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Tom’s Daily Coronacature: Mahershala Ali!

March 27th, 2020 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

I’m getting bored with the pencil sketches so today I did a pen and ink job with some ink washes thrown in. READ MORE

Happy Birthday Leslie!

March 27th, 2020 | Posted in General

This is the project I was busy with the last couple of days. It was a personal commission from Judd Apatow to give to his wife Leslie Mann for her birthday yesterday. Judd originally contacted me back in December with an idea to do a comic book style page telling a story from Leslie’s life, but we never connected with a script from him and after months of not hearing back I figured the project was dead. It happens. Then Judd calls me this weekend with the idea of doing a big group illustration of Leslie surrounded by himself and their daughters, plus about 30… READ MORE

Live on Instragram at 6:00 EDT!

March 26th, 2020 | Posted in News

Join me live at 6:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time for a LIVE visit to my studio and a little drawing on the National Cartoonists Society Instagram feed: @nationalcartoonists . Give them a follow! I’ll do a little virtual studio tour and draw and ink a caricature! READ MORE

Tom’s Daily Coronacature: Leslie Mann!

March 26th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature

Here’s today’s subject: Leslie Mann! She’s got a lot of expressions but I particularly like the pursed smile, which really makes her cheeks pop out. She also has a long face with a lot of forehead and a long, pointed chin. READ MORE

Daily Coronacature: Bob Dylan!

March 25th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature

I’m copping out again today thanks to this deadline but I’ll get back on the horse tomorrow with new drawings. In the meantime here’s an illustration I did of Bob Dylan back in 2012. READ MORE

Tom’s Daily Coronacature: Billie Eilish!

March 24th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature

I’m afraid I had to cop out today and post a caricature I had previously done of Billie Eilish, as I have a job on the board with a tight deadline. In fact I’ll probably have to do the same tomorrow. That’s a good problem to have right now, though. I did make some changes to this one and added some new color touches. READ MORE

Tom’s Daily Coronacature: Lin-Manuel Miranda!

March 23rd, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature

Today’s “Daily Coronacature” is a quick drawing of Lin-Manuel Miranda because I am under the gun with a little project. LMM had a longe face but all the length is in his forehead and nose. He has a smaller chin/jawline. He has hush-puppy eyes with exceptionally dark, heavy eyelashes and a small mouth with a unique, pursed smile. Here’s one I did of him for MAD last year: Stay safe, everybody! READ MORE

Happy 91st to Mort Drucker!

March 23rd, 2020 | Posted in General

I was remiss yesterday in not posting a Happy Birthday wish to one of the greatest caricaturists who ever touched pen to paper…the incomparable Mort Drucker. I could type a long dissertation about his impact on the world of cartooning, caricature, illustration, comics and humor. but instead I’ll just link to this story about how I ended up with that incredible caricature of me by Mort above. You’re welcome. READ MORE