By: Tom Richmond

Monday MADness- America’s Most Wanted!

June 19th, 2017 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Here’s a look at one of my earliest TV parodies for MAD, “America’s Most Wanted” written by Dick DeBartolo from MAD #414, Feb 2002. READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag- How Long for MAD Jobs?

June 18th, 2017 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: How long does it typically take you to do a MAD parody? A: As long as they give me. Seriously, that’s the real answer. I am given a deadline, and I turn in the art on that deadline. If the job is a six page parody and the deadline is in 4 weeks, it takes me four weeks. If the deadline is in two weeks, it takes me two weeks. In the former case I am able to work on other jobs as well, and do things like sleep. In the latter, not so much. I have been given as long as 5 weeks… READ MORE

Pittsburgh Workshop Report

June 16th, 2017 | Posted in News

I spent last weekend in Pittsburgh PA with the crazy crew shown above teaching one of my caricature workshops. As usual I had a lot of diversity in skill level, from beginners to seasoned live caricature pros to professional cartoonists/comic book artists and animators. We had a lot of fun, drew a lot of faces and (I hope) everyone learned something. Thanks to the group for taking the workshop! I have one more workshop this year with available space in it, taking place Sept 15th-17th here in Minnesota. The MN workshops are unique in that the Friday event happens here in my home/studio and I am… READ MORE

Joel Schumacher Says He’s Sorry

June 15th, 2017 | Posted in General

From “Battyman Begone” MAD #455, July 2005- Words by Des Devlin In a recent article with VICE, director Joel Schumacher apologized to all fans of Batman for his film “Batman and Robin”. Not only was that film totally unwatchable, it killed a movie franchise that didn’t get rebooted until “Batman Begins” eight years later. As a lifelong fan of Batman, I still am scratching my head over “Batman and Robin”. You would think that someone involved in the production would have looked over the dialogue in the script, watched the dailies while the actors chewed the scenery to shreds with their over the top and… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Justin Timberlake!

June 14th, 2017 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Super busy trying to get caught up and ahead before a trip down to Florida next week to visit my youngest daughter The Effervescent Gabrielle, so here’s an old sketch of Justin Timberlake from that recently found old sketchbook. READ MORE

MAD Moving News

June 13th, 2017 | Posted in MAD Magazine

The big news on the MAD move to Burbank is… there is no news. DC Entertainment has given no official (or unofficial for that matter, at least to my knowledge) information on their plans for the magazine once it gets to the west coast. Here’s the little I do know: The New York staff will be doing the magazine through issue 550. This will be the last issue produced in NYC by the current MAD staff, and will be out in Feb 2018 but will be produced before Dec 31, 2017. The offices will close at the end of 2017. I’m told only one of… READ MORE

Remembering Adam West

June 12th, 2017 | Posted in General

I was teaching a workshop in Pittsburgh this weekend when the news of Adam West‘s sudden passing broke. It is no exaggeration to say that his 60’s TV show “Batman” was what got me hooked on comics as a very young kid, and probably is the reason I am a cartoonist today. After many years of disdain heaped on the campy nature of that show by “real” Batman fans it was great to see it embraced by so many in the last few years as the nostalgia factor finally kicked into high gear. That show was a wonderful and beloved take on a character that… READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag- Exaggerated Body Movement?

June 11th, 2017 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: My question is about how you decide to exaggerate the body movements on your caricatures. In the most recent MAD you have Chris Hardwick having his neck stretched way beyond what any human could possibly do, in some other parodies I have seen similar cartoony images. Does the art director decide when to have this or is it a personal choice. A: Here’s the panel in question: No, that’s up to me as the artist to decide when something like that is appropriate. Some written action or jokes in a parody demand “physical comedy” in the visuals to help “sell the gag”, and sometimes… READ MORE

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