Tom's Mad Blog
February 2nd, 2016 | Posted in News
I’ve been asked quite frequently about how my friend and fellow caricature artist Glenn Ferguson is doing with his recovery. In case you missed the story, Glenn is an award winning caricaturist and a leading artist at the caricature art concession in Universal Studios, Florida. On Jan 1st a disgruntled co-worker whose contract had been terminated the day before came back to Universal Studios property and attacked Glenn with a pair of scissors. Glenn suffered serious brain damage from the attack, and his immediate survival was in doubt. Thankfully, after over 5 hours of surgery, Glenn survived and began a long, arduous road to recovery.… READ MORE
February 1st, 2016 | Posted in Monday MADness
MAD has had a number of different series of reprint collections over the years, Super-Specials, MAD XL, MAD Color Classics, MAD Classics, etc. The last few years they have been doing “Bookazines“, which are perfect bound Special Collectors Editions usually centered around some theme or whatnot. These have have original covers, and I did the cover art for the newest one that will be on news stands, bookstores, and comic book shops, this week: “MAD Presents Oscar Winners (and Losers!)”!! Final art above, here’s how it looks in print: These specials are printed on nice, heavy, glossy stock, so while everything is a reprint the… READ MORE
January 31st, 2016 | Posted in General
Q: I have a friend who has written a comic book script for some already established DC/Marvel characters. He would like to get it published, but doesn’t know how. Should he call the company’s front desk and ask, or get in touch with an editor via e-mail or website? I haven’t come across this situation specifically for comics, and am trying to point him in the right direction. A: I’m not well versed in the writing side of things, but my advice would be to snail-mail the script to the offices of the publisher as listed in a given comic’s masthead, and to the attention… READ MORE
January 29th, 2016 | Posted in News
[youtube]https://youtu.be/Vp3fOLl9GVg[/youtube] TPT just posted the segment featuring me that will air this Sunday at 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm on the TV show “MN Original”. The YouTube version is above but you should go watch it on the MN Original website, where the video quality is really terrific. I’ve been familiar with MN Original for some time, and it’s a great program. My pal, comic book superstar Doug Mahnke was profiled there a couple of years ago, and they profile Minnesota artists, actors and musicians from all walks of life on the show. I was very honored to be asked to be on the… READ MORE
January 29th, 2016 | Posted in Freelancing
Here is February’s Marlin Co. illustration. READ MORE
January 28th, 2016 | Posted in Tales from the Theme Park
The Worst Return Ever When you work drawing caricatures at a theme park or in a retail setting you will occasionally get returns. Unavoidable. Ultimately the customer is the client, and it’s your job to do a piece of art that makes them happy so they pay for it. That is not such an easy task considering the art you are creating is meant to make fun of the very party you expect to pay for it. Returns happen, and since the theme park you work at is all about kissing their “guests” hindquarters far past the point of all rationality or fairness, you have… READ MORE
January 27th, 2016 | Posted in News
[youtube]https://youtu.be/1YZeHcAvl7w[/youtube] MN Original is a show on Twin Cities PBS that profiles Minnesota artists, actors, musicians and other creative types. I’m going to be one of the artists featured on the next episode, airing this Sunday on TCT 2 and 6:00 and 10:00 pm. They post the show online at some point after it airs, so I will post a link to that when it’s up. The video above is a teaser for the episode. I’m honored and flattered to have been asked to be a part of the show. READ MORE
January 26th, 2016 | Posted in Freelancing
Spot illustration for a health article on, you guessed it, skipping leg day. February issue. READ MORE
