Tom's Mad Blog
January 13th, 2019 | Posted in General
Q: You have always several projects/commissions on the drawing table. How is your Time Management for them? Do you Work One hour on each Project every day? Or Monday on Project 1, Tuesday on project 2, etc.? Or do you finish Project 1 First, than Project 2, etc.? A: Everything I do is deadline driven, so I work on jobs based on when they are due. Therefore if I get a call Monday job to do a job that is due Friday I will start that job, but if I get a call Tuesday with a job due Thursday I will but aside the Friday… READ MORE
January 10th, 2019 | Posted in General
I just got back from meetings down in Huntington Beach where plans for the NCSFest are really coming together. The speakers and presentations in the main tent right at the pier are going to be great, with lots of big names and international cartooning talent sharing work that is seldom seen or celebrated in this country. Four cartoon art exhibits will be showcases at the Art Center Gallery, kids programming and readings by some of the biggest names in children’s books will be going on all weekend at the main library, the “window walk contest” features over 30 participating storefront windows participating along Main and… READ MORE
January 7th, 2019 | Posted in General
Back in the early 2000’s Warner Bros had MAD was doing some kind of cross promotion with SoBe, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, and a new chocolate drink they had called “Love Bus Brew”. There was promotional artwork done by Sergio Aragonés, “What Me Worry” printed under select bottle caps (send in three of these “MAD” caps to SoBe and get a free SoBe/MAD branded T-Shirt), etc. I actually drew caricatures at a SoBe booth at the X Games in Cleveland at one point. They also did a sweepstakes where the “grand prize” was to get drawn into MAD with Alfred E. Neuman. I was given… READ MORE
January 6th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Say you have got a hard deadline for Monday on a big project, like a movie parody for MAD. You are behind so you are working around the clock, spending every spare minute inking and coloring like a fiend to try and get it done on time. Would you still take the time to answer a question for the Sunday Mailbag, even though it would take precious time away from the drawing table? A: No Thanks to A.E. Neuman for the question. If you have a question you want answered for the mailbag about cartooning, illustration, MAD Magazine, caricature or similar, e-mail me and… READ MORE
January 4th, 2019 | Posted in News
I just scheduled a new 2019 workshop: Washington DC Aug 2-4th! Okay, it’s actually in an area of Arlington called Crystal City, but close enough to Washington to count. I’ve been trying to book a workshop in that area for a while now and it was tough to find a venue that was both affordable and had everything needed. Mission accomplished! This one is going to be yuge, so register for a spot today. Incidentally, if you go to register only seconds after this announcement posts, and you are surprised to see a lot of spaces already taken, that’s because people who are on my… READ MORE
January 3rd, 2019 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
No, not Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito, the Minnesota Twins pro baseball team. Back in the mid 2000’s I did an illustration of the entire Minnesota Twins baseball team roster each year, which was given away as a poster at the ballpark on the last home game of the season aka “Kid’s Appreciation Day”. This gig didn’t pay much, but in addition to a little money I got two full season tickets to the Twins as well as all the stadium giveaway swag. I did posters from 2003-2006 ( I think), and they were all original watercolor/mixed media paintings which the Twins got the originals… READ MORE
January 2nd, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This is an older SotW of the lovely Monica Bellucci, as seen in my book “Sketch o’the Week, Vol. 1”. Original now available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
January 1st, 2019 | Posted in General
My annual posting of this positive New Year’s illustration. Here’s to a great 2019! READ MORE
