Tom's Mad Blog

NYC Workshop Underway!

May 4th, 2018 | Posted in News

My workshop in Long Island City starts today and runs through the weekend. We’ll be busy drawing in the Big Apple! Above is the class illustration I do for every workshop. All students get a print of it to get signed by there fellow students and myself. At the end of the weekend I draw a name for someone to take home the original inked artwork. READ MORE

Still One Spot Open in Toronto Workshop, Other News

May 3rd, 2018 | Posted in News

Due to a last minute cancellation I still have one spot open in my workshop in Toronto on June 1-3rd. I won’t be back in Canada anytime soon, so jump on that! In other workshop news, my August 14-16th London workshop is back to being sold out and the November 9-11th workshop in Los Angeles is also sold out. However, as you can see with the Toronto one, spots do open up and sometimes at the very last second, so email me and get added to the waitlist if you wanted to take the class but didn’t pull the trigger in time. Sadly the Sept… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Michael Mando!

May 2nd, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Here’s another star from the TV series “Better Call Saul”… Michael Mando aka “Nacho Varga”. Original available in the Studio Store. READ MORE

Artistically MAD Opening Reception this Weekend!

May 1st, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Just a reminder that the Artistically MAD: Seven Decades of Satire exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is opening this weekend with a special opening reception on Saturday. From the Billy Ireland Museum: Join us on May 5th, from 4:00 – 7:30pm for the opening reception and celebration of our new exhibit, Artistically MAD: Seven Decades of Satire! Featuring presentations by legendary MAD cartoonist Sergio Aragonés, art collectors Glenn Bray and Grant Geissman, exhibit curator Brian Walker, and MAD executive editor Bill Morrison. FREE and open to the public. For more info visit cartoons.osu.edu Here’s the description of the exhibit: Harvey Kurtzman’s brainchild… READ MORE

Monday MADness- Bonds, Rough Bonds

April 30th, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness

This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the final splash page and all the pencil roughs for the Desmond Devlin penned mash-up parody of the first three Daniel Craig 007 movies entitled “Casebook: SPYFAIL- The Battle of the Bonds” from MAD #521, June 2013. These are true “roughs” as I just drew blank heads (and made notes as to who is supposed to be who.. although some might say I should do that even with my finished caricatures) and everything is very sketchy, meaning I must have worked out the caricatures and drew things out fully on the art boards.  These pencils were for… READ MORE

Crunch Time!

April 26th, 2018 | Posted in General

Blogging will continue once I have beaten the Dreaded Deadline Demon into submission. Carry on. READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Bob Odenkirk!

April 25th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

This week’s SotW subject is Bob Odenkirk of “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” fame. Original available in the Studio Store. READ MORE

Workshop News- Toronto, Las Vegas, Etc!

April 24th, 2018 | Posted in News

I just finished up a workshop in Chicago this past weekend. We had a great group! Thanks, everybody! I rarely have to cancel workshops for lack of interest but the workshop I have scheduled for Las Vegas, Sept 7-9th, is looking more and more like a casualty with only four students signed up so far. I’m setting a May 10th deadline for getting enough students sign up to meet my minimum of 8 or I will have to cancel the class. So, if you have been thinking about attending the Las Vegas workshop, get off the fence and sign up! In other workshop news, I… READ MORE

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