In the MAD house!
I thought I’d give you a look at what a typical job for MAD Magazine is like. Creating MAD Magazine art was initially a very intimidating thing but after a while, working with the lovely (and...
Category: Artwork
Pin Me? Huh?
My web yogi, Amy has once again tasked me with another “self promotional” angle. Does it ever stop? The new thing is Pintrest It took a little getting used to. Basically, you sign in,...
Chicken Fat
This morning my brother Bill got me thinking about Will Elder, the fantastic illustrator behind legendary MAD Magazine art and Little Annie Fannie as well as others. Here’s a link to his bio, I’m...
Knock-Knock.
Due to the fact that I got many favorable comments on the Raven scratchboard, and the fact that I sold it right away. I’ve decided to do another in the same theme. I’m not...
Involuntary Plagiarism
So, I spent yesterday morning drawing a cartoon I can’t use. Sometimes, you realize just how deep-seated your influences as an artist. Often, you have to fight them back and draw yourself back to...
The Trickster
I finally got around to doing a new scratchboard piece! I’d had a couple of friends over for cocktails about a week ago and, while visiting my studio, one of them mentioned how much...
Starts with “F”…ends with “UCK”
I had a strange request last week. My daughter’s boyfriend’s mother, Barbara called because her stepdad had a birthday coming and, as a man who has everything, she wanted to get him something unique....
What would Dad do?
I recently found a copy of Edward S. Curtis “Visions of the First Americans” at Barnes and Noble for 4 bucks! My father had a similar collection of these photos that really grabbed his...