Tom's Mad Blog
December 9th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
The Lovely Anna and I watch “The Blacklist” regularly. It’s a guilty pleasure, mainly because of this guy… Red Redington himself, James Spader. The show has some HUGE plot holes and a suspension of disbelief that borders on the ridiculous, but Spader’s character is so mesmerizing you can forgive how criminals can somehow escape from the FBI in a helicopter over the skies of Washington DC like the airspace isn’t blanketed by radar and yet in 15 seconds the techies in their ops headquarters can get the name and intimate details of a suspect’s entire life using only a partial picture of their left ear… READ MORE
December 6th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: In the Gallery/Misc. section I love the Obama vs. Reagan boxing sculpture. Do you get involved much in caricature sculpture or 3D modeling software? If so, what type of clay or modeling software do you use? A: Here’s the image mentioned in the question: I did not do the sculpture, this was based on drawings I did. I have had my work turned into a 3 dimensional object a number of times, this statuette being one example. Here’s a few others: I have only ever dabbled with sculpture, and I have never used any 3D modeling software. I used to have a box of… READ MORE
December 4th, 2015 | Posted in News
My newest print “The Doctor Makes House Calls” is officially out the door! After some holiday-fueled printing and delivery delays, the prints have arrived, been signed and numbered, and all orders are either shipped or shipping today! That includes any other orders like sketches, other prints, books, etc. There’s still time to visit the Studio Store and order “The Doctor Makes House Calls” or any of our other prints, etc. in time to give for holiday gifts… but it’s getting closer and closer! READ MORE
December 3rd, 2015 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
Hoo boy, this is humbling. I came across this moldie oldie going through some of my mom’s old storage boxes. This was a tri-fold promo brochure I did as a project back in my last year of college, circa 1989. I updated it with my new address after my new bride The Lovely Anna and I moved to the Atlanta Georgia area to run a theme park caricature operation for Fasen Arts that summer… thus the Austell GA address. Here’s the back: I remember this as being the first piece of art I ever inked with real ink, as opposed to markers or pens. I… READ MORE
December 2nd, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
The Lovely Anna and I finally got around to watching the Netflix series “Jessica Jones” starring this week’s caricature subject, Krysten Ritter. She has the best nostrils in the business! Original sketch available for purchase in The Studio Store! READ MORE
December 1st, 2015 | Posted in Monday MADness
Continuing a look back at some of my art from “The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things” feature over the years, here’s a piece from MAD #473, Jan 2007. READ MORE
November 30th, 2015 | Posted in News
Every year the National Cartoonists Society bestows the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship to one talented college student pursuing a career in cartooning. This might mean comic books, animation, graphic novels, editorial… any cartooning discipline is welcome. The scholarship award is a cool five grand and a free trip to the NCS Reuben Awards where the recipient gets lauded by a whole hotel full of professional cartoonists! Great, right?! Well, you can’t win the scholarship if you don’t submit your work, and the deadline is December 15th!!! Copied below is the official press release, and a link to get the info on submitting. ___________________________________ PRESS RELEASE… READ MORE
November 30th, 2015 | Posted in General
I just added a few last sketches to the Studio Store for our Black Friday through Cyber Monday sale! At midnight tonight (Central Standard Time) the prices go back from merely overpriced to “you must be kidding me!” wildly overpriced. Don’t miss out on this chance to experience true buyer’s remorse! READ MORE
