Tom's Mad Blog
January 24th, 2017 | Posted in General
After being in existence for a long time, a blog will have a lot of back content that is buried so deep no one will ever see it unless they specifically search for it… and if they don’t know it’s there they can’t do that, can they? The MAD Blog is going on 11 years old, with almost 4,000 posts and there are a few articles that I am sure many new readers have missed that they would nevertheless be interested in reading. I used to have a page with links to past articles that were popular and of some importance of topic called “Posts… READ MORE
January 23rd, 2017 | Posted in Monday MADness
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the pencil roughs of the Arnie Kogen penned parody of the TV show “Mike and Molly” from MAD #514, April 2012 (clicky any to embiggen): READ MORE
January 22nd, 2017 | Posted in Mailbag
In this Sunday mailbag I’m answering multiple frequently asked questions about my caricature workshops. Q: What can I expect to learn at your workshop? A: We start out going over my general approach to a caricature, how I look at the face and techniques to help see the caricature elements of a subject and how to make decisions on exaggerating them. We dissect and draw about 30 different subjects that vary in age, race, gender and physical attributes while going over both the specific of each face and general lessons in drawing and caricaturing features like the eyes, nose, mouth, hair, etc. I draw along… READ MORE
January 19th, 2017 | Posted in News
My Orlando Caricature Workshop starts today through Saturday. Check my new Workshop Page for details, upcoming dates and other info. If dates are set you’ll find a link to the a place to place a deposit. If it’s still TBD you’ll find a link to my contact page where you can email me and say you’d be interested… no obligation. Potential future locations include Dallas TX, Pittsburgh PA, Springfield MA, New Jersey, NJ, Munich Germany and Eagan, MN! READ MORE
January 16th, 2017 | Posted in Monday MADness
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at the splash page for one of my earliest movie parodies, writer Arnie Kogen‘s send up of Wes Anderson‘s “The Royal Tenenbaums” which appeared in MAD #417, May 2002. It’s has a sentimental place for me because MAD doesn’t parody these kinds of films very often anymore. In fact, after this one the only films I’ve drawn the parody for that did not feature wizards, British spys, robots, tributes, or super-heroes, have been “School of Rock”, “Brokeback Mountain”, “American Sniper” and the recent “Sully”. Sadly the original scans and color art, including the scans of the roughs, have… READ MORE
January 15th, 2017 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What utensils do you use for your inking?…brush?, crow crill pen? feather? ….all of the above, none of the above …etc. Also, what pencil do you use and how do you erase the pencil after inking. A: Welcome to my every-year-or-so answer to the perpetual question “What kind of ______ do you use?”… Updated to January 2017 accuracy. In the Studio For doing my publication work I use a lot of different tools and materials. While most of what I do these days is digital I do occasionally, when the job calls for it, pull out the old paints and such. Here are the… READ MORE
January 12th, 2017 | Posted in General
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January 10th, 2017 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Final tweaks on illustrations for a new MAD book (top secret) due out this fall MAD job for #545 “Z-People” comic book finishes Assorted other projects Marlin Co/workplace poster illustration The image above is this month’s just released workplace poster/illustration, pencil roughs below. This one was 100% digital, inking and all. READ MORE
