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October 29th, 2020 | Posted in News
We are just a little over three weeks from the end of our CLAPTRAP IndieGoGo campaign, so Des and I have decided to stop being coy about which movies are going to be spoofed in the book. Since new movies are not really a thing right now, we are going to do 100% classic/cult hits that MAD never did. You already know about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and after yesterday, The Shawshank Redemption. Well here are four more we’ll be spoofing: Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski, Blade Runner and Unforgiven! That’s six of our ten target movies revealed! The remaining four consist of the… READ MORE
October 29th, 2020 | Posted in News
This is Des and my Star Wars splash page from our spoof of “The Rise of Skywalker”, but that’s not the Star Wars splash page I’m talking about. We are guests on the “Star Wars Splash Page” podcast episode released today. I am not making this up. It’s really called “Star Wars Splash Page”, and it’s a podcast that reviews contemporary Star Wars comics, interviews creators and otherwise covers the Star Wars universe in the world of comics. Des and I had a great time chatting with hosts Matt and Jeff about MAD and CLAPTRAP. It’s a fun listen. READ MORE
October 28th, 2020 | Posted in News
Here’s a sneak peek at another of the parodies that will appear in Des Devlin and my upcoming book CLAPTRAP… “The Shawshank Redemption!” The stats: Oscar Nominations: 7 Golden Globe Nominations: 2 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations: 2 Director’s Guild of America Nominations: 1 Writer’s Guild of America Nominations: 1 MAD Magazine spoofs: 0 This movie never got a parody in MAD, likely because it was a box office disappointment back in 1994 and was up against “Pulp Fiction” and “Forrest Gump,” both of which DID get the MAD treatment. Since then, “Shawshank” has become a cult classic that constantly appears in “The Best Movies… READ MORE
October 27th, 2020 | Posted in News
Desmond and I are guests tonight at 8:00 pm CDT on a LIVE STREAM episode of the MAD magazine news and review channel “Flippin’ Through”! We’ll talk about CLAPTRAP and our time at MAD. The chat will be open for live questions or comments. Join us tonight! READ MORE
October 27th, 2020 | Posted in News
Desmond wrote this week’s CLAPTRAP update, which you can read here. He details the process for how backers at the “Doofus” level and up can nominate and vote on two of the spoofs we’ll be doing for the book! He also reveals how we will be revealing a second sneak peek of one of our movie parodies TOMORROW! That’s a reveal of a reveal. Unreal. We reached our first stretch goal on Sunday, so ALL backers getting a physical shipment (that’s “Clod” level and up) will now get a 2″x9″ full color exclusive backer bookmark with their book, featuring art by me! That’s amazing, and… READ MORE
October 16th, 2020 | Posted in News
Another thing I did for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival this past weekend was a one hour(ish) virtual mini-workshop. For anyone interested in my upcoming online multi-video caricature workshop, this is a little peek at some of what that will be all about. NOTE: This is NOT one of the actual videos from my virtual workshop. Those are still in the works and will be professionally shot and edited, multi-camera videos. This was a live, Zoom-based event. You can watch it here: READ MORE
October 11th, 2020 | Posted in News
That’s it, my Virtual NYCC Artist’s Alley Table is closed up! Thanks to those that stopped by and got one of my new prints, a commission, or any of my other junk! You can always buy my prints, books, etc, in my Studio Store, I just won’t be doing comic con style (and priced) commissions until I reopen the Virtual Artist’s Alley table again. My next scheduled comic con is C2E2 March 26-28th, 2021. Who knows if that will actually take place or not. I think not… I would be amazed if we were enough out of the woods on this pandemic for something like… READ MORE
October 10th, 2020 | Posted in News
You did it! Thanks to our awesome backers, Des and my book CLAPTRAP is funded and is a go! We’ve already been working on the content, but now we will put things into high gear! Here’s a thank you video: We could not have done this without YOU! The movie parody genre lives on! Our campaign will keep funding until Nov 20th, and after that it will switch to an IndieGoGo “InDemand” storefront where people can continue to preorder a copy all the way through production and shipping. So keep spreading the word! Now that we are funded, Des and I will be posting updates… READ MORE
