Tom's Mad Blog
March 31st, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The legendary Al Jaffee The Lovely Anna and I were lucky to be able to attend a special event last night in celebration of the great Al Jaffee‘s 95th birthday at Sardi’s in New York City. Hosted by DC Entertainment, a crowd of Al’s family, friends and colleagues congratulated Al on seven decades (and going) of work as a cartoonist and on 95 years on the planet. The evening included some big surprises, including Al’s induction into the Guinness Book of World Records and a NYC Mayoral Proclamation. Al and MAD writer Dick DeBartolo More of MAD’s Usual Idiots (Clockwise lower left): MAD photographer Irving… READ MORE
March 30th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Traveling. Can’t post a fresh sketch today. Here’s a golden oldie from 2007 of Leonardo DiCaprio. READ MORE
March 29th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Thought this was interesting. This is an ad on Playbill.com looking for comedy performers for a new live show. For those that don’t know, there was a MAD live show Off-Broadway back in 1966, written by MAD writers Larry Siegel and Stan Hart, and the original cast included Linda Lavin and Jo Anne Worley. I have no clue who is behind this, what connection MAD really has to it (which could range from 100% to DC Entertainment only licensing out the MAD name ala the FOX TV show). I’ll have to ask the MAD staff about it. READ MORE
March 28th, 2016 | Posted in General
I really did like Batman v Superman… I just couldn’t resist. READ MORE
March 27th, 2016 | Posted in General
Q: I’m a published Illustrator, have even won a few awards. I don’t use any computer programs. I simply draw everything by hand. I’m finding it very hard to compete with other illustrators who do use alot of technology to do their work. What I’m really wanting to know is if it’s worth getting out of my comfort zone and learning to do digital drawings or at least digitally enhanced drawings? I can make my work look just as good but I find it takes me soooo long to do compared to artists using Adobe/Photoshop. A: I still mostly draw (and ink when inking is required) the… READ MORE
March 25th, 2016 | Posted in General
I’m way too busy for an indepth review of this movie (and since I don’t want to include any spoilers anyway) here’s just a brief few thoughts: It does not deserve the hate it’s getting– No, it’s not your enjoyable but cartoonish Marvel movie full of cutsie one liners and popcorn plots, but there is plenty to like about it. These movies dare to examine the way the world would actually react to having super-powered beings among us. It is too heavy handed but not as slit-your-wrists depressing as the haters seem to think. I loved Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jeremy Irons, Amy Adams, Lawrence… READ MORE
March 24th, 2016 | Posted in General
So right after I finished the art for the MAD 80’s special above, I found myself with this big pile of black and white, inked caricatures of 80’s celebrities/icons that were used on the squares of the Rubik’s Cube. I said to myself, “Self, what am I going to do with these little pieces of MAD cover art?” SELL THEM, of course. They are all pretty small, the images themselves being about 4×5 inches, done in dip pen/brush and ink on smooth bristol. They are also oddly cropped in some instances, since I did two on a page and sometimes they were too close together… READ MORE
March 23rd, 2016 | Posted in Classic Rock Sketch Series
From my “Classic Rock Star” series of sketches, it’s another of the “Million Dollar Quartet”…a young Johnny Cash! As always, the original of this sketch is available in the Studio Store! READ MORE
