By: Tom Richmond
October 20th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: How do you find working with the Copic markers for coloring? They seem to be the popular and recent/newest of the traditional art materials. I remember alcohol markers being around for a long time now but mostly for advertising comps and architecture/landscape renderings. A: I like the Copics a lot, but I only use them for quick style work like I do at comic cons. They are versatile and convenient, but while you can do a lot of blending of colors to get a wider palette, you are essential stuck with the colors and values of the markers themselves. Not all colors blend together… READ MORE
October 18th, 2019 | Posted in General
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October 17th, 2019 | Posted in General
Viz #290 is out and they have once again stooped low enough to have a couple of pieces by me in the issue. One is the color movie poster above. Now, if you don’t know what the “Carry On” movie series is then… join the club. I’d never heard of them but as I didn’t grow up in England why would I have? It’s a series of comedic films all starring virtually the same players that spanned 31 movies from 1958 to 1992 (although 30 of the 31 movies were released between 1958 and 1978, with 1992’s “Carry On Columbus” being a try at reviving… READ MORE
October 16th, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m wrapping up my “Magnificent Seven” series with a two for one! Here’s Brad Dexter and (introducing) Horst Buchholtz. These are the last of the Seven, and the least known, so i thought I’d combine them into one. As always, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
October 15th, 2019 | Posted in General
Dustin Hoffman from “Hook”. I ran out of time at New York Comic Con and had to finish this one at home. At least then I was able to actually scan it instead of taking a lame picture with my phone. Brush pens and Copic markers on bristol. READ MORE
October 14th, 2019 | Posted in Monday MADness
Earlier this month at New York Comic Con, MAD writer Desmond Devlin and I thought we’d get together for dinner one night. We decided to call and invite a few of our fellow members of the Usual Gang of Idiots. The next thing you know we had almost 30 people show up. The table only sat six, so it was a little cramped. Actually MAD artist Ed Steckley found us a venue and we had a nice little NYC MAD reunion. Here are some pictures, all courtesy of former MAD assistant art director Nadina Simon! I don’t have pictures of anybody else since I was… READ MORE
October 13th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: If you have finished a job (spoof for MAD, illustration…) did you spend more time on the creative part (composition, sketching) or on the rendering part (inks and coloring)? A: That has a different answer for each job. Some jobs require a lot of preliminary work, especially with a new client. There might be several rounds of conceptual sketches, followed by a tight pencil and revisions until you finally get to the last stage. Other jobs the initial concept is either already worked out as dictated by the client or it just rolls off the end of the pencil and it’s quickly on to… READ MORE
October 11th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD #10 just dropped this week, and it features a TV parody (kind of) in “The Manmaid’s Tale” and a montage of film parodies of horror movie sequels in “Xander and Kam’s Night of the Living Sequels”. Sadly, these might be the last new film or TV show parodies ever printed in MAD Magazine. Over its 67 year run, MAD has been known for several ongoing features that have become an integral part of the magazine: The Fold-In, Spy vs.. Spy, Sergio Aragonés‘ “marginals”, Alfred E. Neuman on the cover, and their spoofs of popular (and sometimes not so popular) films and TV shows. Of… READ MORE
