Tom's Mad Blog
January 27th, 2017 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD lost yet another long-time contributor with the passing of Gerry Gersten at age 89 on January 12th, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. From MAD: We’re sorry to report that 2017 is picking up where 2016 left off, with the passing of yet another MAD contributor. Gerry Gersten, one of MAD’s most talented caricaturists, passed away over the weekend. With his pencil on vellum technique, Gerry produced many full-page impact pieces of art for MAD, including memorable drawings of Ronald Reagan, Dr. Ruth and Elvis Presley. Our condolences go out to Gerry’s family. We will have more on Gerry’s career in MAD #545.… READ MORE
January 26th, 2017 | Posted in General
Took some time to find a date and suitable location but the Dallas/Ft. Worth area caricature workshop is on! The dates are Thursday March 2nd through Saturday March 4th, 2017. Visit this page for all the details and to reserve your spot! READ MORE
January 25th, 2017 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I know it’s been a few weeks since I posted a “SotW” but I’ve been busy/traveling. So, it’s back to my “Westworld” series. This time our subject is “The Man in Black”, Ed Harris! As always, the original sketch is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
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
