Tom's Mad Blog
June 20th, 2014 | Posted in Freelancing
This was a recent column of mine in a recent edition of the National Cartoonists Society publication “The Cartoon!st”: One of the things I love the most about the NCS is that our members cover the gamut of all facets of professional cartooning. Syndicated comics, comic books, animation, web comics, book illustration, gag cartoons, greeting cards… you name it and some of our members do it. I find it fascinating to hear and learn about the trials and tribulations of the different ways people make a living in this industry. I do mostly freelance illustration, which is an exercise in feast, famine, panic, and anxiety.… READ MORE
June 19th, 2014 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
This one goes WAAAAY back… to 4th grade at Oregon Elementary School, Oregon, Wisconsin… And my favorite page by far: Always leave them wanting more! I haven’t improved as much as I thought since then… in fact I had been working for MAD for almost three years when I stopped using notebook paper for my pages. READ MORE
June 18th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
And the loser of the last “Game of Thrones” caricature sweepstakes is Pedro Pascal, who played Prince Oberyn “Red Viper” Martell. READ MORE
June 17th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, here is a sneak peek of my art from MAD #528’s parody of “Two Detectives”, written by Arnie Kogen: The splash page (Clicky to Embiggen…) What do you mean you “want to read the entire parody?” What does this look like, a furshlugginer library?!? Go out and buy the issue, putz! READ MORE
June 16th, 2014 | Posted in General
I’ve written here about the ongoing auction by the Cartoon Art Professionals Society to benefit the Sakai family. My contribution is now on the auction block (see above). It’s an ink and watercolor piece the will be part of the Darkhorse Comics special book, “THE SAKAI PROJECT; Celebrating 30 Years of Usagi Yojimbo”, Being release in July, 2014 (at San Diego Comic-Con) with all proceeds going to Stan & Sharon Sakai. If you have any interest, please go and bid as the money is going to a good cause. Stan’s wife Sharon is have serious health problems and any financial help they can be given… READ MORE
June 16th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere Tuesday: MAD # 528 (August 2014) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Matt Lassen, Ward Sutton, Tim Hamilton, Jeff Kruse, Rick Tulka, P.C. Vey, Dick DeBartolo, John Caldwell, Kenny Keil, Anton Emdin, David DeGrand, Tom Bunk, Rich Powell, Kevin Pope, Mark Fredrickson, Bob Eckstein, Stan Sinberg, John Kerschbaum) Two Defectives (A MAD TV Satire) (Arnie Kogen, Tom Richmond) How Kimye Stacks Up Against Other Famous Married Couples (Uncredited) Planet TAD!!!!! (Tim Carvell) Appy (Mike Morse, Sam Sisco) MOtowNOPOLY (Stan Sinberg, Mike Loew) Monster Marriage Poster (Mark Fredrickson) A MAD… READ MORE
June 15th, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Imagine you have to quit drawing for a while because maybe of an injury. Do you think your drawing skills are getting worse after a longer break? Or is it more like driving a bike: If you once have learned it, you will never forget it? A: I think the physical act of drawing, i.e. your hand responding to the impulses sent from your brain, is a skill that can degrade somewhat from lack of use. However you really draw with your head, not your hand, so unless you have an injury which interferes with the normal function of your drawing hand you very… READ MORE
June 14th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
If you don’t frequent MAD‘s website often, you are missing out on some original and funny stuff. They post daily content that is often all new and very timely stuff that is more than a few notches above your typical meme. They also sprinkle in classic features like Don Martin, Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy and more. Lately they have really been on a roll with political satire ala these two recent posts: Back in the early 2000s when I started for MAD, I heard a lot of right-wingers accusing MAD of being a¬¨‚Ć “liberal rag” because all they did was bash Bush and… READ MORE
