By: Tom Richmond
March 5th, 2015 | Posted in General
Well… okay. Not really “battle” damaged like your favorite action figure variation, but sort of. Books bought wholesale for brick and mortar stores can be returned if unsold within a certain timeframe. Sometimes these returned books come back with a crease on the cover, a bent corner, a little wear on the spine… very minor damage that does not reduce the readability of the book at all, but does preclude the distributor from selling it again as “new”.¬¨‚Ć I picked up a limited supply of these returned but lightly damaged copies from my distributor the other day, and am selling them for a mere $9.99!… READ MORE
March 4th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I thought I’d get back to doing some “Walking Dead” caricatures for the Sketch o’the Week. Here’s David Morrissey as The Governor. Pen/marker on drawing paper. READ MORE
March 3rd, 2015 | Posted in News
The National Cartoonist Society just announced the nominees for the 2014 Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” are: Roz Chast Stephan Pastis Hilary Price ________________________________________________ Roz Chast is probably best known for her cartoons in The New Yorker, where she is a staff cartoonist. She attended Rhode Island School of Design, majoring in Painting because it “seemed more artistic”. After graduating, she reverted to type and began drawing cartoons. Her cartoons have been published in many other magazines besides The New Yorker, including Scientific American, the Harvard Business Review, Redbook, and Mother Jones. Her most recent book is a comprehensive compilation of her… READ MORE
March 2nd, 2015 | Posted in Monday MADness
This week’s Monday MADness is a peek behind the scenes at the pencil sketches for MAD‘s “House of Cards” parody, written by David Shayne, appearing in MAD #532 NOW ON SALE!! These were drawn digitally on my big-ass Cintiq 24HD. Clicky any to embiggen… READ MORE
March 1st, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: You did a lot of comic book conventions in 2014. Have there been any people coming to you, showing you their drawings and asking for your professional opinion? Could you give them some kind of advice? Did you like it to do?¬¨‚Ć A: Yes, that happens a lot. This can be an uncomfortable situation, especially when the work being shown is not very good. You hate to crush people’s dreams, but you also don’t want to give someone who is years (or maybe never) away from doing anything that might get them work in an industry they clearly love the idea they are “almost… READ MORE
February 27th, 2015 | Posted in News
It’s been a few years… so here is another Great Art Blow-out Sale! Well, only 10 pieces but they are of vintage nature. I have to fund the redesign of my website, so I am selling a bunch of older, traditional media illustrations I have lying about for pretty bargain basement prices. Almost all are published pieces from various magazines or ads, with the exception of two self-promo paintings I did for the Directory of Illustration. All were done before my switch to primarily digital color work, so these are the last vestiges of the real paint, airbrush and mixed media illustrations I did in… READ MORE
February 26th, 2015 | Posted in News
A month or two ago a posted a teaser about a comic book project I am working on for SitComics called “Z-People”. It’s a humorous zombie story written and published by television comedy writer Darin Henry. Originally I was going to do pencils, inks and color on everything but the comic is going to be 45 pages of story and in the interest of getting it done and out on time, colorist K Michael Russell has come on board to do the color work. Darin has posted a couple of sneak peeks of the first few pages on the official Sitcomics Facebook page, pencils/ink by… READ MORE
February 25th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Cop out for Sketch o’the Week this week… here’s a former SotW with digital grays added for my book. This is Winona Ryder in her role as Mina Murray (Harker) from Bram Stoker’s Dracula… a film that has the dual honor of being probably the most faithful adaptation of the original Stoker novel ever, and having the most horrific performance of an English accent by and actor since Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins courtesy of Keanu Reeves. READ MORE
