Tom's Mad Blog
June 12th, 2018 | Posted in General
The Lovely Anna and Nick at the 2008 Reubens The New York Times published a terrific obituary/article on the late Nick Meglin today. It’s a real tribute to Nick’s importance in the world to see this in the Times. It’s a great read and really gets across what a crucial role Nick played in making MAD the humor and cultural phenomenon it became. It’s also great to see that it mentions his books The Art of Humorous Illustration and Drawing From Within, as well as his illustrations for the Opera News and the two musicals he collaborated on: “Grumpy Old Men: The Musical” and “Tim… READ MORE
June 12th, 2018 | Posted in News
It’s been a while since I posted an update on my 2018 worldwide caricature workshop tour. Workshops in Los Angeles (x2), Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, New York City and Toronto are in the books already. Most of the rest of 2018 is sold out including Portland, Switzerland, and Los Angeles (again!), but I do have a few spots open in the following workshops: London, UK: Aug 14-16th: Some late cancellations have opened up a couple of spots on what has been a sold out workshop the last few months. This one does happen over weekdays versus the usual weekend. I did that on purpose knowing August… READ MORE
June 11th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Back in MAD #502 (Jan 2010) writer Jacob Lambert made fun of Hollywood’s sudden interest in movies based on board games with this 2 pager I illustrated entitled “Board Game Based Movies We’ll Soon Be Seeing”. Pencils and finals of each below: READ MORE
June 10th, 2018 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Your understandable reluctance to do ‘blue’ art reminds me that I recently bought (here in Australia) a couple of oldish German and Dutch MADs out of curiosity (Torres, Aragonés but no Drucker). Anyway there was more than a few x-rated cartoons which I found was not in the spirit of the MAD I know. How do the UGOI feel about this and what power do/did they have to influence it? A: The foreign editions of the magazine license the MAD name and logo, Alfred and some other properties they own, and a certain amount of the US MAD’s content for reprint, but the foreign… READ MORE
June 8th, 2018 | Posted in General
I thought I’d let followers of the blog know I’m down to only 30 copies of my limited edition Sherlock Holmes print “The Game is Afoot”. This really is a “limited edition” of 450 signed and numbered prints, so once it’s gone it’s gone. I’ll bring a few copies with me to the various Comic Cons I’m doing this summer as long as they last. This was one of my favorite prints to do as I am a bit of a Sherlockian. BTW the actual print does not have the © info on it. READ MORE
June 7th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I guess the word is out on this, so I can share it here. First there was Goodnight Batcave, then there was Superman and the Miserable, Rotten, No Fun, Really Bad Day. Now MAD continues it’s shameful desecration of everyone’s childhood memories with the third volume in their kid’s book parody series, Don’t Let the Penguin Drive the Batmobile! Former MAD associate editor Jacob Lambert does the dishonors with the writing this time, while I mail it in with the artwork. This book has actually been done for over a year, and I have twice had to have a face to face conversation with an… READ MORE
June 6th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Did I mention I am doing a new limited edition print to debut at San Diego Comic Con next month? I wonder what the subject will be? In the meantime here’s this week’s SotW: Michelle Pfeiffer as “Catwoman” from 1992’s “Batman Returns”! Original available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
June 5th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s a look at some of my art for “Xander and Kam’s Sneaky Previews” from MAD #2, which is officially out today! Written by Ian Boothby. What do you mean, you want to read the jokes in the word balloons? What do you think this is, a furshlugginer library?!? Go out and buy a copy of MAD #2, clod! READ MORE
