This illustration I did for MAD‘s website is now available to download in high res in the MAD Web Download Gallery. Also just posted, the “Tiger Cheat” and “Avatar 2: Jersey Shore” parody posters and a special New York Times MAD Fold-in crossword puzzle. READ MORE
Good news! Today MAD editor John Ficarra sent out an announcement to all MAD contributors to say that DC Comics would be increasing the frequency of MAD from quarterly to bimonthly, stating with issue #504. The news stand date of MAD #504 is June 15th, so we should see MAD #505 on August 15th or so, and then an issue every other month after that. That is great news on several fronts. First, it’s two more issues of MADness every year, but as John points out in his letter it gives MAD the opportunity to do more topical and timely material. Quarterly publication really limited… READ MORE
My usual reply to MAD art director Sam Viviano when he calls and asks me if I’ve ever seen the TV show he is about to assign me the parody art for is “Never seen it”. That’s because I really don’t watch much TV… but this one was different. The few shows I do watch are usually because my kids or The Lovely Anna watch them, and thus I see them through osmosis. Even so I usually just casually catch some bits and pieces and don’t get very interested. However, “The Big Bang Theory” is one of the family’s favorite shows, and is one that… READ MORE
Finally! On news stands March 16th and in comic book stores and subscriber mailboxes now! MAD # 503 (May 2010) Cover (Mark Frederickson) The Fundalini Pages (Tom Bunk, Desmond Devlin, Evan Dorkin, J.C. Duffy, Sarah Dyer, Nate Fakes, Darren Johnson, Jeff Kruse, Barry Liebmann, Tom Richmond,¬¨‚Ć Sam Sisco,¬¨‚Ć Rick Tulka,¬¨‚Ć Sam Viviano, Richard Williams) The MAD Quarterly Report (Paul Coker) The Big Bomb Theory (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) The Tiger Wood’s Mistress Mini-Golf Fun Center (Scott Maiko, Ty Templeton) The Darker Side of The Lighter Side (Dave Berg) Amish POWER SPIKE Miracle Heater (Scott Maiko, Irving Schild) Spy vs Spy (Peter Kuper) The Rich Rewards… READ MORE
As promised here is a glimpse of the process behind the art for MAD’s “Toyota Story” parody poster image: The job was described to me as a fake poster for a “Toy Story” spin-off film, done in a typical Pixar look, with the gag being the toys behind the wheel of a runaway Toyota and several of them being run over and squashed. Naturally the effectiveness of the parody would rely on the artwork looking as genuinely Pixar-like as possible, so I know I had a lot of tight painting ahead of me. Here is my initial sketch: Click for a closer look… Based on… READ MORE
Click for a closer look… Comic’s Alliance debuted the above piece I did as part of an exclusive “sneak peek” from MAD #503, so I guess I can now share it here. Actually the “Toyota Story” piece WON’T be in MAD #503, as I just completed it on Tuesday and that issue had been to the printer already by then (unless there was some delay I am not aware of). By the way, the official news stand date for #503 is March 23rd. “Toyota Story” should soon be available for download on MAD‘s website gallery of downloadable parody posters, and may make it into a… READ MORE
Yesterday the movie blog /Film shared an exclusive sneak peek of Serigo Aragon?¬©s “A MAD Look at Avatar”, which will appear in issue #503, due out this month (Click on images for a closer look): READ MORE
Cameo of Monroe I did in “Stuporman Returns“ “Monroe” was one of those things in MAD you either loved or hated. Those who loved it really were over the top for it… I was one of those. I loved the strip, it’s dark humor and the incredible artwork by Bill Wray. Maybe it wasn’t for everybody, but it did reach out to a newer, less traditional audience and MAD needed that. Bill has long ago moved on and is concentrating these days on his fine art work, but he still maintains a blog about his cartooning and had posted this look at the very first… READ MORE
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