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The most famous comedian nobody knows   Lives built for laughter (or nearly so): Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, once a giant of silent film comedy on par with Chaplin, became—within just days—a symbol of media-driven shame. 28/07/2025 Carlo Amatetti  28/07/2025 Carlo Amatetti ( Read the full article at  Azione.ch ) I’m one of those who deeply miss comedy as a widespread cultural expression in cinema—and I must admit, I knew nothing about Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Thanks to Carlo Amatetti, with whom I've collaborated for years across various publications that share a common thread: comedy and comedians. This marks the ninth installment for Azione.ch... I won’t go on, because this time, the act of storytelling belongs to Carlo. video timelapse on Instagram đŸŽ© Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: The face that made the silent era laugh—and slipped into oblivion. Original illustration by Leonardo RodrĂ­guez. Read the full article at Azione.ch Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckl...
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MAD MAGAZINE

I have worked for MAD Magazine since 2004 and this is a summary of my work for the magazine. There are also some additionals illustrations  

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Detail of a MAD Magazine double page. Caricature of a grotesque octopus with the face of Jared Kushner (Donald Trump's son-in-law) releasing ink while watching us and holding a piggy bank just like Trump. It is a detail from a double-page spread published in 2019.

The Great Trump Bestiary
Publisher: MAD Magazine #9 Oct 2019
Art Director: Susy Hutchinson
Writter: David Seidman

Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Double page spread from MAD Magazine featuring several caricatures of Donald Trump, his family and ministers as mythological animals.


Photo: Detail of a double page spread from MAD Magazine featuring several caricatures of Donald Trump, his family and ministers as mythological animals.


Photo: Detail of a double page spread from MAD Magazine featuring several caricatures of Donald Trump, his family and ministers as mythological animals. In this image there is a stampede of some of these characters such as rhinoceroses, fauns, vampires, vultures and medieval ogres.

Satire on Mike Pence as a peace dove throwing stones on a homosexual man. The composition of the image is like Michelangelo's "The Creation of Man" ( Sistine Chapel) Published in MAD Magazine in 2019.



Caricature of a grotesque octopus with the face of Jared Kushner (Donald Trump's son-in-law) releasing ink while watching us and holding a piggy bank just like Trump. It is a detail from a double-page spread published in Mad Magazine in 2019.

Publisher: MAD Magazine # 535 - Oct 2015
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Co-Contributors: Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Rick Tulka, Emily Flake
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Watercolor cartoon of an old lady standing in a waterfall. It's a satirical image about bladder control Sympathy card...I didn't Write this, sorry.

caricature of a man in a suit with a contrite face while holding a candle that is bending, not holding steady. It is a joke about a sympathy card about impotence.

All Jaffee tribute - Watercolor caricature

watercolor caricature of a funny aged man with a winner of a Guinnes record as a cartoonist. His name is Al Jaffee

Bill Gaines tribute- Watercolor caricature

Funny watercolor caricature of a smiling big beard man, his name is Bill Gaines, founder of Mad Magazine

Sam Viviano and Al Jaffee

 Publisher: MAD Magazine # 455 -Sept 2004
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Writter: Brian McConnachie
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
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Publisher: MAD Magazine # 520- Apr 2013
Written by Matt Lassen
Art Direction: Sam Viviano
Illustrated by Leonardo RodrĂ­guez
Watercolor artoon of a criminal trying to put monkeys in a washing machine just as the police arrive to arrest him. It is a joke about LEAST USED POLICE CODES, Published in Mad magazine.

Publisher: MAD Magazine # 522- Sep 2013
Brutally Honest Marriage Vows
Written by Teresa Burns Parkhurst
Art Direction: Sam Viviano
Illustrated by Leonardo RodrĂ­guez
Watercolor caricature of a husban and bride in a funny wedding published in Mad Magazine

Golf man ( 2017 )
watercolor caricature of a golf man swing on a green camp

 MAD # 508 (April 2011)
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Writer: Jeff Kruse
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Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Watercolor caricature of a funny drunken king sittin in his thronepublished by Mad-Magazine

 Floki ( Vikings ) 2018
Watercolor caricature of Floki from the tv serie Vikings

 Publisher: MAD Magazine # 506 - Dec 2010
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Writter: Brian McConnachie
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Mad-Magazine watercolor cartoon ok a funny monkey and a smilling black beard man eating bananas

