Monday MADness- Favorite Panel: Malcontent in the Muddle!

I few weeks ago I started occasionally sharing favorite panels from the art I did for each of my 2018 parodies in the “new” MAD Magazine. I figure this would make a good ongoing series, especially for my usual “Monday MADness” posts. I might as well start from the very beginning, so here is one of my favorite panels from my very first ‘continuity’ (the MAD staff term for a movie or TV parody), the parody of “Malcolm in the Middle” from MAD #403, March 2001, written by Desmond Devlin

So, why this panel? Honestly this was a choosing of lesser evils. I did this parody over 18 years ago. There’s not a lot about my really early work for MAD I am too enthusiastic about these days, but the composition of this panel with the narration head and the crowded scene fit into such a small space is not bad. Also this is one of the few caricatures I did of Byran Cranston that actually looked like Bryan Cranston despite the crazy cartoon expression .