Here’s a look at the pencil roughs for MAD‘s parody of “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” that was at exclusive part of the special Loot Crate issue. If it seems my roughs get progressively rougher as the parody goes along, that is not your imagination, that is the deadline looming: READ MORE
Q: Do you ever argue with art directors on a piece you are working on when they want changes you think will ruin the piece? Do you ever refuse to make the changes? A: The short answer to that first part is no. I would say I do not ever really “argue” with an art director. That said, I will “go to bat” for some aspect of the artwork I am doing for them if I think the changes they want work against the effectiveness of the piece. What I mean by “go to bat” is if I think something they want changed really does… READ MORE
One week from today I’ll be at Wizard World Comic Con Chicago, booth F-15 in Artists’ Alley. I’ll be pimping the following: Signed copies of “The Mad Art of Caricature” Original MAD artwork NEW: Various pencil sketches ranging from $25 to $75 Limited edition prints: “Men of Steel” “Bat’s in the Belfry” “The Game is Afoot” My “Presidential Caricatures” poster Assorted copies of MAD (signed) Exclusive mini-prints of my sold out James Bond print and one of my DC variant covers Commissions and caricatures I’m also doing a panel on Thursday: Thursday August 20: 5:30-6:15 PM HOW TO DRAW FUNNY! WITH MAD’S TOM RICHMOND, THE… READ MORE
Here’s the last of my “True Detective” series, “Frank Semyon” as portrayed by Vince Vaughn. I have to say I was disappointed in this season of “True Detective” (Don’t worry, no spoilers here). The storytelling was convoluted, introducing motivations and characters involved in key events almost right before the plot lines they were part of were resolved. That’s not very fair when viewers spend 8 plus hours trying to understand the story behind the crime being investigated. Sloppy and poor storytelling, and a waste of a dynamite cast. Ah, well… The show did have some great moments. As always, this sketch is available for purchase… READ MORE
As promised, here’s a look at some of the art from MAD‘s parody of “The Avengers: Age of Ultron”, written by Desmond Devlin. Clicky any to embiggen… Whaddya mean you want to read Des’s jokes in the word boxes??? What does this look like… a furshlugginer library?!? Go out and buy a copy of MAD #535, clod! READ MORE
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere tomorrow: Cover (Mark Fredrickson) Letters and Tomatoes (Ed.) The Fundalini Pages (Evan Waite, Bob Staake, Jeff Kruse, Anton Emdin, Jason Yungbluth, Alison Grambs, C.F. Payne, Tim Latterner, Adam Koford, Kenny Keil, John Martz, P.C. Vey, Kevin Pope, Samuel Ferri, Chris Houghton) Donald Trump: Blowhard with a Vengeance (Writer: Desmond Devlin) The Scavengers: Age of Moron (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) Are You a Foodie… or Not? (Kenny Keil, Paul Coker) Sympathy Cards We Wish We Could Buy (Writer: Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Artists: Leonardo Rodriguez, Rick Tulka, Emily Flake) Ben Carson:… READ MORE
Q: Has it ever occurred to you that you might draw a caricature of someone’s face which already looks like a “natural” caricature? How to you manage an already exaggerated face? I am mostly referring to live caricature. A: There is really no such thing as someone who already looks like a caricature of themselves. The very definition of caricature is to exaggerated someone’s features and “look”. That means you start at what they really look like and go from there. If a person is already funny looking you just have a different starting point. Some people have more obvious features for you to exaggerate,… READ MORE
Jeff started doing a show at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas late last year, and he had me do a bunch of different pieces for him for various merchandise. Some of that stuff is finally showing up in his online store (I think it had been exclusive to the Vegas gift store until recently) so I think it’s safe to show them here. He has another set of playing card illustrations as well, so I am not sure where these last few images are being used. READ MORE
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