Tom's Mad Blog
March 17th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: How long does it take you to do a movie/TV parody for MAD? A: This is probably the number one question I get whenever I am on a panel or speak about my work for MAD. The only truly correct answer would be “It takes as long as they give me”. I’ve had as long as 5 weeks to work on a parody and as little as 10 days. Either way I turn it in at the absolute last second. Just ask my art directors while they are sticking pins in a Voodoo doll with my name on it. However, no one is ever… READ MORE
March 15th, 2019 | Posted in General
The Lovey Anna and I are having a great time here in Seattle at Emerald City Comic Con. That’s a MAD blank variant cover commission above. Come by and say hello if you are attending. We are at Artist’s Alley booth A10. READ MORE
March 14th, 2019 | Posted in News
One great element of every ReedPop comic con is an original art charity auction to benefit either St. Jude’s or a local children’s hospital. This year at Emerald City Comic Con the auction is benefiting Seattle Children’s Hospital. Over 75 creators have donated art, including me with the page above from MAD‘s parody of “Orange is the New Black”. Check out a lot of the art here and if you are attending ECCC the auction takes place Saturday night (3/16) at 6:30pm in room WSCC 611. READ MORE
March 13th, 2019 | Posted in General
March is a big month for MAD birthdays. In a little over a week a certain master MAD caricaturist turns 90… but today is a double! Longtime MAD artist turned art director Sam Viviano shares a birthday today with the legendary Fold-In man himself, Al Jaffee! Sam turns 66, while Al is a whopping 98! 98!!!! Both of these gentlemen were huge influences on me as both a young artist and today. Happy birthday, Al and Sam! READ MORE
March 12th, 2019 | Posted in News
This weekend I’ll be making my first appearance at Emerald City Comic Con in Seatlle, WA! You’ll find me and The Lovely Anna at booth A-10 in Artist’s Alley, where I’ll have my full compliment of prints, books, signed MADs, original art, and commissions and caricatures. Hope to see you there! READ MORE
March 11th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Today’s Monday MADness is from way back in Dec 2002- one of my favorite panels from MAD #424’s “Harry Plodder and the Lamest of Sequels” written by Desmond Devlin. READ MORE
March 10th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: You make group drawings with all participants of each workshop. Are these images completely drawn on a sheet or are the montages? How do you work on group portraits that show the best possible recognition at the end? A: I don’t consider these workshop illustrations to be group or crowd scenes in the classic sense, because they are not really a “scene” at all. The vertical nature of the image makes it impossible to do a real group shot where all those depicted could be really together in such an arrangement. Those in the front would have to be seated or kneeling, those in… READ MORE
March 9th, 2019 | Posted in News
Hot off the presses, Sketch o’the Week Vol 2 is in and will be shipping to all of you who placed pre-orders on Monday, and new orders as well! I’ll have lots of copies available next weekend at Emerald City Comic Con. READ MORE
