MAD Magazine
July 9th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
On August 1st I will be in St. Simons Island, GA, attending the opening reception of the Jack Davis retrospective show “Jack Davis: From the Beginning” and taking part in a panel discussion on Jack’s career and his influence on humorous illustration. This all takes place beginning at 5:00 pm at the Glynn Art Association building. The panel will include myself, longtime MAD editor Nick Meglin and illustrator/cartoonist Jack Pittman. We’ll be discussing all things Jack. This is a ticketed event with limited seating…you can visit this page for more info. There are also plenty of free events throughout the weekending, including a presentation on… READ MORE
July 4th, 2013 | Posted in General
Clicky to embiggen… In honor of the holiday, here is a piece I did the art for from MAD #518. Article written by Barry Liebmann. Have a safe Fourth of July! READ MORE
June 28th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The digital version of the MAD Superman Special is available for purchase via the MAD iPad app (including a nifty animated version of my cover which justifies all that work I did on the cityscape). What’s more, according to the above announcement within that very downloaded collection of dreck the first 23 issues of MAD are also now available through the app or Comixology. I haven’t actually tried to see if I can download them, but they are either ready to go or obviously on the way soon! fa fa fa! READ MORE
May 9th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Some months ago MAD quietly redid their website and got rid of the separate official blog formerly known as “The Idiotical”. Actually DC rebranded all their websites, and MAD was along for the ride. They merged the blog with the rest of the site so it became one central place to go and get daily updates, news, gags (and gagging), shopping etc. Now when you visit, there is a two column staggered list of teasers ala a Facebook wall, with the latest MAD tomfoolery. They still post original content, often of the parody movie poster or TV ad variety, plus sneak peeks of stuff from… READ MORE
April 30th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The latest in MAD‘s series of “Mad’s Greatest Artists” featuring Dave Berg just became available for pre-order on Amazon. From the Amazon page’s description: Included in this magnificent collection are some of the greatest works from Dave Berg…one of MAD Magazine’s most popular writers/artists. The material will be presented chronologically and interspersed throughout with rough sketches, a rare 1970 interview, an introduction and portrait of Berg by well-known American illustrator Drew Friedman, a “growing up with Dave Berg” essay by his daughter Nancy Berg, newly illustrated versions of classic Berg strips by several noteworthy cartoonists, and much more. I am one of the cartoonists who… READ MORE
April 23rd, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad, in subscribers mailboxes and on news stands everywhere today: MAD # 521 (June 2013) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Rick Tulka, Jeff Kruse, Anton Emdin, Bob Staake, Brian Gordon, Matt Lassen, John Kerschbaum, Tom Bunk, Darren Johnson, David DeGrand, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Paul Gilligan, Phil McAndrew) Game of Groans (Desmond Devlin, Hermann Mejia) A MAD Look at Baseball (Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Colors: Tom Luth) Planet TAD!!!!! (Tim Carvell) Overheard in Doggie Heaven (Jeff Kruse, Paul Coker) The All-American Fun N’ Gun Show (Frank Santopadre, Scott Bricher) The Darker Side of the Lighter Side of… (Dave Berg) Stuff-E-Vest… READ MORE
April 4th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yesterday Entertainment Weekly released an exclusive sneak peek at the cover of MAD #521, check it out here. As you can see, MAD will be pillaging Game of Thrones, which I did not do the art for… and also exercising their license to kill on “James Bond”, which I DID do the art for! Is it a parody of Skyfall? A spoof of all 50 years of 007 movies? Gratuitous caricatures of half naked Bond girls? You’ll have to wait for the issue to hit the stands to find out! Fa Fa Fa! READ MORE
March 20th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Remember that radio interview I told you about yesterday featuring Drew Friedman, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth, talking about Harvey Kurtzman? Well, turns out they do have it archived and available for listening after it’s original airing. In fact, here it is: READ MORE
