Back to one for my “Classic Rock Sketch” series, this week’s subject is the late, great satirical rocker Frank Zappa! You can purchase the original in my Studio Store. READ MORE
I totally forgot to post about this back in June, but Tom’s MAD Blog celebrated its 11th birthday this past summer. The first post having appeared on June 26th, 2006. Here’s my annual list of the website stats: Over 8.5 million page views Best day ever: 22,199 views 11,737 comments 3,984 total posts 526 Sunday Mailbag questions answered 552 Sketches o’the Week posted Thanks for visiting, reading, and supporting the blog! READ MORE
This was one of the weirder segments I worked on for the animated MAD show… Video below. READ MORE
Q: What is the strangest thing you’ve been asked to draw, and did you actually do it? How do you handle a request that you just flat out feel uncomfortable doing? The reason I ask is because I got a request for a commission of a deceased person. While this is a bit odd (for some reason a few people a year request these-either at a party job or as a commission), I generally oblige on a case by case. What makes this one super odd-probably in my top 3-is that a woman wanted a gift caricature drawn of a family member’s baby who died at… READ MORE
Announcing one of my three day caricature workshops is scheduled in lovely Toronto, Canada on June 1st-3rd, 2018! Visit my workshop page for all the details and a link to reserve your spot today! READ MORE
I do some work for superstar comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, mostly for his merchandise and various products. However sometime he asks me to do some designs for possible new characters from which he will develop a new puppet and character in his act. Some years ago I helped him design Achmed Jr., the “almost dead” son of Achmed the Dead Terrorist. I’ve done a few other designs for him, some of which may or may not ever be realized in his act. Recently Jeff debuted a new character, Seamus the Irish Baby, that is based on some concept designs I did. Now, Jeff creates and builds… READ MORE
Entertainment Weekly just posted an exclusive sneak peek of MAD #548, featuring my second MAD cover as well as a look at the splash page of the corresponding parody I did the art for… “Stranger Things”! Visit the EW website for a much higher resolution look plus some more info on what you can expect in the next issue of MAD Magazine (big deal!)! READ MORE
This week’s SotW is from my inking demo at my workshop last weekend. One of the things I do at these workshops is demonstrate my inking and color techniques I use for MAD and other clients. This caricature of “The Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons was drawn and inked on the spot (in fact I asked the class to suggest a subject and then Googled up an image as reference) using Pelikan’s Drawing Ink A, a Hunt 102 and a #2 red sable brush. The straight lines was me demonstrating how to ink straight lines using a brush or pen nib/Crow quill. Speaking of… READ MORE
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