Tom's Mad Blog
March 11th, 2020 | Posted in News
With Emerald City Comic Con cancelled this weekend, I’ll be hosting a “Virtual ECCC Artist’s Alley” table here on my website today through Saturday! Whether or not you were planning a visit to ECCC, here’s a chance for anyone to get all the commissions and stuff I sell at my Artist’s Alley table, much of it EXCLUSIVE only at comic cons, at the same convention pricing with FREE SHIPPING (sorry, US only… international customers welcome but you’ll have to pay for your shipping.) Things I ONLY SELL or DO at conventions? My “live caricature” style black and white caricatures/commissions, MAD Magazine sketch cover commissions and… READ MORE
March 10th, 2020 | Posted in General
I’m a little too busy to write anything today so here’s an oldie but a goodie… and yes it was leg day at the gym today. READ MORE
March 9th, 2020 | Posted in General
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the splash page from MAD‘s parody of the “reality” TV show “Dog the Bounty Hunter” from issue #478 (June 2007) written by Dennis Snee. The original of this splash page is somewhere in Colombia when it went missing after a show I was in there for CaliComix. Maybe I should put Dog on the case! READ MORE
March 8th, 2020 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: You once told a story that when you showed some of your early works to the MAD brass (Sam Viviano, I believe), you were told that it was a bit too much like Mort Drucker’s work, so you reworked your art to distinguish it from Drucker’s. I know that artists all agree that when you’re being paid, you give the clients what they want. However, is it really fair for an artist to be told to “undo” their talent? If someone paints as well as Michelangelo or Norman Rockwell or Bob Ross and their style skews that way (but not intentionally), is it fair… READ MORE
March 7th, 2020 | Posted in General
You get a bunch of swag when you take one of my caricature workshops, but one of the really unique things you get is to be drawn by me in the “class illustration” like the one from my January workshop in Burbank above. Everyone gets a print of the art, plus a high res digital copy. Right now I only have 4 available spots in my one remaining U.S. workshop for 2020… Indianapolis in September. Everything else is either sold out or taking place overseas. I might book another US based on in December but it’s unlikely, so Indianapolis will be your last chance to… READ MORE
March 6th, 2020 | Posted in General
The folks at ReedPop have officially announced they are postponing Emerald City Comic Con until sometime in summer 2020. I guess my decision to back out of the show was the right one. I think this is best for all involved. Kudos to ReedPop for handling all this with professionalism and concern for everyone involved. I have a lot going on this summer so hopefully the new dates will be ones I can do. If so I’ll see you this summer, Seattle!!! READ MORE
March 5th, 2020 | Posted in News
The Lovely Anna and I have made the difficult decision NOT to attend Emerald City Comic Con next weekend due to the fallout associated with the COVID-19 issue. I’m not concerned about catching COVID-19 and frankly I think the panic over it is overblown, but I am concerned about potentially contributing to its spread to people who are at risk for serious issues if they do contract it. I’m also concerned that the panic associated with it might cause us issues getting OUT of Seattle at the end of the show, and with a special needs dependent at home we cannot risk that. All signs… READ MORE
March 4th, 2020 | Posted in Classic Rock Sketch Series
Back to my “Classic Rock Caricature” series, this week featuring “The Velvet Underground” frontman and solo artist legend Lou Reed! As usual, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
