Sketch O’The Week
March 28th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s another 60’s Bat-villain… John Astin filled in as “The Riddler” in season two. Original available in the Studio Store. Bat Facts: Astin’s appearance as The Riddler was supposedly due to Frank Gorshin‘s demand for a raise, although some sources claim Gorshin just didn’t want to play the part anymore. An earlier episode series in season two was originally supposed to feature The Riddler but the villain was changed to “The Puzzler” due to Gorshin’s absence. Gorshin did come back as The Riddler for a single episode in the third and final season. READ MORE
March 7th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s ’66 Batvillian is Roddy McDowall as “Bookworm”, original available in the Studio Store as usual. BatFacts: Many TV Trivia and information books incorrectly state that actress Joan Crawford played “the Printer’s Devil”, an assistant to Roddy McDowall‘s Bookworm, in the first season episode. This error occurred when one book accidentally misspelled actor John Crawford‘s name. Many subsequent books then used this one erroneous book as a reference without bothering to check the accuracy of the listing. Joan Crawford never appeared on “Batman”, that role was played by John Crawford. READ MORE
March 2nd, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Our 60’s Bat-villains series continues with Vincent Price as “Egghead”! Original available in the Studio Store. BatFacts: When filming this episode there was to be a big “egg fight” in the finale, and Vincent Price was required to hit Burt Ward (Robin) with an egg. According to Price: “The crew was fed up with Burt, so they had me throw two dozen eggs at him, and he had to stand there and take it.” READ MORE
March 1st, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Sketch week continues with Victor Buono aka “King Tut” from the 60’s Batman TV show. Original available in the Studio Store. Bat Facts: The Batman cover issue of TV Guide announced that Robert Morely was scheduled to play King Tut, which turned out to be completely unfounded. READ MORE
February 28th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I figured I might have to add the name of the 60’s Batman villain these actors portrayed since the name recognition on many has been lost a bit in the 50 years since the show was on the air… This is David Wayne and the Mad Hatter… original available in the Studio Store. Bat Facts: David Wayne appeared in more films with Marilyn Monroe than any other actor… four in total: As Young as You Feel (1951), We’re Not Married (1952), O. Henry’s Full House (1952), and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953). READ MORE
February 27th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I just finished about 6 weeks of nonstop deadlines, workshops and travel… so this week on Tom’s Mad Blog I’m just going to shut up and draw a bunch of 60’s Batman villains. Here’s a sketch of the stunning Eartha Kitt as “Catwoman”. Original available in the Studio Store if you are interested. BatFacts: Eartha Kitt took over the role of Catwoman for the third and final season of Batman. The reason for this, according to Kitt’s first episode screenwriter Stanley Ralph Ross was “because Julie was doing a movie at the time. I think it was “McKenna’s Gold”. READ MORE
February 21st, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Sorry no time this week for a Batman villain sketch… I’m really under the gun with a deadline. Instead, here’s a little look at what we do in one of my caricature workshops. The above is one of 30 faces in our workshop book that we draw live in class. The book contains a selection of different face types, ages, races, male/female, etc. Part of what we do is examine each face, discuss observations and how to exaggerate what we see, and I draw the face along with the class with my drawing projected on a big screen as it’s being done. The above was… READ MORE
February 14th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m traveling and have the deadline blues so no time for a sketch today. Keeping with the Batman ’66 theme, here’s a drawing I did for the MAD TV show on Cartoon Network, the late Yvvone Craig as Batgirl. READ MORE
