Tom's Mad Blog
January 7th, 2018 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: It is often said that not only pupils learn from the teacher but also the teacher learns from the pupils. What did you learn in your caricature workshops? A: I absolutely learn and grow as an artist doing these workshops. I see things through fresh eyes looking at how the students interpret the subjects we draw, and find myself noticing things in new faces I am drawing later on that relate to what I saw in a workshop. I’ve also found that act of teaching forces the teacher to analyze what they do in order to explain it to others… doing this has caused… READ MORE
January 5th, 2018 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
Here’s a look at a cover illustration and some spots I did back in January 2011 for Honolulu Magazine for their annual “Worst Things of the Year” issue called the Sour Poi Awards. Both finals and pencils: READ MORE
January 4th, 2018 | Posted in News
It’s that time of year again, the National Cartoonists Society’s annual Divisional Awards aka the “Silver Reubens” are gearing up, and they need your submissions for consideration. Each division has specific sets of eligibility criteria, but the following are universal: Must be professionally published between Dec 1, 2016 and Dec 31, 2017 Creator need not be an NCS member, but must be eligible for NCS membership (i.e. a professional cartoonist) The NCS has specific requirements for different divisions, so please read the guidelines carefully. Submissions are due on Feb 7th. Here’s the details: The National Cartoonists Society has begun its annual call for entries for… READ MORE
January 3rd, 2018 | Posted in News
I just sold the last artist proof of my “Bats in the Belfry” print. That’s it. All gone. Never to be reprinted. Just FYI, the next one to go will probably be my Sherlock Holmes limited edition print “The Game’s Afoot”, which has only 53 of 450 remaining. READ MORE
January 3rd, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Since I mentioned last week I was getting bored with the “Classic Rock” series as a subject for the Sketch o’the Week, a friend on Facebook suggested I do a series of all the villains from the 1960’s Batman show. Great idea for the New Year! Here’s the first… one of my favorites: Frank Gorshin as The Riddler! As always, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
January 2nd, 2018 | Posted in Monday MADness
The now former art director of MAD Magazine Sam Viviano reminded me of this project while we were exchanging emails and reminiscing recently. Not only was it my first book with MAD, but it was also one of the toughest deadlines I was ever challenged with. The book was called Bo Confidential: The Secret Files of America’s First Dog. Bo was, of course, the first pet the Obama’s brought into the White House. He was a 6 month old Portuguese Water Dog, and he got a LOT of media attention. Naturally the folks at MAD thought that was ridiculous, so they quickly wrote a short book… READ MORE
January 1st, 2018 | Posted in General
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December 31st, 2017 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: As the owner of a business that does caricatures in various theme parks, do you have trouble finding people to work on holidays like today (New Year’s Eve)? What do you do if you can’t get anyone to work on these days? A: This: Christmas Eve, 2018… Thanks to R Griffin for the question. If you have a question you want answered for the mailbag about cartooning, illustration, MAD Magazine, caricature or similar, e-mail me and I’ll try and answer it here! READ MORE
