January 16th, 2018

Ask A Cartoonist: Biff! BAM!… splat?

by Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker

This week’s “Ask A Cartoonist” blog post is all about sounds in the comics. MAD Magazine’s Don Martin was the king of onomatopoeia, making up the most delightful and disgusting sounds for his MAD cartoons. Sound effects are part of the job for every cartoonist. You’ll find our contribution to this noisy post at the bottom — It is a tale. Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.