Tom's Mad Blog
August 6th, 2015 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
This piece was done in 1995 for Twin Cities Business Monthly, and accompanied a story about insurance fraud. The client wanted a 50’s comic book feel to it, so I naturally went with an E.C. look…especially given the title they wanted for the comic. This was done using the old “film pos/acetate overlay” technique that was used for coloring comic books for decades before the digital revolution. It involved taking the inks to a production house that put it on a stat camera and produced two prints of it on clear acetate. One was just the linework on the clear sheet, but adding registration marks… READ MORE
August 5th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s another of the stars of Season 2 of HBO’s “True Detective”, Taylor Kitsch! As always, this sketch is available for purchase in the Studio Store! READ MORE
August 4th, 2015 | Posted in General
My contribution to the National Cartoonists Society’s 2015 Comic-Con exclusive print. This print will also be available for purchase at the NCS’s booth at New york Comic-Con in October! The full print: READ MORE
August 3rd, 2015 | Posted in Monday MADness
Believe it or not the iPad version of MAD #535 is already out. Above is Mark Fredrickson‘s terrific cover art. This cover got a big laugh at the MAD panel at San Diego Comic-Con, where they showed it for the audience. Speaking of San Diego Comic-Con, when I was there last month I did a couple of live demos over at the Wacom booth on their fancy new 27QHD Touch. I took the opportunity to work on an actual piece for the upcoming issue of MAD. Of course I can’t actually say what I was working on yet, but… Incidentally the 27QHD is really awesome.… READ MORE
August 2nd, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I’d like to know how you manage to resist the temptation to add ‘just a bit more’ to an artwork you’ve just done. I have to admit I’ve given in to that a few times and a drawing can get ruined as a consequence. A: That’s a problem for many artists, especially younger ones. I think it’s because there is always a certain amount of insecurity when you create a piece of art and the temptation to keep tinkering with it is hard to ignore. When to stop is something that every artist has to figure out for themselves. Yes, you absolutely can ruin… READ MORE
July 31st, 2015 | Posted in General
It’s getting a little crazy in the studio, so rather than post the Deadline Demon, I thought I’d put up some old artwork. Here’s pencil sketch of Megan Fox from 2009. I did a little digital wash on it and used in my book. READ MORE
July 30th, 2015 | Posted in News
A few weeks ago I posted about this terrific seven day “Caribbean Cartooning Cruise” featuring myself and a bunch of real cartoonists including seven Reuben Award winners, four Pulitzer prize winners, winners of a ton of NCS Silver Reuben winners and many other awards: Jim Borgman– “Zits” syndicated comic strip; Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist; 1993 Reuben Award winner Lynn Johnston– “For Better or For Worse” syndicated comic strip; 1985 Reuben Award winner Jeff Keane– “The Family Circus” syndicated comic strip Rick Kirkman– “Baby Blues” syndicated comic strip; 2012 Reuben Award winner Mike Luchovich– Two time Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist, 2005 Reuben Award winner… READ MORE
July 29th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s another sketch of one of the stars of season two of HBO’s “True Detective”, Rachel McAdams. As always, this drawing is available for purchase in the Studio Store! READ MORE
