MAD Magazine
December 14th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Cover image courtesy of Doug Gilford SF Weekly’s Sherilyn Connelly revisits MAD various parodies of The Lord of the Rings, including the musical version spoof by Frank Jacobs and Mort Drucker from MAD #210. I like how she points out that, in the time it takes to watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, one can read the first six chapters and more of The Hobbit book on which the movie is based . . . or all the MAD parodies of Tolkien put together. All the Peter Jackson LotR film parodies were written by Desmond Devlin with art by Hermann Mejia. Some of my favorite… READ MORE
December 11th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, a sneak peek at the art for my latest MAD movie parody: Clicky to Embiggen… Clicky to Embiggen this one… Here’s a bonus, the original pencil rough for the splash page. Some elements got moved slightly here and there before the final: READ MORE
December 10th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
On news stands everywhere on Dec. 18th, in comic book shops this week, in some lucky subscriber’s mailboxes already and available digitally immediately via the MAD iPad app. MAD # 519 (February 2013) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Kenny Keil, Bob Staake, Desmond Devlin, Ward Sutton, Bob Eckstein, Rick Tulka, Evan Waite, Kevin Pope, Matt Lassen, Anton Emdin, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Garth Gerhart ) The MAD 20- The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2012 Woman “Restores” Religious Fresco (Artist: Richard Williams) Mitt Romney’s Flip-Flops (Stan Sinberg, Rick Geary) Paparazzi Stalk Kate Middleton (Artist: Mark Stutzman) Rush Limbaugh’s Sexist Tirade (Phil McAndrew, Charles Akins)… READ MORE
November 4th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Q: What is your approach when it comes to drawing famous but non-human characters (i.e. cartoon characters, Muppets, etc)? Do you find yourself doing more of a straight-up drawing as opposed to a caricature? A: One of the most valuable pieces of advice I was ever given with regard to cartooning and my work was from former MAD editor Nick Meglin…although I got the same advice from others including current MAD art director Sam Viviano. He explained the concept to me using various examples, but it can all be summed up in one sentence: “Don’t just caricature people, caricature the world.” You can substitute “cartoon”… READ MORE
October 30th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The guys at MAD used a little of my art for today’s post on their official blog, The Idiotical. I did the Alfred above. Check out the post, and other funny goodness, there regularly. READ MORE
October 26th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
That episode of CBS “Sunday Morning” featuring the segment on MAD Magazine’s 60th anniversary that I may or may not actually be on camera for is going to air this Sunday on . . . ummmm . . . CBS! Check your local listings but here In Minneapolis is is running from 8-9:30 am. Guess I’ll be DVR’ing it! READ MORE
October 22nd, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As long as I am shilling MAD books today, I also just got my copy of MAD’s Greatest Artists: Mort Drucker last week, and it is fantastic. Mort is a visual genius who influenced generations of cartoonists over fifty years (and counting) of work in MAD. Of course Mort was also one of the most successful freelance humorous illustrators of the 20th century, and his work was just as incredible outside the pages of MAD, but this book concentrates (obviously) on just his MAD work. From his early “Bob and Ray Dept.” art through his defining the movie and TV parodies in the magazine, his… READ MORE
October 22nd, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
While I was in NYC last week for that MAD segment on the CBS morning show, I got a copy of the new 60th anniversary book Totally MAD (and a bunch of signatures from some terrific members of the “Usual Gang of Idiots” while I was at it). This book is a real treat. Even the inside flap of the dust jacket gets the MAD treatment! I know this book wasn’t easy to put together, considering that: a) the gang at MAD did it in about three months, and b) they somehow had to take over 26,000 pages of material from the magazine’s 60 year… READ MORE
