By: Tom Richmond
December 2nd, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I was surprised to see (mostly) my art on the cover of the the latest issue of Australian MAD. This is an altered version of this variant cover I did for Batman/Superman #10, April 2014: Someone added the Joaquin Phoenix “Joker” makeup to the original art for the new cover. No, I did not get paid for this. In fact I didn’t even know about it until someone posted the cover pic on a MAD group in Facebook. That’s the wonderful world of work for hire. READ MORE
December 1st, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Seeing your Captain Rochester picture made me wonder what you think of the evolution of the depiction of the male heroic physique in comics since the 1960s, as a bodybuilder yourself. I haven’t bought comics for many years, and it was partly the advent of what I saw as the weirdly unpleasant overdeveloped character representations that made me stop. A: The “Captain Rochester” character (see above) is of course an exaggeration of a male comic book hero physique (although not by much by modern standards). I’m no expert but it seems to me the superhero physique of the day is a reflection of society’s… READ MORE
November 30th, 2019 | Posted in News
I never discount my workshops, so this is a first and only for a short time. Now through Cyber-Monday you can get one of the few currently open spots in either my April 17-19th Chicago or May 1-3 Long Island City workshops for $50 off! Sorry domestic workshops only. This offer expires after Cyber-Monday! READ MORE
November 29th, 2019 | Posted in News
13th Doctor fans, rejoice!!! I have an updated version of my Doctor Who limited edition print available with a special upgrade offer for owners of the original “The Doctor Makes House Calls” LE print. Read on for the details! In 2013 I created a limited edition Doctor Who print featuring caricatures of all (at the time) eleven Doctors from the long running British Sc-Fi series. It sold out pretty quickly, which was a good thing because shortly thereafter Peter Capaldi took over as the 12th Doctor, and John Hurt appeared as “The War Doctor”. In 2016 I did a new LE print with all new… READ MORE
November 28th, 2019 | Posted in General
I haven’t posted this guy in a few years. Happy Thanksgiving! READ MORE
November 27th, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s SowW is the thirteenth Doctor herself, Jodie Whittaker! The original is already sold. Yes, this matches the size/format of the Doctors from my “The Doctor Makes House Calls” print, but don’t buy one of those right now! Look for an announcement on Friday! READ MORE
November 26th, 2019 | Posted in News
Here’s another “Workshop Warmup” sketch from my recent workshop in San Francisco… Patton Oswalt! These warmups are an exercise we do one morning of the class where someone suggests a subject, I do an image search for a picture and we all work from that image for about 15 minutes. Speaking of workshops, both my Burbank class in January and my Las Vegas class in February are sold out. If you missed out, you can sign up for the waitlist by clicking on the links. The workshop in Phoenix in March is cancelled… sorry Arizona but I looks like won’t be back there again. I… READ MORE
November 25th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s the clever cover for MAD #11 (art by Mark Summers), which goes on sale Dec 18th… somewhere. Your local comic book shop or via your mailbox if you still want to get your MAD on dead trees. Yes this issue is mostly new content. The entire MAD 20 is new. Sergio’s “A MAD Look at…” and Spy vs. Spy is new. I did two of the MAD 20 features. I’ll post the list of contents after the release date. READ MORE