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watercolor cartoon of amonkey gang attacking a family with in a red lon car published in Mad-Magazine

Will Elder tribute ( 2015 )
Photo of a young couple and me delivering a watercolor caricature of Bill Elder ( Mad magazine founder artist ) The blonde woman is Bill Elder's granddaughterWatercolor caricature of cartoonist Bill Elder on a flying pencil with the Sabrada Familia of Barcelona and a huge gorilla as King Kong in the background.
BB King (2015)

 Cara Delevingne ( 2016 )

 Publisher: MAD Magazine # 496 - Dec 2008
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Writter: Brian McConnachie
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Humorous cartoon of a horse race on grass where the jockey is a corpse and two relatives who are rednecks cheer for them to win the race. imagen publicada en MAD Magazine.

 Publisher: MAD Magazine # 494 - Oct 2008
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Art Director: Sam Viviano
50 Worst Things about Internet
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Watercolor cartoon of a very smiling older gentleman with Nick Meglin's face in the garden of his house who has just received a package in the mailbox. He holds it up to his crotch and says "Magic enhancer". Published in Mad Magazine.

Watercolor caricature of a couple opening an Ebay package in their living room. They pull out an old, pestilent lamp, both holding their noses. Published in Mad Magazine

Publisher: MAD Magazine # 491 - Jul 2008
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Disadvantages of Polygamy
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Image of a polygamous Mormon who has just urinated and splashed the toilet. All around are all his pissed off wives screaming and threatening him with their fists and rolling pins. Published in MAD Magazine.

 Publisher: MAD Magazine # 488 - April 2008
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Writter: Scott Maiko
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Image of a chimpanzee girl wearing a summer dress and handbag. She looks at us menacingly with a poop in her hands. It is a MAD Magazine cover.
Page 1 with 4 vignettes. It is a sequence of apes destroying clothes and accessories. It is part of a series of jokes about fashion for apes and how hedgehogs would behave with it. Published in MAD Magazine.

Page 2 with 2 vignettes. It is a sequence of apes playing and destroying clothes and accessories. It is part of a series of jokes about fashion for apes and how hedgehogs would behave with it. Published in MAD Magazine.

Page 3 with 6 vignettes. It is a sequence of apes playing and destroying clothes and accessories. It is part of a series of jokes about fashion for apes and how hedgehogs would behave with it. Published in MAD Magazine.

 Illustration cover
Italian edition of "Haunted Smile" ( Lawrence J.Epstein, 2010 )
 Published by SAGOMA COMEDI, Milano, Italy.
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Illustration of Jewish comedians in New York as the famous "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" photo. from Left to right: Woody Allen, Billy Cristal, Andy kaufman, Groucho Marx, Milton Berle, Mel Brooks and Jerry Lewis.

 Publisher: MAD Magazine # 483 - Nov 2007
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Writter: Brian McConnachie
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Watercolor illustration of a blond boy buying a huge grizzly bear from a tamer in a circus. He takes it home like a puppy. The seller counts the bills next to the empty cage.

Illustrated double page spread from Mad Magazine. It's like a humorous tale where a blond boy hunter buys a huge Grizzly bear and how the police try to take it away and are neutralized by the boy with tranquilizer darts.

Riding ( 2017 )  ( No published in Mad Magazine)
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 Publisher: MAD Magazine # 499 - April 2009
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Writter: Desmond Devlin, Kevin Pope
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Watercolor caricature of Barak Obama smiling driving a convertible, with many things on top as in a move while holding a fishing rod with a fish moving.

 Publisher: MAD Magazine # 474 - Feb 2007
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Writter: Brian McConnachie
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
Watercolor caricature of a fireman carrying a group of kittens in his helmet. He is rescuing them through the window of a burning building while leaving some elderly people behind.

Watercolor caricature of smiling and satisfied fireman holding in his arms 7 kittens he rescued from a fire. Published in Mad Magazine.

Watercolor caricature of firefighter holding one of them with eyes in love with the little animal.

Napoleon ( 2017 )
Watercolor caricature of a sinister character, a Venezuelan tyrant like Napoleon the Pig in "Animal Farm" ( George Orwell ) holding a threatening sledgehammer while watching us.
Publisher: MAD Magazine # 455 - Jul 2005
Publisher: MAD Magazine
Art Director: Sam Viviano
Writter: Brian McConnachie
Illustrator: Leonardo Rodriguez
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Le Pen ( 2002 )
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