MAD Magazine
June 4th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In subscribers mailboxes for a week or so already, on newsstands everywhere tomorrow and in comic book shops and digital (I think) this week! Cover– (Eric Joyner) ToC (Art by Tom Richmond) Lesser Known Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Kit Lively, Ed Steckley) Embarrassing Celebrity Tattoos (Jeff Kruse, Gideon Kendall) Xander and Kam’s Sneaky Previews (Ian Boothby, Tom Richmond) Movie Scenes We’d Like to See (Sergio Aragonés, Colors: Carrie Strachan) Paul Garbanzo, Food Critic (Chris Stevens, Stephen Silver) The Wisenheim Museum (Jim Woodring) Potrzebie Comics Cover (Bill Morrison) Infant Terrible (Paula Sevenbergen & Allie Goertz, Paulina Ganucheau) The 27 Club (Luke McGarry) Boonies,… READ MORE
May 10th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The crew at MAD Magazine are starting to release little sneak peeks at what’s coming up in MAD #2. The image above is from my piece in the issue, written by Ian Boothby. It’s a VERY close up cropped part of a panel from what is kind of a movie parody but isn’t really a movie parody… but is a movie parody. Why Ms. Pacman? You’ll just have to wait until June 5th to find out! That’s when MAD #2 hits the stands. Incidentally, if you are not following MAD on social media and the interwebbies, what are you waiting for?? They are doing original… READ MORE
May 7th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Okay, the MAD offices in New York have only been closed for about four months so it might be a little too soon to use the word “reunion”, but we had a little get together of “The Usual Gang of Idiots” this past Saturday in Manhattan. I was in town teaching a workshop. Here are some pics! From left to right are former editor Charlie Kadau, his lovely lady Ellen Berg Cohen, writers Desmond Devlin and Dick Debartolo*, and former art director and longtime MAD artist Sam Viviano. *Dick is not only MAD‘s Maddest writer, he’s also MAD‘s Fastest Idiot. He’s so fast normal photography… READ MORE
May 1st, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Just a reminder that the Artistically MAD: Seven Decades of Satire exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is opening this weekend with a special opening reception on Saturday. From the Billy Ireland Museum: Join us on May 5th, from 4:00 – 7:30pm for the opening reception and celebration of our new exhibit, Artistically MAD: Seven Decades of Satire! Featuring presentations by legendary MAD cartoonist Sergio Aragonés, art collectors Glenn Bray and Grant Geissman, exhibit curator Brian Walker, and MAD executive editor Bill Morrison. FREE and open to the public. For more info visit cartoons.osu.edu Here’s the description of the exhibit: Harvey Kurtzman’s brainchild… READ MORE
April 19th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The second parody I drew for the new MAD #1 was different than your typical MAD spoof. Ostensibly it is a parody of the CW show “Riverdale”, but it begins as a sort of sequel to Bill Elder‘s famous “Starchie” parody from MAD #12 way back in 1954. Ian Boothby‘s script required me to draw in Bill Elder’s style for the first three pages, before “Starchie” and “Bottleneck” are sent forward in time to Riverdale (uh… I mean Riverdull) 2017. From then on it’s my usual style featuring caricatures of the “Riverdale” cast. Here are sample panels from this nine page extravaganza: The above is… READ MORE
April 17th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s a sneak peek of my art from the first of two parodies I did for the new MAD, “Star Bores: Half Assed Jedi” written by Desmond Devlin. The splash page art above includes some digital work I did on the “scroll” of text, which new MAD art director Suzy Hutchinson improved upon in the final printed version. Below are a few panels from the story pages. Huh? Whaddaya mean you want to “read the jokes”? What do you think this is, a furshlugginer library?!? Go out and buy a copy of MAD #1, clod! It’s on news stands TODAY! READ MORE
April 16th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic books shops now, in subscriber mailboxes and via digital format TBD, on news stands (all 16 of them left) everywhere tomorrow! Cover– (Jason Edmiston) ToC (Art by Harvey Kurtzman) Star Bores: Half-Assed Jedi (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) A MAD Look at Harassment (Sergio Aragonés, Colors: Carrie Strachan) Make America Greet Again (Teresa Burns Parkhurst) Spy vs Spy (Peter Kuper) The Wisenheim Museum (Ron English) Potrzebie Comics Cover (Kerry Callen) It’s Bring Your Sidekick to Work Day! (Kerry Callen) The 27 Club (Luke McGarry) Boonies, Burbs and Burgs (Bob Fingerman) MAD’s Movie Mogul Guide (Mary Trainor) Pop Culture that Didn’t Make it into Ready… READ MORE
April 13th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Bleeding Cool reported earlier this week that: Due to an error, today, comic book retailers got the newly relaunched and rebooted MAD Magazine a week earlier than they should have done. And no one realized. I’ve been contributing to MAD for what will be 18 years this October, and for that entire nearly two decades this has been the release schedule of an issue: Official Newsstand release date= “Tues the XX of YY” Comic Book Shops: For sale the Wednesday BEFORE “Tues the XX of YYr” Newsstands: Tues the XX of YY iPad: Unpredictable. Sometimes earlier than comic shops, sometimes the week before newsstand Mail In… READ MORE
