By: Tom Richmond
February 8th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Do you work with assistants and if not, why ? A: For those who might not know this, some cartoonists have assistants that do certain tasks for them in order to get work done more quickly and, thus, be able to accept more work. These tasks can range from minor stuff like erasing the pencil lines from inked boards to major stuff like literally doing all the work (called “ghosting”). In most cases these assistants get paid but get no credit on the final work. This practice has been around since comics began, and in fact was very common in the early days of… READ MORE
February 6th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
In honor of the start of the second half of the season of “The Walking Dead”, I’ll be doing a few more “Walking Sketches”. Here’s Michael Rooker as Merle Dixon. Incidentally, this is not the first time I’ve drawn Micheal Rooker. I did a few caricatures of him for some film credits and as props in the super-hero spoof film “Super Capers”. These were used as prop oil paintings in his evil villain office: READ MORE
February 5th, 2015 | Posted in News
From the National Cartoonists Society Website: The incomparable Mort Drucker will be the inaugural honoree of the “NCS Medal of Honor” at the 69th Annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards taking place in Washington D.C. on May 23rd, 2015. The NCS Medal of Honor is a new award instituted by the NCS board of directors in the fall of 2014, and Drucker was chosen as the very first recipient of the Medal by unanimous vote. The Medal of Honor is a lifetime achievement award bestowed upon a cartoonist “in recognition of a long and distinguished career of continued excellence in cartooning that has set the… READ MORE
February 5th, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Cover of MAD #532 by Mark Frerickson The Huffington Post posted a sneak peek of the cover for MAD #532 by Mark Fredrickson, which also features some teases of what’s on the inside. Two, count ’em, TWO TV parodies. I did the art for the “House of Cards” parody. The issue will be on newsstands on Feb 24th and in subscriber mailboxes as early as Feb 13th! READ MORE
February 4th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I have to cop out on the SotW this week due to being too damn swamped, so here is an illustration I did for Penthouse of recurring guest columnist Dave Navarro. Kind of a Valentine’s Day theme… READ MORE
February 3rd, 2015 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
So what’s on the ol’ drawing board right now? Z People Comic– Furiously inking pages for this trying to meet an end of the week deadline Jeff Dunham Illustrations– Busy doing several “Las Vegas” themed pieces for Jeff’s show MAD– 6 page movie parody for a special project TBA (not for the magazine) Workplace Poster– My usual monthly assignment We are headed out this weekend to Orlando to visit my daughter, The Effervescent Gabrielle, Mickey Mouse, and a few others for a week, so I have to get caught up and ahead a bit before we go. Posting might be a bit light. Below is… READ MORE
February 2nd, 2015 | Posted in Monday MADness
The following is largely from a previous blog post from 2006, updated a bit to reflect the current state of MAD‘s movie parody output today: I get questioned a lot about the state of MAD movie parodies, usually from people lamenting them as shorter, less frequent and targeting only blockbusters than the ones in the past. There was a time when the latest issue of MAD could be counted on to have at least one movie parody and one TV show parody in it, and often more than one. The parodies averaged over 6 pages in length, and the targets were usually highly regarded dramas… READ MORE
February 1st, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: A few months ago I finally got my first serious contract as a freelance illustrator, but unfortunately, almost at the same time I started feeling slight twinges in my wrist, that initially just came and went, but now they’re starting to last longer and increase in intensity as well. I have been considering getting a Cintiq (now I’m using a tiny Bamboo, that I think because of its relatively small surface being mapped onto a bigger screen kind of forces me to concentrate too much on getting my lines right and thus grip the pen too tightly). Do you think that could be a… READ MORE
