Tom's Mad Blog
February 11th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Comedian Tom Green is sort of back in the public eye right now being a contestant on “Celebrity Big Brother”. Coincidentally he appeared in my favorite panel from my very first MAD job… the first assigned to me that is. It was actually the sixth feature I drew that saw print in the magazine. MAD would sometimes give a kind of “test” assignment to new artists. You got paid for it and everything, but the subject was usually an “evergreen” piece, meaning it could be run anytime as it was not of a timely nature (thus “evergreen”). This was from “MAD‘s Cable TV Viewing Odds”… READ MORE
February 10th, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I realize you draw your word balloons directly onto your art boards so you know where your art fits and how much space the word balloons will take up. Does MAD send you the blocks of type? Or do you take the script and break it down yourself? Do they tell you what dialogue goes in each panel – or do you have some leeway in how the story dialogue is broken down? And lastly, what font does MAD Magazine use in these parodies? A: The MAD staff does all the editing and production on the movie and TV parodies. They start by editing… READ MORE
February 8th, 2019 | Posted in News
My workshop in Las Vegas starts today! Class illustration above. Check out what these workshops are all about and see what’s still available for 2019 here. READ MORE
February 7th, 2019 | Posted in News
I’m rounding out my 2019 workshop lineup, and we are now into the fall of the year. Announcing a workshop in the Mile High City (insert your legal marijuana joke here), Denver, Colorado, in September! The Denver workshop will be held Sept 6th-8th at a downtown location. Book Your Spot HERE!. I also still have several spots available for my workshop here in MN in May. READ MORE
February 6th, 2019 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’ve intentionally avoided drawing rock guitar legend Keith Richards simply because I’ve seen so many of him by the great Sebastian Krüger that I was not sure how impartial I could be. However I finally could not resist. As usual, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
February 5th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s a little slice of the artwork I did for the upcoming MAD #6, which should be in subscriber’s mailboxes soon (subscribers get the issues WAAAY early) and officially on news stands (all 12 of them left) on Feb 19th! By the way, this image in no way identifies the target but this from a movie parody (sort of, kind of, not really) written by Ian Boothby. READ MORE
February 4th, 2019 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD just released a look at the cover of MAD #6, along with a few other sneak peeks of the upcoming issue. The cover art is by M. Wartella who, among a lot of work for The Village Voice and many other publications, did animation shorts for every episode of the MAD show on Cartoon Network. Check out MAD‘s Instagram page for other sneak peeks, as well as this look at Desmond Devlin and Anton Emdin‘s great splash for the parody of “The Good Place”. I also did a parody, sort of, in this next issue. I’ll see if I am allowed to share a… READ MORE
February 3rd, 2019 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: My question is that does a caricature change as the person ages? I ask because I am doing a caricature of William Shatner in three eras. One will be young Captain Kirk from the 60’s, the second one will be T.J. Hooker from the 80’s and the third is the more recent Denny Crane version from the last 10 years. As I study the faces, the nose changes, the eyes get slimmer and the ruggedness goes gooey and rounder. I think I have a pretty good likeness of all three, but it sure is taking some refining to do. I work on one and… READ MORE
