By: Tom Richmond
November 20th, 2014 | Posted in News
I’ll be a special guest this weekend at the Grand Rapids Comic Con in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The show runs from Fri the 21st through Sunday the 23rd at the Deltaplex, 2500 Turner Ave. NW. I’ll be doing a talk on caricature on Saturday the 22nd at 10:30 am: Saturday Nov. 22nd- Main Stage 10:30 to 11:30 am Tom Richmond, “The MAD World Of Caricatures”: Join MAD Magazine artist Tom Richmond for a fun and informative presentation about¬¨‚Ćthe art of caricature! Tom got his start in art doing caricatures in theme parks in¬¨‚Ć1985 while a college student, and parlayed that into a career doing caricature… READ MORE
November 19th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
The Walking Dead caricature sketches continue with Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee. READ MORE
November 18th, 2014 | Posted in News
In March of 1995 I opened a caricature art concession operation at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Mo. We started out with a single location, eventually expanded to two locations, added airbrush T-Shirts (which I eventually sold my stake in to my airbrush business partner Kent Lind), and spent the next 20 seasons drawing Six Flags customers. After returning from Dallas from the North Texas Comic Con, I got right back on a plane and went to St. Louis. After arriving, I picked up a rental truck, rolled out to Six Flags, packed up all the equipment and stuff from my two caricature locations… READ MORE
November 17th, 2014 | Posted in Monday MADness
David, Kit, Garth, Annie and Me I spent this past weekend in Dallas, Texas at a small comic con called the North Texas Comic Book Show. This is a quarterly event organized by a nice gentleman named Chris Latshaw. Chris invites a few artists as guests for the show, and this time he had the hare-brained idea to do a “MAD” theme and invite a bunch of The Usual Gang of Idiots to appear. Included was the following: David DeGrand– Writer/artist on “The Fundalini Pages” feature “Ain’t Life DeGrand” and “The Strip Club” feature “Patience Man” for MAD, David has a long list of credits… READ MORE
November 16th, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
This week’s question comes from Ginger Meggs cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist extraordinaire Jason Chatfield: Q: I notice your sketch-of-the-week pencils are a lot tighter than your MAD parody draft layouts. Have you ever considered doing a parody as pencils a la Mort, then colouring over them? I realise it’s not your usual style, but your Sketch-Of-The-Week sketches are incredible. A: Thanks, Jason. Glad you enjoy the SotW. Jason refers to some of Mort Drucker‘s later work in MAD, which seemed to get away from his traditional pen and ink style and includes more pencil work and less ink. Having never seen any of the originals… READ MORE
November 15th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Come see MAD Magazine’s David Degrand, Annie Gaines Ashton, Garth Gerhart, Kit Lively and myself today at the North Texas Comic Book Show at the Doubletree Hotel, 2015 Market Center Blvd, Dallas, TX 75207 (just off I-35 near Medieval Times and behind The Hilton Anatole). Admission is only $7.00 (CHEAP). I’ll have my usual plethora of books, prints, original MAD art and will be doing disappointing but overpriced caricatures and sketches. As always, anyone who brings me a Monster Ultra Zero energy drink (the white can) gets a free “Alfred as Batman” drawing (big deal)! See you there! READ MORE
November 14th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Today’s Walking Dead sketch is Emily Kinney as Beth Greene. I might do a few more of these next week… In the meantime I’m off to Dallas for a MAD get together! READ MORE
November 13th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I actually did this one of Norman Reedus aka Daryl Dixon a year or two ago for a SotW, so I’m posting it again as a bonus Walking Sketch today. I’ll have another new one tomorrow. READ MORE
