By: Tom Richmond
March 12th, 2017 | Posted in General
Q: In your training seminars have you found everyone is teachable/learnable? Do you ever have a student who will NEVER get it? A: Not in any of my workshops (so far), but yes, I have run across many people, some artists of good ability, who just don’t “get” caricature, and maybe might never be able to draw them competently. Drawing and drawing caricatures are two separate things. Everyone is teachable to some degree. If you study and practice drawing hard enough, you will improve your skills. That doesn’t mean anyone can become a great artist, it just means anyone can improve their ability to draw… READ MORE
March 8th, 2017 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Mashable just debuted an exclusive sneak peek at MAD‘s newest kids book parody, written by Dave Croatto with art by me. Goodnight Batcave did so well they followed it up with Superman and the Miserable, Rotten, No Fun, Really Bad Day, in bookstores October 17th. I finished up the art for this around the holidays, and am already working on another book project for them. Check out Mashable for a peek at some of the interior pages. READ MORE
March 7th, 2017 | Posted in General
We might be seeing this guy a lot this week. Deadlines looming… READ MORE
March 6th, 2017 | Posted in MAD Magazine
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at my art from MAD‘s parody of the TV show “Trading Spaces”, written by Dick DeBartolo in MAD #435, November 2003. Just for fun I did caricatures of some of our neighbors as the “contestants” throughout. That’s the Gerkins in the yellow shorts and the McNeils in the red shirts. They still haven’t spoken to me since. READ MORE
March 5th, 2017 | Posted in General
Q: I’m a party and event caricaturist, but I’d love to get my work into publication. I know you got started doing theme park caricatures when you were in college, but when did you switch over to being a freelancer, and how did you do it? A: I like to say I exploded onto the freelance scene over the course of 15 years or so. That’s a gag, of course. You do not burst into the industry, you gradually build a clientele through marketing, hard work, and professionalism. My freelance path reads like a textbook guide for how to start small and slowly build a… READ MORE
March 3rd, 2017 | Posted in News
The National Cartoonists Society just released the names of the nominees for the 2016 award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year”, also know as “The Reuben”. Quite a slate of talent: Lynda Barry Stephan Pastis Hilary B. Price Mark Tatulli Ann Telnaes Follow this link for some short bios on each nominee, The Reuben is meant as a recognition for outstanding work in the year in which the artist was nominated, in this case 2016. The statuette was designed by Rube Goldberg, thus the name “The Reuben”. Congratulations to the nominees! The winner will be announce at the 71st annual Reuben Awards banquet on May… READ MORE
March 2nd, 2017 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Quite busy right now. Here’s what’s on the board: MAD– 7 page movie parody Z-People Comic– Final inks coming along! Book Illustration– another superhero kid’s book spoof. Jeff Dunham– Some illustrations for a few products This month is a rare one off from doing any Marlin workplace illustrations. Above is the one I did for their February release. Rough sketch below. READ MORE
March 1st, 2017 | Posted in Classic Rock Sketch Series
I thought I’d draw Roger Daltrey this week to match last week’s Pete Townshend. Plus it’s his 73rd birthday today! Original available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
