By: Tom Richmond
August 3rd, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: As a caricaturist you are analyzing thousands of faces. So I am wondering if you have got super-powers in the following sense: Can you better than other people see, if two persons are relatives: father and daughter, mother and son, brother and sister, cousins, etc.? A: I wish. My only super-power is the ability to procrastinate until the very last second and still pull off a deadline. Actually I think the opposite of what you describe might be more true, at least for me. I think as a caricaturist I recognize things like expression and subtle facial or body language nuances related to personality… READ MORE
August 1st, 2014 | Posted in General
I’ve written here many times that, as a freelancer, you sometimes end up with some really off-the-wall jobs that take you outside the realms of your usual kind of client. The above image is one of those. Earlier in the spring I got a call about a job designing someone’s 50th birthday invitation. That kind of call or email is not unusual, I get a lot of those kinds of requests asking if I’ll do a caricature of grandma and grandpa for their anniversary, or somebody’s boss for his birthday. Those calls seldom end up as real jobs, however, frankly because those asking don’t understand… READ MORE
July 31st, 2014 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
Back in the early 2000’s the Minnesota Twins pro baseball team had a monthly magazine that was both distributed at the ballpark and sold on news stands… and the Twins were actually a good team as opposed to sucking as they do today. I did a fair amount of work for the magazine in 2000 and 2001, including some single page comics illustrating great moments from the season and feature illustrations. Here are a few from 2001 (clicky any to embiggen…): This was for a story about baseball superstitions This is one of those single page comics, illustrating pitcher Eric Milton’s no hitter. The Twins… READ MORE
July 30th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s SotW is the upcoming new host of “The Late Show”, Stephen Colbert. READ MORE
July 29th, 2014 | Posted in General
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBsTUjd910[/youtube] I get asked quite a bit about the legality of selling the Limited Edition prints I have been offering the last few years. Having just got back from Comic-Con, the issue of selling images featuring characters you do not have the copyrights to is an obviously major one. Walking through the exhibit floor, you see booth after booth selling products based on or featuring characters they do not own the rights to. Professional comic book artists do private commissions of Superman, Spider-man or whatever character they are asked to draw. Sort of professional artists sell posters or prints of Batgirl or the Walking Dead… READ MORE
July 28th, 2014 | Posted in Monday MADness
I’m currently en route back some from sunny San Diego and the big, loud and sweaty frenzy known as San Diego Comic-Con. MAD had a panel last Thursday where editor John Ficarra had the room thoroughly bored waiting for the free swag in stitches with highlights from this past year’s issues of MAD, and the MAD website. They also announced some new book projects, starting with the newest release from their “MAD’s Greatest Artists” series… this one featuring Don Martin! The other big announcement was the start of a new series entitled “MAD’s Greatest Writers”, the first of which will feature Frank Jacobs! Head on… READ MORE
July 27th, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: It’s been fun to see your reports from the San Diego Comic-Con. I have noticed you are doing quite a few comic-cons all of a sudden, whereas you used to do very few if any. What changed? A: I’ll probably never do a big circuit of conventions like some artists do, but yes I am doing quite a few more than I used to. Up until this past year, I really only did two…San Diego and the smaller MCBA cons in Minnesota. I did San Diego because the National Cartoonists Society has a booth there, and they wanted members to come and spend time… READ MORE
July 25th, 2014 | Posted in General
Day one at Comic-Con was extremely frenzied with The Tenacious D signing at the NCS booth as well as the general craziness. Here are some photos: The National Cartoonists Society booth #1307 A look at the convention floor from the booth Greg Evans (Luann) and Rick Detorie (One Big Happy) Me doing a drawing for a fan Luke McGarry, Jack Black and Kyle Gass sign at the NCS booth! Jack and Kyle signed a print of my splash page of the “School of Rock” parody from MAD The MAD corner of the DC booth DC Comics had all the batsuits and cowls on display The… READ MORE
