MAD Magazine
June 12th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, a small peek at the art from MAD‘s satire of Breaking Bad in this month’s issue: Final splash- Clicky to Embiggen Pencil Roughs- Clicky to Embiggen A few random panels from the parody: Last week I was asked about the process in doing TV parodies, and if I had to watch every single episode of the series or just the last season or what. I thought that might make an interesting article, so look for that on Thursday after tomorrow’s SotW. READ MORE
June 11th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
On news stands June 19th, in comic book shops this week, in many subscriber mailboxes already and, surprisingly, already available for download on the iPad: MAD # 516 (August 2012) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Matt Lassen, Kenny Keil, David DeGrand, Glen Le Lievre, Scott Maiko, Rick Tulka, Jeff Kruse, Paul Coker, J.C. Duffy, Anton Emdin ) Fading Bad (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) Tip-Offs that a Civil War Re-enactment Isn’t Quite Accurate (Matt Lassen, Rick Geary) Spider-Man Tweets While Watching “The Avengers” (Desmond Devlin, Hermann Mejia) A MAD Look at Hospitals (Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Colors: Tom Luth) CNN.Com (Scott Maiko, Scott Bricher) 8 Practical Pointers… READ MORE
June 7th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I’m still getting used to MAD‘s new approach to announcing what’s coming in the magazine. They used to be very adamant about not leaking what is coming in the next issue until it hits the stands. These days they have all sorts of exclusive previews and sneak peeks on the interwebs . . . of course these are all coming directly from them, so it’s not really a “leak”. The above is from their official blog, The Idiotical. I drew this one (the parody in the magazine, not this Photoshopped promo), and will post some art from it once the issue starts appearing in mailboxes,… READ MORE
June 4th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Long-time MAD scribe Dick DeBartolo is interviewed by Lary Wallace in The Paris Review. An excerpt: Dick DeBartolo’s first piece for Mad was published in 1962, when he was still in high school, and his work has appeared in every single issue since June 1966. He has written for sections throughout the magazine, but his greatest claim is as a satirist of movies and TV shows…that is, as a writer of the kind of elaborate pop-culture parodies that have, arguably, been the magazine’s signature brand of humor ever since they began running them regularly, about a dozen issues into their existence. Well worth a read.… READ MORE
June 3rd, 2012 | Posted in General
I could not let today go by without reposting this tribute to Bill from a few years ago: William M. “Bill” Gaines, March 1, 1922 – June 3, 1992 Working for MAD is great. The people and staff there really respect the tradition and history of the magazine. However I will always feel that I missed out on something special in that I never met or knew Bill Gaines. I started for MAD about 8 years after Bill’s passing. While MAD has of course continued since his death a chapter of it’s history closed on June 3rd, 1992. In his time as publisher I’ve heard… READ MORE
May 29th, 2012 | Posted in General
I’ve finally got a few minutes to breathe now that the 2012 NCS Reuben Awards Weekend is over and my duties as president and host for the event are (mostly) over. We are headed back home today . . . in fact I am writing this at 32,000 feet on my way back to Minnesota. It was a great weekend and I am proud of how it turned out. The Lovely Anna literally worked herself sick, had no voice left at all on Monday and was an incredible hostess. Actually winning the Reuben for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year”? Shocked, stunned, speechless, floored . .… READ MORE
May 17th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
If you are ever in Washington DC and go to the International Spy Museum on F Street NW, you might see the above illustration on a T-shirt available for purchase . . . if you have the stomach to wear such a thing. I did this for Warner Brothers Consumer Products specifically for the Spy Museum store, and as far as I know it is not for sale anywhere else including their online store. Just for fun here are a few of the other pencil roughs I did that they considered before settling on the trash can one: I’m working on some other WB/MAD related… READ MORE
May 15th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
CBR reports that “Dynamic Forces has announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to create a line of toasters designed to burn iconic images into bread. Much like the popular “Battlestar Galactica” toaster that makes Cylon-ized toast, Dynamic Forces’ line of toasters will brand bread with a special image from various Warner Bros. properties such as “The Wizard of Oz,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Watchmen.”” . . . and also MAD Magazine. Yes, YOU TOO can toast your bread to display the nauseating visage of Alfred E. Neuman (actually I have no idea what MAD image will be burned onto your breakfast,… READ MORE
