Tom's Mad Blog
August 5th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Arriving in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands (one last time) tomorrow and in comic book shops everywhere Wednesday! Cover (Tom Richmond) MAD Straight Jacket Ad (reprinted from various, first appeared in MAD #46) Letters Page (Ed.) Lousy Law (Andrew Secunda, Tom Richmond) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) The Lighter Side of (Tammy Golden, Jon Adams) Cartoon Scenes We’d Like to See (Sergio Aragonés, Colors: Carrie Strachan) Shorts & Briefs Panel Cartoon (Anya Davidson) Woodstock Puzzle (Charlie Kadau) Panel Cartoon (P.C. Vey) Panel Cartoon (Charlie Hankin) Panel Cartoon (Jon Adams) Panel Cartoon (Lars Kenseth) Signs She’s Not Into You (Arie Kaplan, A Person, Colors: Nathan… READ MORE
August 4th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: You’ve said that when you do live caricatures, you draw features in a specific order, starting with the eyes. I’m curious whether you have a similar approach when you “flesh out” the caricatures in your illustrations, or do you first work with the head shapes and body outlines since the character placement is as important as the caricature itself? Or does your process vary from project to project, depending on how many caricatures the project requires and how restricted your layout is? I ask because I’m trying to develop a workflow of my own, but I know that sometimes you get better results when… READ MORE
August 2nd, 2019 | Posted in
I’ve got a workshop in the Washington DC area underway starting today! Class illustration above. Potential locations in 2020 include LA, New York, Raleigh and Vienna! READ MORE
August 1st, 2019 | Posted in General
Holy Media Overload, Batman! An interview with me about the Tarantino film art and the process behind it posted today on the Motion Picture Association of America’s “The Credits” feature, written by noted film critic and author Nell Minow. I think my Warholian 15 minutes might be in play. READ MORE
August 1st, 2019 | Posted in General
David Levin‘s marvelous Pop Goes the Culture TV show has been doing a series of interviews with “The Usual Gang of Idiots” about the end of original content in the regular issues of the magazine. He must be reaching the bottom of the barrel because a new episode just got posted featuring me as a guest, recorded live from my studio in beautiful downtown Burnsville. Visit David’s YouTube Channel to see interviews with former MAD editors Joe Raiola and Charlie Kadau, and MAD artist Ray Alma, with more to come I am told. In fact, check out his other episodes of the show featuring an… READ MORE
August 1st, 2019 | Posted in General
I try really hard when I do a comic-con to only do commissions while there, and not ahead of time or take them home and ship them later. This is for two reasons. First, it makes this kind of thing unique in that you can only get one these from me at a comic con, and it’s (mostly) the only time I work in brush pen and Copic markers. Second, I am usually swamped with freelance work right after being away from the studio, so it takes me a while to get to any commissions, which I always feel bad about. The Lovely Anna is… READ MORE
July 31st, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
With all the hullabaloo about MAD‘s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” cover and “Bounty Law” parody, I haven’t mentioned I did the art on ANOTHER parody in MAD #9. This one is called “Behind the Scenes of Dizzy’s The Lion King”, written by comedian Akilah Hughes. Screenrant has an exclusive look at the spoof (actually the entire 5 page feature) on their website. You can go have a look but don’t forget to go buy a copy when it comes out next week!!! READ MORE
July 31st, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
No series of classic action heroes can be complete (or even get started) without Harrison Ford as “Indiana Jones”. As usual, the original sketch is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
