Sunday Mailbag- Merry Poopins?

Q: It seems you had a LOT OF fun with your latest parody “Mary Poopins” as there is in nearly every panel some (written) extra joke of yours. But why did you gave the painting of the Peacemakers a painterly look? It is quite a contrast to your normal drawings. Wouldn’t it be better to do also the painting in your normal style? And the drawing is in perspective. Did you draw it in perspective or did you draw it normal an paste it into the distorted frame later?

A: Here’s the sequence in question:

I used an image of the actual painting as the basis for these panels and then painted over it to do the changes needed for the story. I used a fully painted look because I needed it to look like a separate world than the other art. That was the point. If I did it in the same style is would not have worked as well.

I did the art first and then used digital magic to add the perspective.

Thanks to Dominick Zeillinger for the question. If you have a question you want answered for the mailbag about cartooning, illustration, MAD Magazine, caricature or similar, e-mail me and I’ll try and answer it here!