Tom's Mad Blog
April 30th, 2019 | Posted in General
I did a workshop in St. Louis this past weekend, which means I have a few “Workshop Warmup” caricatures to share this week. These are warm ups the entire class does on Saturday morning to get our engines running for the day. The class suggests a subject, I do an image search and project a picture up on the screen, then we all spend about 15 minutes doing a caricature sketch. Here’s one of those from Saturday, country music icon Willie Nelson. READ MORE
April 29th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
This was one of my favorite panels from MAD 418 (June 2002)’s parody of the first Tobey Maguire “Spider-Man” movie, written by Dick DeBartolo (the parody, not the movie). This was the schizo scene where Willem Defoe‘s character has a conversation with his collection of creepy masks. The cameo by Russell Crowe and Ed Harris was referencing “A Beautiful Mind”… and if you are upset I just spoiled the plot of that film for you, it was out almost 20 years ago so- your fault. READ MORE
April 28th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I have often wondered what best describes your occupation, or actually how you describe it: Are you a MAD artist/contributor/idiot (as in a member of the “usual gang of…”) who also does a lot of work with and for various companies, or are you an artist who does work for a variety of companies and publications, most notably MAD Magazine? If neither truly fits, which one in your opinion comes closest? A: That’s an interesting question. I’d never really thought about it but if asked for a bio or blurb I have always gone by the latter description. I describe my occupation as being… READ MORE
April 26th, 2019 | Posted in News
I’m teaching a workshop in St. Louis this weekend, class illustration above! Right now all I have left in 2019 is one spot in my June workshop in Amsterdam and four spots in my workshop in Austin, TX in October… every thing else for this year is sold out. I won’t be adding any more workshops until 2020. READ MORE
April 24th, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This is an old one of Eddie Van Halen, as I am too busy to do a new SotW this week. I did this one as a park sample back in 2008, but I also posted a step by step of the sketch study at that time, so here that is: READ MORE
April 23rd, 2019 | Posted in News
NCSFest is only a few weeks away! If you don’t already know about this unique international celebration of comics and cartooning, best read up on it. It’s taking place May 17-19th in Huntington Beach, CA. While most of the festival is free to the public, there is a program of thirty different “Premium Events” going on just down PCH at the Hyatt, featuring Daniel Clowes, Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez, the Walking Dead’s Charlie Adlard and many, many more! Single day passes are only $20 ($15 for Sunday) and a full three-day weekend pass is only $50. Get them here! READ MORE
April 22nd, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the finished art and the pencil sketches for MAD‘s parody of the TV show “Everybody Hates Chris” entitled “Everybody Berates Chris” written by Arnie Kogen and appearing in MAD #463, March 2006. Above is the finished splash. Below are the pencils and the other finished pages. READ MORE
April 21st, 2019 | Posted in General
This is a throwback illustration for a workplace poster from 2014, but it will do the job in wishing everyone a happy Easter. READ MORE
