Tom's Mad Blog
June 20th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The Hollywood Reporter had an exclusive announcement last week about this book I have been working on with MAD editor Dave Croatto, so I guess it’s okay to talk about it now… it’s been very hush hush since I got the assignment back in April. The book is pretty self explanatory, I think. It’s a mashup of the classic children’s book Goodnight Moon and everybody’s favorite caped crusader. The Hollywood Reporter posted the cover and a couple of the interior spreads: You’ll just have to wait until November when the book is released to see the rest of the goods. It’s a clever script from… READ MORE
June 19th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: If you had unlimited time and resources, how would you expand your artistic repertoire? A: Actually if I really had unlimited times and resources, I’d learn to play the guitar. I dabbled with it when I was younger but could never devote the time and work necessary to really learn to play it. I never got much farther than basic rhythm and some cool lead licks like Ozzy’s “Crazy Train”, Rush’s “Limelight” and a few others. Thanks to Kevin Richlin 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… READ MORE
June 17th, 2016 | Posted in News
Well, that didn’t take long. The second workshop is now also sold out. Sorry, I am not going to add a third one. If these go well I’ll do another one in September next year. For anybody who missed out- please email me privately and get on the wait list. I already had one person from the original workshop back out and a waitlister got it, so don’t assume there’s no way you can attend. Send me a request to be on the wait list and I’ll let you know if a spot opens up. First come first served, and if you decide you can’t… READ MORE
June 17th, 2016 | Posted in News
I had so many people sign up for the waiting list for my first workshop, I went ahead and scheduled a second one for the weekend before, which was the only time I had available until the snow flies around here. So actually this one will be the FIRST workshop, and the original will be the second. Half the class is already booked by waiting list people and there are only 6 remaining spots so if you want in do not procrastinate. I will not be doing another one in this area until next fall (if then) no matter how many people are on the… READ MORE
June 16th, 2016 | Posted in General
We are a little shorthanded this week so guess who is working a rare day doing caricatures at Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America? I’ll be there from 12-8pm, so come buy and get your caricature drawn! READ MORE
June 15th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s Drac is Al Lewis in his role as “Grandpa” aka Count Vladamir “Sam” Dracula from the classic 60’s TV series “The Munsters”. As always, the original is being shamelessly pimped in the Studio Store. Was Grandpa actually supposed to be Dracula, you say? I was surprised to find that out myself. Of course everybody knows he was Lily’s father, not Herman’s, so he was never “Grandpa Munster”. He was referred to twice in the original series as “Count Dracula” as well as “The Count” and was known by his full name Vladamir Dracula in the 1980’s short lived reboot series “The Munsters Today”.… READ MORE
June 14th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Over on one of the several MAD Magazine Facebook fan groups someone shared a link to my sneak peek of the parody of “Batman v Superman” in the current issue. Someone then posted the following comment: Were parodies always months late? They seemed to be more current. I hear that now and again, and I’ve blogged before about how the distribution of films these days is very different from the 60’s-90’s, when films opened in bigger cities and trickled down to smaller ones over the course of several months. It might seem like MAD got their movie parodies into the magazine faster because the films… READ MORE
June 13th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
This week’s Monday MADness is a sneak peek at my art from MAD #540’s parody of “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”, written by Desmond Devlin. Splash page above and a sample panel from each page below: Whaddya mean you want to read the jokes in the word balloons? Whaddya think this is, a furshlugginer library?? This issue is on news stands tomorrow… so go pick up a copy, clod! READ MORE
