing “A Beautiful Mind”… and if you are upset I just spoiled the plot of that film for you, it was out almost 20 years ago so- your fault. READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the finished art and the pencil sketches for MAD‘s parody of the TV show “Everybody Hates Chris” entitled “Everybody Berates Chris” written by Arnie Kogen and appearing in MAD #463, March 2006. Above is the finished splash. Below are the pencils and the other finished pages. READ MORE
Available everywhere right now! Cover (Chris Wahl) Inside Cover (Mitch O’Connell) Awkward, Man! (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) Let’s have Fun with your Staggering Debt! (Teresa Burns Parkhurst) Modern Gig Economist (Jesse Koester, Ed Steckley) New Evolutionism! (Hurricane Ivan) Jack and Jim Gaffigan’s Easy 15-Step Recipoe for Avocado Toast (Jack & Jim Gaffigan, Sam Viviano) A MAD Look at Virtual Reality (Sergio Aragonés, Colors: Tom Luth) Potrzebie Comics Cover (Kerry Callen) The 27 Club (Luke McGarry) Shazam Funnies (Kerry Callen) PLOP #1! (Special insert*) Lukey & Mukey (Bob Fingerman) Flesh Tape (Dick DeBartolo, Evan Dorkin, Colors: Sarah Dyer) Meanwhile… (Ian Boothby,… READ MORE
Here’s another little peek at one of the panels from Desmond Devlin and my parody of “Aquaman” in the new issue of MAD. Whaddya mean you want to read the words in the balloons? Whaddya think this is, a furshlugginer library? The issue comes out tomorrow so go buy a copy, cold! READ MORE
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