By: Tom Richmond
April 24th, 2018 | Posted in News
I just finished up a workshop in Chicago this past weekend. We had a great group! Thanks, everybody! I rarely have to cancel workshops for lack of interest but the workshop I have scheduled for Las Vegas, Sept 7-9th, is looking more and more like a casualty with only four students signed up so far. I’m setting a May 10th deadline for getting enough students sign up to meet my minimum of 8 or I will have to cancel the class. So, if you have been thinking about attending the Las Vegas workshop, get off the fence and sign up! In other workshop news, I… READ MORE
April 23rd, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
Last week MAD launched it’s new website and announced a lot of plans for a renewed and higher profile online and social media presence. Plans include multiple daily original cartoons and content on the MAD website, and a new blog coming this summer. On the social media side you’ll already see MAD has a very active Twitter and Instagram feed with multiple daily gags, comics and images. They also plan on posting a lot of original content on Facebook, but that is all going to be published in Russian to cut to the chase. There is also going to be an upcoming MAD podcast hosted… READ MORE
April 22nd, 2018 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Looking at the recent Mad magazine’s “This Is Us” parody, I noticed something that has something to do what I am asking about. I saw a panel that you drew that had various cartoon characters in the background, Fred Flintstone, Homer Simpson…etc…drawn in their style. I can understand that because it is a parody that would be acceptable, but what if you were asked to draw/paint in another artist’s style like Norman Rockwell…or Mort Drucker…etc… Have you ever been asked to draw another artist’s style? Is there any legal trouble doing that? I have a project that I am gonna work on for a… READ MORE
April 20th, 2018 | Posted in News
I’m in Chicago teaching one of my three day workshops this weekend. This is the class illustration… I caricature everyone in my MAD Magazine technique and they all get a print of it, olus a bunch of other goodies. Oh, and I teach everyone how I draw caricatures. Most of my wprkshops are sold out, but I have spaces available in some workshops this fall in Las Vegas, Minnesota, Los Angeles and Phoenix. Check out all the details here! READ MORE
April 19th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The second parody I drew for the new MAD #1 was different than your typical MAD spoof. Ostensibly it is a parody of the CW show “Riverdale”, but it begins as a sort of sequel to Bill Elder‘s famous “Starchie” parody from MAD #12 way back in 1954. Ian Boothby‘s script required me to draw in Bill Elder’s style for the first three pages, before “Starchie” and “Bottleneck” are sent forward in time to Riverdale (uh… I mean Riverdull) 2017. From then on it’s my usual style featuring caricatures of the “Riverdale” cast. Here are sample panels from this nine page extravaganza: The above is… READ MORE
April 18th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Deadlines and still being sick is kicking my ass, so here’s a flashback sketch from 2011 of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Graytones were added digitally as this one appeared in my book. READ MORE
April 17th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s a sneak peek of my art from the first of two parodies I did for the new MAD, “Star Bores: Half Assed Jedi” written by Desmond Devlin. The splash page art above includes some digital work I did on the “scroll” of text, which new MAD art director Suzy Hutchinson improved upon in the final printed version. Below are a few panels from the story pages. Huh? Whaddaya mean you want to “read the jokes”? What do you think this is, a furshlugginer library?!? Go out and buy a copy of MAD #1, clod! It’s on news stands TODAY! READ MORE
April 16th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic books shops now, in subscriber mailboxes and via digital format TBD, on news stands (all 16 of them left) everywhere tomorrow! Cover– (Jason Edmiston) ToC (Art by Harvey Kurtzman) Star Bores: Half-Assed Jedi (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) A MAD Look at Harassment (Sergio Aragonés, Colors: Carrie Strachan) Make America Greet Again (Teresa Burns Parkhurst) Spy vs Spy (Peter Kuper) The Wisenheim Museum (Ron English) Potrzebie Comics Cover (Kerry Callen) It’s Bring Your Sidekick to Work Day! (Kerry Callen) The 27 Club (Luke McGarry) Boonies, Burbs and Burgs (Bob Fingerman) MAD’s Movie Mogul Guide (Mary Trainor) Pop Culture that Didn’t Make it into Ready… READ MORE
