Latest for Viz…

It’s been a while but I did the art for a new piece in the latest issue of the long running U.K. humor comic Viz!, but I have one in a recent issue. The feature is a mashup of the TV show “Mad Men” and the film series “Mad Max”.

I love doing these features for Viz, few and far between as they are. They are challenging because the panels are REALLY SMALL, having to cram 15 or so panels per page with room for all the word balloons. Working small really forces me to think about how I am using solid black areas and to avoid too much crosshatching or weak lines that don’t describe elements clearly, so they are a good challenge. Since I don’t write my own stuff like most of the cartoonists who have work in Viz do, I don’t do too many jobs for them. The editors sometimes write a script and have me do the art. I’d try to do some writing but my Minnesota style of humor doesn’t play well in Manchester.