Tom's Mad Blog
October 20th, 2015 | Posted in General
This is actually from Chicago back in August… forgot to take a pic of our table at NYCC! I’m finally getting around to posting about our time at New York Comic Con, which took place Oct. 8-11th. It was a bit of a whirlwind week, as The Lovely Anna started it with a midnight emergency room visit on Sunday the 4th, and an unscheduled gall bladder removal surgery about 12 hours later. All went well and she refused to cancel our NYC trip, so we were off to the Big Apple on that Wednesday (her surgeon did clear her). NYCC is fast becoming my favorite… READ MORE
October 19th, 2015 | Posted in Monday MADness
I usually don’t bother to scan in my actual final pencils on any MAD jobs before I ink them, since I don’t usually need to send them in for approval (that’s all done with the roughs) and they are REALLY BIG and therefore a pain to scan. However I happened to come across scans of the final pencils for the splash page of MAD‘s parody of “The Dark Knight Rises” from issue #519 among some random files on my computer. I have no earthly idea why I went to the trouble of scanning them, but if anyone is interested in seeing what my final penciled… READ MORE
October 18th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Reading your mailbag a few weeks ago about rejection when drawing live caricatures, do you think it’s better to go for high sales or for great caricatures? A: Yes. Some retail caricaturists, meaning those that sell drawings to their subjects at theme parks, fairs, street corners, etc, seem to think you can’t do both of those things when in fact you can if you keep a few things firmly in mind: learn to read your subjects and be aware of the environment in which you are working. There are two extremes when it comes to retail caricature: The “Sell-Out”– This is the “caricaturist” who… READ MORE
October 13th, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Now available everywhere magazines are still sold (if you can find any of those places)!!: Cover (Mark Fredrickson) Letters and Tomatoes (Ed.) The Fundalini Pages (Jeff Kruse, Kevin Pope, J.C. uffy, Desmond Devlin, Josh Mecouch, Matt Lassen, Rick Tulka, Glen Le Lievre, Kenny Keil, Jose Garabaldi, Patrick Merrell, Sam Sisco, P.C. Vey, Samuel Ferri, ) Messy Chef Junior (Dick DeBartolo, Tom Bunk) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) The Substitute Teacher’s Manual (Kenny Keil, John Kershbaum) The Hunger Games Vs. NFL Games (Artist: Paul Coker) The Previously Untold Show-Biz Secrets of Nature Documentaries (John Caldwell 2016 Star Wars Calendar (Various) A MAD Look at Beer (Sergio… READ MORE
October 12th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Have you read about the controversy concerning charging for a signature when appearing at a comic book convention, and what are your thoughts about it? A: This is a timely question seeing as I just got done at New York Comic Con which is why, incidentally, the Sunday Mailbag question is appearing on Monday this week. My apologies. The “controversy” mentioned refers to some comments made by a few notable comics professionals who think everyone should be charging money at comic cons for signing a comic or piece of work they did, and that not doing so is a disservice to other professionals and… READ MORE
October 9th, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky any to embiggen… This parody of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” was written by Desmond Devlin and published in MAD #424, December 2002. Wieghing in at 9 pages, it is the longest piece I have ever done for the magazine. READ MORE
October 8th, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky any to embiggen… My first movie parody was of the Oscar winning film “Traffic”, written by Arnie Kogen and published in MAD #405, May 2001. If you’ve ever seen the film you’ll understand the color palettes I used… all the scenes that took place in Mexico had a yellow and brown cast to them, the ones shot in DC were blue, and those from San Diego were normal color. READ MORE
October 7th, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky any to embiggen… This was the first parody of any kind I did for MAD, a spoof of the TV show “Malcolm in the Middle”, written by Desmond Devlin and published in MAD #403, March 2001. READ MORE
