I would like to highly recommend two current projects by two friends of mine. You should be familiar with both of them and their work…and if you've ever attended one of our Quick Draw! games at Comic-Con International or WonderCon, you probably saw one or both of them drawing as fast as they could. This is the type of work they do when they take their time…
Tom Richmond is the guy who's been doing most of the movie and TV parodies for MAD since this century began. MAD is now almost all reprint so Tom has been filling some of his freed-up time to collaborate with one of MAD's best writers, Desmond Devlin, on a whole, beautiful book of the kind of thing they did for Alfred E. Neuman's favorite magazine. The difference is that now they get to have fun with movies that they wanted to spoof instead of what's current.
That's what it's called — Claptrap — and it's a dandy book that is now available. It contains Devlin/Richmond mockeries of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Shawshank Redemption, Psycho, Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski, Toy Story 4, Unforgiven, Blade Runner, The Blues Brothers, The Princess Bride, Citizen Kane, Die Hard and other films. It's first-rate funny.
Now, here's how you get a copy: You can order this lovely hardcover volume for $29.95 direct from Tom on this page but don't do that. Because he also offers a copy signed by the author and the artist for $75 and Tom will even personalize it to you.
But wait — there's more! The real deal here is on that same page. It's the $200 edition which includes a tip-in plate with an original sketch by Tom Richmond…and I happen to think Tom woefully underprices his sketches. That alone is worth the two hundred smackers and just think how impressive your copy will be!
Act now! I don't know how many they printed of this book but I know that once they run out, it might be quite a while before they got more in…that is, if there is a second printing. If I were you, I wouldn't even read the end of this sentence before I ordered my copy. Oh, wait. You just did.
I would also like to highly recommend a terrific new feature from my longtime friend Scott Shaw! If you have a lick o' sense, you already purchased this fine collection of Scott's past work. Well, here's what he's been doing lately…
Scott has logged a lot of time the last few years in hospitals and health care facilities as well as being visited in his home by caregiving nurses or maybe nursing caregivers. He's gotten to know a number of such folks and gotten friendly enough with them to inspire his new comic strip, Kilgore Home Nursing.
It's a been there/done that strip based on folks he's met, stories he's heard, adventures he's lived through and it's very funny and very insightful. If you haven't interacted with the people in that world, good for you…but your time will come. I've certainly seen enough of it to appreciate the humor and the truth in what my buddy has written and drawn.
This is a feature you'll have to follow online and it costs…but not a lot. It's certainly worth it as are many other goodies you'll find over at Aces Weekly. Check it out.