Tom's Mad Blog
November 13th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: You put a lot of effort into your caricatures of people, and they’re brilliant. Your animals are also brilliant. How much effort do you put into animal caricatures? A horse is a horse I guess, but there are many breeds of dogs to get right. How hard is it to do them all in your style? And what happens when you have to draw an animal you’ve never done before? A sloth? Or a horseshoe crab? Or a giant weta? A: Thanks for the kind words! I’m not sure “caricature” is a term you can strictly apply to an exaggerated drawing of something other… READ MORE
November 11th, 2016 | Posted in General
Last weekend I was in Dallas TX hanging out with a bunch of fellow members of the Usual Gang of Idiots at the 3rd annual “MAD About Dallas” show. The very talented lineup was David DeGrand, Kit Lively, Scott Nickel, and the incomparable Tom Bunk. I’d met Tom a few times at various MAD events, but never got a chance to spend any time with him. I’ve been a fan for a very long time, going back to his “Wacky Packages” and “Garbage Pail Kids” days. His work for MAD is ridiculously entertaining. It was great getting to chat and watch him draw for fans.… READ MORE
November 10th, 2016 | Posted in News
This is crazy, but I am going to be a special guest at the Delhi Comic Con, New Delhi, India on December 9-11th. I’m being joined by fellow special guest Erik Larsen of Image Comics “Savage Dragon” (among lots of other things) fame for the three day event. I’m honored and humbled by the invitation… also I love curry. I’ll be doing a presentation and participating in a few panels as well as signing stuff and meeting and greeting fans (I’m assured MAD magazine is well known in India… really??). I guess we’ll find out. READ MORE
November 9th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch continues our “Stranger Things” series with Joe Keery aka Steve Harrington. As always, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
November 8th, 2016 | Posted in News
The Los Angeles chapter of the National Cartoonists Society is having a chapter benefit event this Sunday at the home of Sally Lazarus (widow of the late great Mell Lazarus) featuring a live auction with a ton of awesome original cartoon artwork. Check out the lineup on the promo above… I count eight Reuben winners. You can see all the items from the auction and all the details on the LA Chapter website. I donated a page from MAD‘s parody of “True Detective” in issue #528. This is a live auction only, so there is no online bidding. You would need to RSVP and attend… READ MORE
November 7th, 2016 | Posted in General
The incomparable Sergio Aragonés regularly creates masterpieces, but a couple of years ago he did a piece for a MAD book that is a true work of genius, even by his standards. In the book Inside MAD, Sergio created a fold out spread that depicted virtually every major contributor to the magazine in it’s 60 plus years of publication. I’m not sure what the criteria was that determined if an artist/writer/editor was included, but I was grateful to be one of them. Above is a closeup of me by Sergio! You can find an interactive version of the entire spread, complete with pop up legends… READ MORE
November 6th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Ever had to do a convincing “bad” drawing–either for a tutorial or something like a child’s drawing? Every time I see a “bad” drawing done on purpose by a good artist, it always looks too… er… “good”… there’s good structure, good linework… it’s almost like the artist doesn’t know how to do a bad drawing anymore. How might you approach doing such a drawing? A: Some people would say I don’t need any special approach to do a bad drawing… I just let my natural talent take over! But, if I ever need to do something really, purposefully bad for some reason… a gag… READ MORE
November 4th, 2016 | Posted in News
If you are in the Dallas area come visit me and a bunch of the Usual Gang of Idiots (not listed above… Annie Gaines!!!) at the North Texas Comic Book show from 9:30- 5 pm at the Doubletree Hotel in the Dallas Market Center. I will not have my full compliment of junk to sell there (quick one day show), but I’ll have copies of my Sketch o’the Week and Mad Art of Caricature book, a bunch of mini-prints, some blank MAD sketch covers, a few pages of original MAD artwork, and I’ll be doing commissions and caricatures. Laughs are sure to ensue when this… READ MORE
