Tom's Mad Blog
August 22nd, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
This week’s Monday MADness is another blast from the past… this time from MAD #400, December 2000. This was my second appearance in the magazine, and my first color piece for them. I was assigned the job of doing fake covers from each decade that MAD was in existence for an article entitled “The Untold History of MAD“. These printed really small in the article, so here they are about actual art size. The 1950’s The 1960’s The 1970’s The 1980’s The 1990’s These next ones were described as a double cover issue printed the morning after Yelsin’s attempted coup of Russia, done is the… READ MORE
August 21st, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I’m looking for an efficient method of coloring live caricatures. I’ve seen many different ways to do this, what method do you recommend? A: That’s a tough one because, as you point out, there are a lot of different ways to do it. I’ve seen live caricaturists use colored chalk powders and a cotton glove as the “brush”, pastels, prismacolor stix (which are sort of crayon-like but really more like the stuff inside colored pencils), watercolor and many other techniques including the one I use, airbrush. I’ve seen them all used to great effect, but I prefer the airbrush simply because I have used… READ MORE
August 19th, 2016 | Posted in General
Prototype cover of Goodnight Batcave In an unusual break from the tradition of publishing, the book Goodnight Batcave that I illustrated with writer Dave Croatto, is going to be released two weeks earlier than previously announced. The release date was originally set for Nov. 8th, but its debut was moved up to Oct. 25th. The books pre-order page on Amazon.com now reflects that new date. If you are confused by the caption under the preview cover art above, let me explain. That is not quite the actual cover art for Goodnight Batcave, but I understand that is not so unusual. I don’t do a lot… READ MORE
August 18th, 2016 | Posted in General
I’ve got a pile of MAD #538 variant sketch covers ready to do your commission requests on here at Chicago Wizard World Comic Con. Prices range from overpriced to ridiculously overpriced to you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me… I’ve got a wedding and two more years of college to pay for! Come by and see me at booth F2 in Artists Alley! READ MORE
August 17th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch is of America’ Olympic Sweetheart, 4 gold and one bronze 2016 medalist Simone Biles! READ MORE
August 16th, 2016 | Posted in News
You’ll find me in artist’s alley at table F-2 starting this Thursday through Sunday! Show hours: Thursday, Aug 18, 2016 – 3pm – 8pm Friday, Aug 19, 2016 – 12pm – 7pm Saturday, Aug 20, 2016 – 10am – 7pm Sunday, Aug 21, 2016 – 10am – 5pm I’ll have my usual assortment of crap to peddle including: Limited Edition Prints of Sherlock, Doctor Who, Superman and the new Dracula* Signed copies of MAD Comic Con Exclusive Mini-Prints MAD #539 variant sketch covers!!! Signed copies of The Mad Art of Caricature A few original sketches Caricatures and commissions! Original pages from MAD Magazine! *I will… READ MORE
August 15th, 2016 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Photo by illustrator Buck Jones This past Friday I joined MAD art director Sam Viviano and MAD writer Desmond Devlin, along with MAD‘s Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo via teleconference, at The Kaneko gallery in Omaha, NE for a panel talk about storytelling…. MAD style. Kanenko is a public non-profit cultural organization, exploring and encouraging the process of creativity, and how it impacts everyday lives. It was established in 1998 by international artist Jun Kaneko and his wife Ree. They organize ongoing programs that explore various areas of creativity, and this summer the are exploring the art of “storytelling”, which includes graphic storytelling in comics, cartooning and… READ MORE
August 14th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: How do you go when you have to caricature someone who has no discernible features? Case in point, the actor Peter Davison who played the fifth Doctor Who. Back in the day many artists had a lot of trouble capturing his likeness particularly when it came to painting his likeness to use on book covers and other pieces of merchandise – even a number of comic book artists had that problem. They couldn’t find a “hook” for his face as the actor was in his late twenties, he had a very smooth face and had facial features that didn’t lend themselves easily to caricature. … READ MORE
