Tom's Mad Blog
October 23rd, 2023 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Welcome back to Monday MADness! For those following along at home, this is where I waste your time and valuable brain cells sharing the work I did for MAD Magazine over the years in chronological order. I haven’t one of these since late August, much to the relief of the half dozen people that actually still read this blog! Bad news–I’m back and here’s another entry on this long and utterly pointless trail of travesty. Here’s a look at MAD‘s spoof of the Showtime show “Ray Donovan”, written by the great Arnie Kogen and first appearing in MAD #534, August 2015. As I was working… READ MORE
October 22nd, 2023 | Posted in News
CLAPTRAP, extensive travel, and other obligations conquered! Infrequent and shaky blog and social media interaction over! I’m back and in full swing in the studio, so look for the resumption of “Monday MADness”, “Sketch o’the Week” and other nonsense here and elsewhere on the interwebs. I’m sure this is of enormous relief to my six regular readers. Lots of news and fun things to come soon and especially in 2024. If you have not already subscribed, sign up for my FREE weekly newsletter The Ink Stained Wretch! READ MORE
October 16th, 2023 | Posted in News
Whew! New York Comic Con was intense, hectic and a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone who stopped by my table and for all of those who got a Virtual commission here. I’ve got a pile of them to do but will be getting on them right away because I DON’T HAVE ANY WORK TO DO ON CLAPTRAP ANYMORE! That said I really do have a lot of commissions to do. It will take some time, but everyone will get their art in the next week or two. I’ll do another of these virtual events to coinside with my next major comic con appearance, which… READ MORE
October 15th, 2023 | Posted in General
… to visit my “virtual Artist’s Alley” table and get one of my comic con type commissions. At 5 PM EDT tonight the table closes. I have a pretty long list and it will take a week or more to get them all done and shipped out, but drawn and shipped out they will be! Visit here for the different flavors of commissions available. Once the table is closed, that’s it! READ MORE
October 13th, 2023 | Posted in General
It’s Day two of my “Virtual NYCC Artist’s Alley” Table! Visit this link to get the kinds of commissions I usually only do live at comic cons, and at the same prices. From “Live style” caricatures all the way up to “Mock MAD Covers” in full color. The table closes at 5pm EDT on Sunday. My commission list is getting long, so get in soon! READ MORE
October 12th, 2023 | Posted in General
My “Virtual NYCC Artist’s Alley” table is now open! From now through the end of New York Comic Con, you can order the same kinds of commissions at the same prices I charge when I do a comic con. The table will close at 5pm EDT on Sunday! Visit here for the different kinds of commissions I have available. All online orders will be completed in the order in which they were placed, so the sooner you commission me to do a drawing for you, the sooner you will get it! READ MORE
October 10th, 2023 | Posted in General
I’ve come up for air (almost) after finishing CLAPTRAP, and will be appearing at New York Comic Con this weekend! Look for me at table A-09 all weekend, where I will be doing selling my usual garbage and doing commissions including the return of the much asked about “Mock MAD Cover”. What, you won’t be at New York Comic Con? Giant sweaty crowds comic book geek not your scene? Fear not! I will be conducting a “Virtual Artist’s Alley Booth” here on my website coinciding with the dates and times of NYCC. Starting at 10 am on Thursday Oct 2nd, you can come here and… READ MORE
September 22nd, 2023 | Posted in News
The Comics Journal published a story about Desmond Devlin any my upcoming book of movie parodies, CLAPTRAP, the other day. The article featured a look at one of the pages of extra material from the book… this one page “Godfather” gag. CLAPTRAP is a 124 page hardcover book featuring twelve movie parodies and lots of extra stuff like this one pager! The printing process has begun! The book will be here soon! READ MORE
