Tom's Mad Blog
March 22nd, 2018 | Posted in News
Me and Mort, 2006 NCS Reuben Award Weekend, Chicago IL March is a big month for MAD birthdays… today (well, actually tomorrow the 22nd but WordPress sucks and posted this 22 hours earlier than scheduled) is the incomparable Mort Drucker‘s 89th! Happy birthday to one of the greatest cartoonists and caricaturists who ever put pen to paper!! To say Mort “wrote the book” on MAD‘s movie and TV parodies is an enormous understatement. By most accounts, the film and TV show spoofs became a staple of the MAD identity largely because of Mort’s unique talents. When Mort brought his work in to show the folks… READ MORE
March 21st, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Our series of caricatures of Bat-Villains from the 60;s TV show continues with Art Carney as “The Archer”. Original available in the Studio Store. Bat Facts: Writer Stanley Ralph Ross on working with Art Carney: “You had to tell Art who you want him to imitate. You say, ‘I want you to imitate Cary Grant.’ He will do what he thinks is Cary Grant, but no one else will know it’s Cary Grant.” READ MORE
March 20th, 2018 | Posted in News
I just got booked as a last minute substitute guest for my fellow MAD man Tom Bunk at Indiana Comic Con next weekend in Indianapolis. Tom had to cancel his appearance at the last second, so the nice folks at ICC asked me if I could fill in for him. I suspect they already had a bunch of MAD “Tom” stuff printed up so this way they saved some dough on reprinting promos, but I am flattered nonetheless! Anyway, the convention is March 30-April 1st at the Indianapolis Convention center. I’ll have a table in the “guest artists” area somewhere, and am giving a presentation… READ MORE
March 20th, 2018 | Posted in News
I just booked my final 2018 workshop, taking place November 30th – December 2nd in Phoenix, AZ! As always, this is a three day workshop limited to 12 students, personally conducted by me. You know… IN PERSON. I watch you draw. I pull up a chair and go over your work. I examine what you are doing, find areas you specifically need to work on to improve, and show you how to do it. There is only room for 12 students, so don’t wait around to register. Put a deposit down and guarantee yourself a space. Deposits are refundable up until 90 days before the workshop.… READ MORE
March 19th, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
Back in October at New York Comic Con, DC Entertainment did a MAD theme for their big company party in honor of the many years of great work the NYC MAD staff had done on the magazine. What you see above is the customized bar menu for the evening. I had two ‘Pale Ale Jaffee”s, the “43-Man Squamish” and “The Sergio Aragonés”… and I don’t remember much after that. READ MORE
March 18th, 2018 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: How do you handle drawing caricatures of people with disabilities? Say your subject has Down’s Syndrome, or M.S., or they are in a wheelchair, something like that? A: I find that people with disabilities take far more offense if you DON’T draw them as they look that if you do. Trying to “normalize” them is insulting. It is basically saying “You are broken but don’t worry, I will fix you in the drawing”. That is extremely insulting. People with disabilities are not broken, they are different just like anyone is different from the next person, it’s just that their differences create challenges other people… READ MORE
March 17th, 2018 | Posted in MAD Magazine
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March 16th, 2018 | Posted in News
Next weekend I’ll be abandoning wintery Minnesota for sunny Anaheim, CA to attend Wondercon 2018! Wondercon takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center March 23rd-25th, and you’ll find The Lovely Anna and me at booth number SP-83. You will also find me at the highly entertaining Quick Draw hosted by Mark Evanier, where I will not be just making a cameo appearance, but will be one of the three participating artists! That means I’ll be going head to head with Quick Draw master Sergio Aragonés and Scott Shaw! Lonnie Milsap, which also means I’ll be getting my artistic ass handed to me. Should be fun,… READ MORE
