I’m finally getting back to my “Classic Rock and Roll” caricature sketch series. Here’s the fetching Deborah Harry from “Blondie”. My friends and I were all in love with Deborah thanks to Blondie’s MTV music videos. Did you know they used to play music videos on MTV? Well, they did. You can buy the original sketch in the Studio Store! READ MORE
Just arrived from the printer, all 44 of my caricatures of the U.S. Presidents in one 19″ x 27″ full color poster! Printed on glossy, 100lb stock, it’s a perfect gift for schoolteachers, history buffs, political wonks or fans of crazy facial hair. Shipped in a sturdy cardboard tube! You can order one today, signed and everything for $15.99 (cheap)! 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 (Matt Lassen, Ward Sutton, Tim Hamilton, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Kenny Keil, Jose Garibaldi, Emily Flake, Jeff Kruse, Rick Tulka, Samuel Ferri, Scott Maiko, John Kerschbaum, Justin Peterson, Tom Cheney, Garth Gerhart) Chris Christie’s World (J.C. Duffy, Richard Williams) Ray Drearyman (Arnie Kogen, Tom Richmond) Amazing #lifehacks That Will Totally Change Your #life! (Kenny Keil, Kevin Pope) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) Planning for your Summer Music Festival (Kenny Keil, John Martz) When Minions really Go Bad (John Caldwell)… READ MORE
Q: In regards to recurring characters like Spy vs Spy, Melvin and Jenkins, and Monroe etc does MAD own the rights to those characters (I’m assuming they DO own Spy vs Spy) or does the original artist/ writer still own them? A: I am not the best person to ask that question of, since I have nothing to do with the inner working of the magazine or its relationship with freelancers. That said, as far as I know EVERYTHING that is published in MAD Magazine is done as “work for hire”, which means that MAD owns it once they pay you for doing it. That… READ MORE
The new website is finally up and running (sort of)! There are a number of things that need fixing, and the Studio Store is completely offline for the moment, but the new design and layout is in place and running smoothly (more or less). So what’s new? Well, this is a much sleeker and less cluttered website, and infinitely more mobile-friendly. It changes dynamically with the device you are using, so on a smartphone you have a different layout and drop down menu functions than you have on a tablet or a desktop. Overall the site should load and run much faster, and be a… READ MORE
You can guess what this is going to be a part of… READ MORE
MAD Magazine superfan Steve “The Kuhnster” Kuhn put this animation together of all my presidential caricatures. Pretty cool… thanks, Steve! Speaking of the presidential caricature series, the poster is all done and at the printers. Should be getting it next week sometime and it will immediately be onsale in the Studio Store. I’ll announce it here on Tom’s Mad Blog when that happens. READ MORE
I know I’ve told this story before, but if someone was to ask me “what was the first piece you ever did for MAD?”, there are actually three answers. The first piece of art I ever had printed in MAD was a two pager called “Gadgets to Make Your Home Theater REALLY like the Movies” in MAD #399, October 2000. The first piece of art I ever did for them that they used for any reason was something called “Presidential Survivor”, and was used on the MAD website (back when they were first doing original content on it) in August 2000. My first official paid… READ MORE
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