Tom's Mad Blog
July 8th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
What constitutes my very first MAD job depends on your definition of “first”. Would that be the first thing I was ever assigned to do and then paid for doing it by the magazine? The first thing I ever did that appeared under the MAD brand in any form (i.e. on their website?) or the first thing I did that actually saw print in an issue? Technically the very first job I ever got from MAD was assigned to me 19 years ago last month (June 2000). It was a feature called “MAD‘s Cable TV Viewing Odds”, written by John Biederman. This job was what… READ MORE
July 7th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What’s next for you if MAD is really done publishing new stuff? A: I’ve had a lot of people contact me the last few days and ask me this question or some variation of it. I’ll let this serve as a catch all answer. First off, things won’t change much for me until at the earliest this fall. I just finished my assignment(s) for MAD #9 late last month. That issue comes out in August, and I have already been assigned at least one parody for #10, possibly along with another piece as well. That work will be due in late August/early September. After… READ MORE
July 5th, 2019 | Posted in General
To misquote Mark Twain: “The report of MAD‘s death have been greatly exaggerated” Many news outlets are reporting that MAD is done as of issue #10. That is not the case, and my post yesterday made it very clear that the magazine would continue to publish with issue #11, but would feature new cover art and interiors with reprinted classic material as opposed to all new material. News stand distribution will stop, and the magazine will only be available through current subscriptions and via the direct market (i.e. comic book shops). That is all 100% confirmed as of this writing. That said, these officially stated… READ MORE
July 5th, 2019 | Posted in News
I’ll be a special guest at Atlanta Comic Con next week, July 12-14th at the Georgia World Congress Center! I’ll have my usual bunch of junk plus copies of the new Sketch o’the Week Vol 2 and a new mini-print or two. Hope to see you there! READ MORE
July 4th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yesterday contributors to MAD Magazine officially got the news that, after 67 years of continuous publication that began with Harvey Kurtzman‘s brilliant comic book and eventually evolved into the magazine that forever changed the world of satire and humor, MAD will stop publishing all new content after issue #10 in October. The magazine will continue with classic reprint material and SOME new content under new cover art but will only be sold via the direct market and current subscriptions. News stand distribution will cease. Subscriptions are still being solicted and will continue with the new reprint/new stuff mix. DC will continue to publish books and… READ MORE
July 3rd, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m starting a new series for the “Sketch o’the Week”… classic action heroes! First up is Bruce Willis from 1988’s “Die Hard”. As always, the original of this sketch is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
July 2nd, 2019 | Posted in General
I just go back from 13 days in Europe where I thought workshops in Amsterdam and Switzerland, enjoyed some between time in the former and sweated a lot. Here’s one of the warmup sketches the class and I did in Switzerland… UK politician Boris Johnson. READ MORE
July 1st, 2019 | Posted in Monday MADness
Since my Sunday Mailbag yesterday dealt with doing political pieces, here a look at what was probably the most controversial politically-themed job I’ve done for MAD (and there have been a lot of them). I was working on the coloring of this job while on a plane from overseas back to the states, and The Lovely Anna leaned over to tell me I might want to turn off the layer with the sign lettering on it, just in case someone looked over and saw “JEWS WILL NOT REPLACE US” fulling my Wacom MobleStudio Pro screen. I’m not sure what would have been worse… getting confronted… READ MORE
