Tom's Mad Blog
March 1st, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: You did a lot of comic book conventions in 2014. Have there been any people coming to you, showing you their drawings and asking for your professional opinion? Could you give them some kind of advice? Did you like it to do?¬¨‚Ć A: Yes, that happens a lot. This can be an uncomfortable situation, especially when the work being shown is not very good. You hate to crush people’s dreams, but you also don’t want to give someone who is years (or maybe never) away from doing anything that might get them work in an industry they clearly love the idea they are “almost… READ MORE
February 27th, 2015 | Posted in News
It’s been a few years… so here is another Great Art Blow-out Sale! Well, only 10 pieces but they are of vintage nature. I have to fund the redesign of my website, so I am selling a bunch of older, traditional media illustrations I have lying about for pretty bargain basement prices. Almost all are published pieces from various magazines or ads, with the exception of two self-promo paintings I did for the Directory of Illustration. All were done before my switch to primarily digital color work, so these are the last vestiges of the real paint, airbrush and mixed media illustrations I did in… READ MORE
February 26th, 2015 | Posted in News
A month or two ago a posted a teaser about a comic book project I am working on for SitComics called “Z-People”. It’s a humorous zombie story written and published by television comedy writer Darin Henry. Originally I was going to do pencils, inks and color on everything but the comic is going to be 45 pages of story and in the interest of getting it done and out on time, colorist K Michael Russell has come on board to do the color work. Darin has posted a couple of sneak peeks of the first few pages on the official Sitcomics Facebook page, pencils/ink by… READ MORE
February 25th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Cop out for Sketch o’the Week this week… here’s a former SotW with digital grays added for my book. This is Winona Ryder in her role as Mina Murray (Harker) from Bram Stoker’s Dracula… a film that has the dual honor of being probably the most faithful adaptation of the original Stoker novel ever, and having the most horrific performance of an English accent by and actor since Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins courtesy of Keanu Reeves. READ MORE
February 24th, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, a couple of panels from the MAD parody of “House of Cards” in issue #532 (clicky any to embiggen…): In case you missed the splash page that was posted last week: Read the parody in MAD #532, on newsstands now! READ MORE
February 23rd, 2015 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere tomorrow: Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Dick DeBartolo, Kevin Pope, Joe Dator, Jeff Kruse, Sam Sisco, Kenny Keil, Nathan Cooper, Bob Staake, Shannon Wheeler, Desmond Devlin, Anton Emdin, Samuel Ferri, Kit Lively, Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer, Patrick Merrell) House of Cons (David Shayne, Tom Richmond) A Sneak Peek at More of the Characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Mike Morse, Hermann Mejia) The Darker Side of The Lighter Side… (Sort of Dave Berg, Carl Peterson: Colorist) A MAD Look at LEGO (Sergio Aragonés, colorist: Tom Luth)… READ MORE
February 22nd, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I have a question with regards on seeing Comics/Graphic Novels as Fine Arts. How do you view comic art? High Art? Low Art? I’m asking as I’m currently facing scorns and that “question mark” look from many of my “fine art” peers on me using comic inking style as a style to paint on canvas etc. And how do you draw the line between fine art and Fan art? or is there even a line to began with..¬¨‚Ć A: Ah… Comic art/illustration vs. “fine art”. Like discussions involving politics, religion and Mac vs. PC, This is a debate that has no winner and no… READ MORE
February 21st, 2015 | Posted in News
Doud Gilford was so moved by the outpouring of sadness over the closing of his incredible MAD Cover Site that he has reinstated it! Hooray for all of MAD fandom, and a humongous THANK YOU to Doug for keeping this institution alive. From the MCS: Because my act of removing the site has been likened to a crime against humanity, because researchers are being left in the lurch in the middle of their books, films, and websites, because I’ve been taken aback by the outpouring of genuine love and well-wishing through too many correspondences, I hereby reinstate Doug Gilford’s Mad Cover Site for who knows… READ MORE
