BUNK'S JUNK 12-2011

The bookshelf I store my Mad magazine collection on has long been filled to capacity so until I get a new one I've had to store my more recent copies in stacks around my studio.
When Tom Bunk mailed me some new sketches last month I held off on posting them on the funtime blog just to make sure which issues they were used for.
I recognized a lot of them from previous issues but wanted to wait till I went through the previous months mags to identify them.
Finally I gave up and just asked Tom.

The first set was from the JUNE 2011 issue of Mad #209
"Surprises To Watch For In The 2011 Baseball Season"























The best thing about this illustration is the tasers going into other fan's ears, mouths, and eyes. Also Tom can be seen in the crowd to the far right.







The next set is from the OCTOBER 2011 issue of MAD #511
"Dictators Next To Be Overthrown"









Babies with dynamite packs strapped around them.







This one is my favorite illustration from Tom's submission. Usually I would not laugh at children being bombed. It's my Garbage Pail Kid sense of humor. Mr. Bunk trained me young.

















I've got to learn how to draw Waiters like this. Classic.









There is Tom in the crowd promoting himself (holding up the "More Bunk" sign).











Thanks again Tom for the sketches. You'll never know how much I enjoy them.

BUNK'S JUNK 11-2011

Tom Bunk mailed me some more of his sketches recently so I thought I'd share some of them.

In January of 2011, Mad magazine released a special Spy VS Spy issue that included 5 mini-posters by artists Jim Lee, Peter Bagge, Evan Dorkin, Bob Staake, and Tom Bunk.



Tom submitted an amazing 2 page poster with dozens of black and white spies having it out.



Tom sent me 4 sketches he did for this poster. 3 of them are poster size and not too easy to scan but I did my best. It's really neat to see the different gags and ideas Tom went through before completing one of his best illustrations ever!







The 2 above have a lot of pencil work that for some reason didn't show up in the scans? Here are some close-up photos of the last sketch which was too large to scan.







I love how Tom inserted himself as a spy in the bottom left corner.



He also sent me a small sketch that looked really familiar. It took me a bit to remember where I'd seen it but I finally figured it out.



It's for the Wacky Packages series 8 card #20 (Tutino's Pizza Wraps)



Here's Mark Parisi's original concept sketch for this.



Tom also mailed me a ton of other sketches for a few other things that I haven't seen published anywhere yet so I'll most likely post those later. Thanks again Tom.