By: Tom Richmond
April 3rd, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Research Center at Ohio State University is putting on a huge MAD exhibition entitled “Artistically MAD: Seven Decades of Satire” from May 5th-Oct 21st 2018 in the Robinson Gallery. Here’s their description: Harvey Kurtzman’s brainchild made its debut as a comic book in 1952 before switching to a magazine format in 1955. Over the ensuing years, MAD has featured artwork by many of the most talented cartoonists in the industry. This comprehensive exhibition will showcase original drawings and paintings by all of the top MAD contributors, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Norman Mingo, Al Jaffee, Serio Aragonés, Don Martin, Mort Drucker… READ MORE
April 3rd, 2018 | Posted in News
Part three of my three-comiccons-in-a-row whirlwind tour is this weekend at McCormick Place in Chicago at C2E2. I’ll me in Artist’s Alley at booth C-14! New this year will be my MAD #548 “Stranger Things” cover print, copies of Superman and the Miserable, Rotten, No Fun, Really Bad Day, a new Mini-print and loads of other crap. I’ll also be doing a signing at the DC booth. I’ll post my full schedule on Friday. READ MORE
April 2nd, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the pencils of MAD #548’s parody of “Stranger Things”. Splash page above and story pages below. I drew these digitally on my Wacom Cintiq 27QHD. Parody written by Desmond Devlin. READ MORE
April 1st, 2018 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: With you participating in so many comic book conventions, I just had to know—do you come across many people cosplaying as Alfred E. Neuman? A: I actually don’t do all that many comic cons. I only do four every year: San Diego Comic-Con and New York Comic Con, because those are the big ones, and two in Chicago in C2E2 and Wizard World Chicago (formerly Chicago Comic Con) because they are good sized shows but also within a driveable distance of my home. I’m currently in charge of the National Cartoonists Society’s big comic-con booth presence so when they started doing Wondercon with that… READ MORE
March 31st, 2018 | Posted in News
My Portland workshop June 29th-July 1st is sold out! If you missed out you can get added to the waitlist. I sometimes get a last minute cancellation, and will offer any sudden opening to those on the waitlist on a first come-first served basis. There’s no obligation… if you decide not to take the spot I’ll move on to the next person on the list. I still have openings in my last four workshops of the year in Las Vegas, Minnesota, Los Angeles and Phoenix. READ MORE
March 30th, 2018 | Posted in News
Since there is no official DC booth or MAD related panels at Indiana Comic-Con, there’s not much to my schedule this weekend, so it’s easy to remember!: Friday March 30th 12:00pm-2:30pm- Guest Creators Area booth G3 3:30pm-4:30pm- “Mad MAD Art” presentation room 142 4:45pm-7:00pm- Guest Creators Area booth G3 Saturday March 31st 10:00am- 7:00pm- Guest Creators Area booth G3 Sunday April 1st 10:00am- 5:00pm- Guest Creators Area booth G3 I was given the go ahead to show some of my artwork from the upcoming new MAD #1 (the same stuff they showed at Wondercon) during my talk today, so those in attendance will get a… READ MORE
March 29th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s another official sneak peek at part of the new MAD #1, a mash-up of cropped panels from the parody of “Riverdale”, which features an homage to Will Elder‘s classic “Starchie” from MAD #12. Written by Ian Boothby with art by me. How is an Elder homage going to fit into the Riverdale spoof, you ask? You’ll just have to buy the issue On April 17th to find out… Fa Fa Fa! Oh, and MAD posted this sneak peek on their Instagram: READ MORE
March 28th, 2018 | Posted in News
I’m actually a special guest at the Indiana Comic Con this weekend! You’ll find me at table G3 (I think) in the “Guest Creators” area, and I’ll be doing a presentation Friday from 3:30pm-4:30pm in room 142. I’ll post my schedule on Friday morning once I confirm the table space number, etc. READ MORE
