What artist created this?

Mike Allred:

I'm excited to see if anyone can guess who did this very uncharacteristic piece looking toward Frank "Madman" Einstein's 20th anniversary. Now, you can only submit one name at a time, but whoever is the first to correctly guess the name of the artist will win a copy of The Madman Picture Exhibition Limited Edition with a bookplate signed By Laura and myself.

Neither the style nor the main character look familiar to me, so I hope one of you wins...

*Buy Madman toys at eBay.