Tom's Mad Blog
October 30th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Is it hard to turn off your “artist mode”? That is, do you encounter new faces on TV or in the newspapers or even during real-life conversations and find yourself calculating angles and shapes and relationships as if you were going to draw them? A: It is impossible to turn that switch off once you have it going, or at least I find it impossible. I do not go around seeing EVERYONE in caricature, but sometimes I become fascinated by a person’s face or some aspect of their appearance and am driven to distraction by it. This can happen when I am watching a… READ MORE
October 28th, 2016 | Posted in News
Actually this is the North Texas Comic Book Show‘s third annual MAD themed show, but as I missed last year it’s my second appearance. I’ll be joined by fellow members of the Usual Gang of Idiots Tom Bunk, David DeGrand, Kit Lively and Scott Nickel for this one day show. If you live in the Dallas area, come by and say hello! READ MORE
October 27th, 2016 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
Back in the late 90’s a company called Parroty Interactive contracted me to do art for a series of spoof computer games. This was back when such games came on these shiny disks called “CD ROMS”. I did varying amounts of art for different games with titles like “The X-Fools” and “Winblows 98”. The project I did the most work for was a game called “Star Warped”, which was obviously a take on Star Wars. A lot of the art I did was just in black and white, as they had some color artists that were doing the colors and formatting the images for the… READ MORE
October 26th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Continuing with our “Stranger Things” series, here’s Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler. READ MORE
October 25th, 2016 | Posted in General
I collaborated with MAD art director and illustrator Sam Viviano on this cover for the latest issue of HITS Magazine, which celebrates their 30th anniversary. He did the layout and composition, I did the finished illustration. I”m not sure what the Alfred E. Neuman connection is, but he’s been on their covers before. The other caricatures are of major music label executives and producers. READ MORE
October 24th, 2016 | Posted in Monday MADness
Goodnight Batcave, written by Dave Croatto with art by me and the first of a new line of MAD parody books, is officially released tomorrow! Here’s a peek at a couple of the work-in-progress penciled pages and cover from the book (some of the art and copy were tweaked in the final version): Don’t forget to pick up a copy for a holiday gift for that little caped crusader in your life. Yes, it’s quite appropriate for little kids, although adults will get a chuckle from some of the more subtle gags and nods to the Batmanverse and MAD. READ MORE
October 23rd, 2016 | Posted in General
Q: Your Sketch o’the Week book looks great. When are you going to do a “The Art of Tom Richmond” book, with high quality reproductions of some of the work you’ve done? A: Never say never, but pretty much never… for a couple of reasons. Vanity press books are not my thing. I had to do a lot of self convincing to do the “Sketch o’the Week” book because I feel if one is going to do a book, the content needs to be more than just a bunch of eye candy. The only reason I did the SotW book was that it would give… READ MORE
October 21st, 2016 | Posted in News
I am getting very close to having enough people on my waitlist for my planned Orlando Caricature Workshop in January to add a second one either the weekend before or after. If anyone is interested and you have not sent me an email, do so ASAP. Hotels and meeting spaces fill up fast in January in Orlando, and if I am going to book that second one I’ll need to do it soon. Here are the details: Location: Quality Inn and Suites, 626 Lee Road, Orlando, FL (or TBD if that one is booked) Class size: Limited to 12 students Itinerary: Day One: 1:00 pm-… READ MORE
