Tom's Mad Blog
May 17th, 2019 | Posted in News
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Huntington Beach Art Center, 538 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA. Be sure and bring a sketchbook and some pencils, as we will be drawing several faces! Then be sure and stick around to enjoy all the great exhibits at the Arts Center that are also part of NCSFEST! You need to RSVP for the class, as space is limited. If things are full, you can always just enjoy the exhibitions at the Arts Center! READ MORE
May 16th, 2019 | Posted in News
Join me and a whole lot of other cartoonists at the NCSFest Kick-off Autograph Event tonight, 5:00pm- 7:00pm at the Hyatt Regency Resort, Huntington Beach. READ MORE
May 14th, 2019 | Posted in News
… sounds like a sequel. I’m posting this image again because when I posted it a week or so ago I was asked to take it down as they did not want to reveal too much of the “90 Years of Popeye” show at the Huntington Beach Art Center. Well, that show opened yesterday so here’s my piece again, which is currently hanging in said show. Many of the original Popeye tribute pieces will be auctioned off to benefit some worthy cause, and I’ll let everyone know the details of that when I find them out myself. READ MORE
May 13th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Since a couple of weeks ago I posted a favorite panel from the first “Spider-Man” movie parody, I thought I’d post one from “Spider-Sham, Too”, which appeared in MAD #446, October 2004 (written by Dick DeBartolo). I remember really liking this caricature of Willem Dafoe. The one of James Franco on the other hand… woof. READ MORE
May 12th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Not sure I see the resemblance myself, but… READ MORE
May 12th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What was the origin of the bold words in the dialogues of movies and TV shows in MAD? A: You mean when certain words in the word balloons in a MAD movie or TV parody are done in bold text like this?: That’s a great question. In fact it’s such a hard question I don’t know the answer. So I asked the one guy I thought might know the answer, MAD‘s art director Emeritus Sam Viviano. Turns out he doesn’t know either, but he did have a lot of illuminating information on that particular MAD tradition: Okay, here’s my take on the question about bolding in… READ MORE
May 10th, 2019 | Posted in News
NCSFest begins one week from today! In fact my free caricature mini-workshop is next Friday, 2-4 pm at the Huntington Beach Arts Center. The Festival runs Friday through Sunday. Don’t miss it!! READ MORE
May 9th, 2019 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
It’s time for another thrilling installment of “Illustration Throwback Thursday”! I did this spot illustration for Beckett Basketball magazine back in 2004. The story was about creating the ultimate NBA player by combining the skills/attributes of different star players, thus the “Frankenstein” motif. READ MORE
