Tom's Mad Blog
October 14th, 2017 | Posted in News
My second Orlando Florida caricature workshop is a go! Deposits are being accepted now on the Workshop page. The details: Dates: Dec 6-8th, 2017 Location: Quality Inn and Suites, 626 Lee Road, Orlando, FL Class size: Limited to 12 students Itinerary: Wednesday, Dec 6th: 1:00 pm- 6 pm: Lecture on caricature theory, drawing and exaggerating features, practical application; Demonstration of Tom’s MAD magazine illustration process Thursday, Dec 7th: 10:00 am- noon: Morning session- Exercises on observation and exaggeration of faces, caricature techniques Noon-1:00 pm: Lunch (included, provided onsite) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Afternoon session- Hands on drawing of multiple subjects, individual and class critiques 3:00 pm-… READ MORE
October 12th, 2017 | Posted in News
I’m in Jolly ol’ England for the The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, on the edge of the Lake District, Cumbria, which kicks off tomorrow! I’ll be involved in several panels and doing a “Masterclass” about caricature, as well as a couple of signings and a some time at the National Cartoonists Society booth in the Clocktower. I’ll detail what kind of stuff I am going to have available, but here’s my schedule: Friday, Oct. 13th: 7:30 pm BAC Theatre: Quick on the Draw!- The legendary Sergio Aragonés will demonstrate his quick-fire genius together with superstars from the USA’s cartooning scene – Luke… READ MORE
October 11th, 2017 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
I’ve gotten a number of inquiries as to when I will do a caricature of the 45th President to update my president’s poster: Well this is it, but it was not for the poster. I’ve actually licensed several of these individual images since I did them for various purposes. A publisher from the northwest recently licensed all of the them for an educational book about the U.S. Presidents, but they needed them in color and of course they needed Trump. So, I did the above sketch in the same style and colored all of them in. They are printing fairly small so the color is… READ MORE
October 10th, 2017 | Posted in News
I got home from New York Comic Con late yesterday to find several boxes of Superman and the Miserable, Rotten, No Fun, Really Bad Day awaiting me… a little late for NYCC but not for the Studio Store! I’ve just added both signed copies and signed copies with a sketch of Superman to the store, along with the “Stranger” Things cover print I debuted at NYCC. That and lots of other crap is available in the Studio Store. The holidays are coming soon, ya know. READ MORE
October 9th, 2017 | Posted in MAD Magazine
This year’s “Mad about MAD” panel at New York Comic Con was special in a number of ways. Oh, it had the usual hilarity lead by VP, Editor and Executive Grand Poo-bah John Ficarra and VP of Art Direction and Grand High Schmuck Sam Viviano. It also had a stellar line up of “The Usual Gang of Idiots” including editors Joe Railoa and Charlie Kadau, former editor Nick Meglin, living legend Al Jaffee, long-time writer Dick DeBartolo, cover artist Mark Fredrickson, and cartoonist Teresa Burns Parkhurst. What was really fantastic was the number of MAD contributors in the audience, who got shout outs from John.… READ MORE
October 8th, 2017 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: As a 53 year subscriber to Mad, I am both apprehensive and excited about the upcoming move and changes. I was wondering if you learned anything more about the changes coming during NYC Comic Con and also if you will still be involved with the “new” magazine and whatever online things they are planning? A: DC Entertainment paid a lot of attention to MAD at NYCC this year, theming their annual party around the magazine (I had a couple of pints of “Pale Ale Jaffee” at the party) and otherwise giving the New York staff some appreciation for the many years of stellar work.… READ MORE
October 5th, 2017 | Posted in News
New York Comic Con opens today! You’ll find me in Artist’s Alley at table N7 hawking my usual junk including this fancy new print of my new MAD cover! It’s an 11 x 14 inch matte print on cardstock in full nauseating color, and it is debuting at NYCC! I’ll eventually have it up in the studio store as well. Here’s my schedule for the show: Thursday Oct 5th- 10am- 12pm- Artist’s Alley booth N7 12pm- 1pm- Wacom demo room 1E-02 1pm- 8pm- Artist’s Alley booth N7 Friday Oct 6th- 10am- 12pm- Artist’s Alley booth N7 12:30pm-1:30pm- MAD about MAD Panel (I’m not on the… READ MORE
October 4th, 2017 | Posted in Classic Rock Sketch Series
I was sad to hear of the sudden death of Tom Petty this past Monday. He was one of those rockers who had a bigger impact on music than you think at first glance. When I heard he had passed away I initially thought “that’s too bad” but I didn’t consider myself much of a fan. Then I got thinking about his music and how much of it I really liked. He was one of the early major players on Mtv back when Mtv actually played music videos. “Damn the Torpedoes” was one of the biggest albums of the early 80’s. He ghad hit after… READ MORE
