I couldn’t resist doing a quick warmup sketch of today’s “Daily Coronacature” subject, the great American storyteller Mark Twain. Yes, “Tom’s Daily Coronacature” is still going on. Others have taken over the task of posting a new subject daily, and it’s still going strong. Check it out on Facebook, or search for the hashtag #tomsdailycoronacature on Instragram or Twitter. READ MORE
It’s crazy, but seven years ago almost exactly TO THE DAY (July 15th, 2013) I posted a look back at this parody of the TV Show “Glee” from MAD #506 after the untimely death of show star Cory Montieth. Here we are again on the sad occasion of the death of yet another young cast member from the show, Naya Rivera. That makes three including Mark Salling who died in 2018. So, in honor of Ms. Rivera, here is the complete “Glee” parody, written by Arnie Kogen, along with the pencil sketches. Incidentally, three of my kids make cameo appearances on the splash page! READ MORE
Here’s my caricature of punk rock icon Patti Smith for both my SotW and Tom’s Daily Coronacature. As usual, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
The printed copies of Sketch o’the Week Vol. 3: Coronacature Edition just dropped on my doorstep, so this is going from “preorder” to “in stock” today! We’ll be busy getting all the preorders shipped out tomorrow and the next day. We are down to only 17 original sketch editions left (that’s the one where you get a signed copy of the book AND one of the original sketches from the book), so grab one while you can! READ MORE
The National Cartoonists Society, of which I am a longtime member and a past president, just released a fun kid’s activity book as part of their “Cartooning for Kids” program. Originally this was going to be a printed book that the NCS would have available for schools, kids organization and for our children’s hospital visits, but the coronavirus scuttled all that. Instead, the NCS has made it available as a PDF that anyone can download and print out (although they will eventually have a printed version). They are suggesting a donation of any amount you choose for the book, all the proceeds of which will… READ MORE
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the complete parody of “The Wizard of Oz” from MAD #505, Oct. 2010, written by Desmond Devlin. with the increasingly poisonous partisan dialogues of the political talking heads of the time as a target (little did we know). This was a really fun but exhausting one to work on, considering I needed to do caricatures of dozens of political pundits as either munchkins or other characters. It’s always challenging to try and incorporate both a caricature likeness and some other recognizable visual identity like the Tin Man, Scarecrow or the Cowardly Lion into the same character. Here… READ MORE
I’ve been slowly but steadily working my way through the huge stack of commissions from my “Corona-Con Virtual Artists Alley Table” I did back in April and May. Little did I know when I did that promotion that I was about to get socked with multiple freelance jobs with tight deadlines. Some of these folks have been waiting TWO MONTHS for their art. Everyone has been very patient with me, and for that I am grateful. Here are a few more. Some are straight “Alfred as…” drawings, some are caricatures of people with celebrities, some are just famous people. All the ones you see here… READ MORE
I do illustration work for superstar ventriloquist Jeff Dunham (who still hasn’t invited me over to take a drive in his ’89 Burton Batmobile, not that I’m expecting that). Back in 2013 I did a bunch of art for a game app that Jeff produced called “Achmed’s Bombsweeper”, which was basically Minesweeper but with Jeff’s Achmed character trying to build a giant Robo-Achmed and the player trying to stop him. This was my design/illustration of the robot Achmed. The app is now defunct so don’t bother looking for it… you’ll just have to take my word for it. READ MORE
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