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August 18th, 2020 | Posted in News
This past weekend I finally conducted my “Caricature Illustration Workshop” here in Minnesota. Originally scheduled for March 27-29 with 15 students, the pandemic caused me to reschedule to Aug 14-16th, and we ended up with only 6 people in the class. This was a different sort of workshop for me. We did a mock illustration project from start to finish, and I taught the class about narrative and problem solving, working within the limitations imposed by the job, composition, and the process from rough concept sketches through to final art. I also taught traditional dip pen/brush inking, and both my digital coloring and traditional watercolor… READ MORE
August 13th, 2020 | Posted in News
Yesterday the folks at ReedPop made an announcement that surprised absolutely no one, that New York Comic Con was not going to take place at the Javits Center as planned in 2020. Right now ReedPop is hosting a virtual comic con called “Metaverse“, which runs from today through August 16th. This online comic con includes panels, guests, exhibitors, cosplayers, and a a virtual “Artist’s Alley”. There will also be a virtual “NYCC” on the original dates of October 8-11th which will include a marketplace and, presumably, a vitrual NYCC Artist’s Alley. I will be participating in that one. Look for announcements from me leading up… READ MORE
August 11th, 2020 | Posted in News
This past weekend I conducted the first workshop I’ve done since early February. This one took place in Detroit, Michigan on the dates originally scheduled. I have another one still on schedule for next month in Indiana, and three others that were rescheduled from the spring. We did have to make a number of concessions thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. We skipped the Friday night meet and greet originally scheduled at a nearby bar and grill. The hotel moved us into a giant ballroom and we were able to really spread out, with 8-10 feet between tables and one artist per table. We wore masks… READ MORE
July 24th, 2020 | Posted in News
The Lovely Anna and I are in our traditional Friday Comic-Con shirts today, even though our “booth” is virtual. We are only open through Sunday, so visit our Virtual San Diego Comic-Con booth to buy goodies or original art commissions while you still can! READ MORE
July 22nd, 2020 | Posted in News
San Diego Comic-Con was supposed to start today, but of course the event was cancelled and no one was able to go… so they brought San Diego Comic-Con to YOU! Comic-Con @ Home opened today and features online panels, watch parties, other goodies, and a virtual exhibitor’s hall features many of the vendors that would have been at SDCC starting today… including me! I’ve opened my “Virtual Comic-Con Booth” again, but only through Sunday July 26th to coincide with the dates of San Diego Comic-Con. Once again I am offering the various Comic-Con level commissions, products and pricing. I also have copies of all my… READ MORE
July 14th, 2020 | Posted in News
The printed copies of Sketch o’the Week Vol. 3: Coronacature Edition just dropped on my doorstep, so this is going from “preorder” to “in stock” today! We’ll be busy getting all the preorders shipped out tomorrow and the next day. We are down to only 17 original sketch editions left (that’s the one where you get a signed copy of the book AND one of the original sketches from the book), so grab one while you can! READ MORE
July 3rd, 2020 | Posted in News
The 11th printing of The Mad Art of Caricature is in production now, and will arrive later next month. Certified cartoon genius and recently retired slacker Al Jaffee was kind enough to write and draw a second afterword for what was going to be the 2.0 version of the book, but as that has been put on indefinite hold I thought I’d just add Al’s new afterword to this and any future printings of the original book. As it turns out this may be among the last original Al Jaffee art in publication. These two new pages will be in the upcoming printing, following Sam… READ MORE
June 6th, 2020 | Posted in News
MAD #14 is starting to appear in subscriber’s mailboxes, and it’s a special “Al Jaffee” issue celebrating his retirement at the tender age of 99. The issue is full of reprints of some of Al’s work, “tribute” pieces of some of Al’s classic features like “Snappy Answers…”, “MAD Solutions to…” done by current Usual Idiots, and a new fold-in by Al that he did years ago to run as his last when he retired. I did the above spot for the last page of the issue. I also did the art on a Desmond Devlin penned tribute piece. Michael Cavna‘s “Comic Riffs” feature in the… READ MORE
