Tom's Mad Blog
November 10th, 2020 | Posted in General
Desmond and I revealed another sneak peek from our upcoming book of movie parodies CLAPTRAP on the campaign page today, and the subject is the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock horror classic “Psycho”! There’s plenty more of this parody to come after this splash page… but you’ll have to buy our book to read it!! This one was our second (and final) “Megalomaniac” backer choice. Backers at the Megalomaniac level got to choose a movie for us to spoof, get drawn into the parody and they get all the original art, plus our undying gratitude. You can read all about who our second Megalomaniac is and why… READ MORE
November 9th, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In October of 2000 MAD was putting together it’s annual “MAD 20 People, Events and Things” issue and I was assigned the art for the obligatory page making fun of the presidential election of that year, George W. Bush versus Al Gore, written by Desmond Devlin. The issue was going to press on Nov. 8th, the day after the election. Not knowing who was going to win, I was asked to do two versions of the image, one with Bush being sworn in and one with Gore, showing the appropriate despondent other candidate and new first lady as well. Here were the images I did: Since the print date was… READ MORE
November 8th, 2020 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What is your daily routine like as an entrepreneur? For example, do you work on the illustration part of your business in the morning and blog/mail out orders, and other business tasks in the afternoon? I suppose it varies if you have a quick deadline that comes up out of the blue. Just curious how you plan out/schedule your day to be the most productive yet give yourself time to exercise and hang with your family? A: The great thing about working from home is you don’t have to go anywhere, you are always in the office. The bad thing about working at home… READ MORE
November 7th, 2020 | Posted in News
Thanks to all our awesome backers for putting us over the top with our 3rd stretch goal! Des and I will now do an 11th parody in the book! We can’t wait to get this book done and out to you! READ MORE
November 7th, 2020 | Posted in General
MAD writer Desmond Devlin and my crowdfunded book project CLAPTRAP is in its stretch run… only 14 days left until the end of the campaign! We’ve blown away the initial goal and our first two stretch goals, and are inching toward our final stretch goal which is a big one: we add an 11th parody to the book! That’s 10% more content, more laughs for your bucks, and about 3-4 weeks more work for Des and I. Unfortunately our momentum has slowed way down… it’s currently moving about as fast as Pennsylvania counts ballots. Yesterday was the first day of the campaign where we had… READ MORE
November 6th, 2020 | Posted in General
These sold out pretty quickly yesterday. Thanks to all those who jumped on board! Sorry to anyone who wanted one but didn’t get one of the 15 spots. I absolutely can’t do anymore than 15 as I have a book to do! READ MORE
November 5th, 2020 | Posted in General
I’ve done this now the last two years and it worked out pretty well (although I started offering them a little too close to the holidays last time, thus the earlier announcement), so I thought I’d give it another go this year. This year I’m again making 15 of these personal caricature commissions available just for the holidays. I’m doing them on 11″ x 14″ bristol, in brush and various pens, colored with Copic markers and a touch of colored pencil, plus maybe some painted highlights. I can do them of you, or of your friend, family member, neighbor, barber, plumber, or some celebrity/famous person (assuming your… READ MORE
November 4th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
I couldn’t resist drawing Nicolas Cage as Hi from “Raising Arizona”. It’s one of favorite Coen Brothers movies. As always, the original is for sale in the Studio Store. Caricature Notes: This is a good example of caricaturing “presence” as much as physical features. I am really doing a caricature of Cage’s character from “Raising Arizona” here, but as always having multiple pictures and from different angles helps build your caricature. Looking at the different references, I see Cage as having a long face with a very long and thin nose, close set eyes, and a lot of forehead. READ MORE
