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Hugh Hefner for MAD Magazine / drawn by Anton Emdin.  Illustration by and © Copyright E.C. Publications 2015.  All Rights Reserved.  Please do not reproduce without express written permission.

Hugh Hefner for MAD Magazine / drawn by Anton Emdin. Illustration by and © Copyright E.C. Publications 2015. All Rights Reserved. Please do not reproduce without express written permission.

I know I say this a lot, but here's a really fun illustration for the latest issue of MAD magazine - one of my favourites from 2015. Plus I got to give a big nod to a couple of the all-time great MAD (and Playboy) artists!

The article is entitled "Why Playboy is Dropping Nudity from the Magazine" and features ol' Hef getting excited about... a can of soup? Yep, you'll just have to buy the mag to read the gags!

MAD Magazine #537

MAD Magazine #537

Go on... Look out for the Trump cover. Available in print and digital.

Ps. And for those that scrolled down, here's the final sketch. I tried a few other things before I got here. Perhaps I'll post them down the track. I also toned it down a touch in the finished art.

Hugh Hefner for MAD Magazine / drawn by Anton Emdin.  Illustration by and © Copyright E.C. Publications 2015.  All Rights Reserved.  Please do not reproduce without express written permission.

Hugh Hefner for MAD Magazine / drawn by Anton Emdin. Illustration by and © Copyright E.C. Publications 2015. All Rights Reserved. Please do not reproduce without express written permission.

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