June 1st, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Hi Tom – I’ve been struggling with the following for over a year now, possibly without realizing it! But I now see we have 2 (or maybe 3 options!) when it comes to creating a caricature. 1. We can keep the head shape as an accurate representation with little or no exaggeration – after all, we are engaged in the quest for likeness (so this is the most important thing – when we see someone from a distance, we recognize them, without seeing their features in detail). We can THEN exaggerate the features – make the eyes smaller, the nose more bulbous, the ears… READ MORE
May 30th, 2014 | Posted in General
Official Reuben Weekend Art by Ed Steckley This past weekend the National Cartoonists Society, an august organization I am privileged to be current President of, had its annual Reuben Awards Weekend in not-so-sunny San Diego, CA… well, we did see some sun on the final day of the festivities, but for most of it we experienced what native San Diegans call “May Gray”. That hardly got us down, however. The weekend was a lot of fun. They usually are, but this one seemed to be turned up a notch. Most of the events took place at the beautiful Omni hotel right at the start of… READ MORE
May 29th, 2014 | Posted in General
I know I promised a Reubens wrap-up today but I am swamped trying to catch up with freelance work I have put aside for the last week or two. Tomorrow, I promise. READ MORE
May 28th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch is “Game of Thrones”‘s Nikolaj Coster-Waldau aka Jaime Lannister. READ MORE
May 27th, 2014 | Posted in General
Getting back home later tonight from San Diego and the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend! Full wrap up coming Thursday. Too tired for anything else… plus my liver hurts. READ MORE
May 26th, 2014 | Posted in General
This week’s Monday MADness is a look at a piece I did for MAD Kids, the short-lived pre-teen version of MAD. The first of the Sam Raimi “Spider-Man” movies had just come out, and these large spot illustrations were called “Wall Webbers”. In the magazine, these were two page spreads containing two main images (and some accessories). The art department at MAD added dotted lines around them so they could be easily cut out, and indicated where a piece of yarn was supposed to be inserted. Then they could be taped to a wall and the yarn stretched from Spidey to the other image to… READ MORE
May 25th, 2014 | Posted in News
Whew. Another NCS Reuben Award Weekend in the books. I’ll write a complete wrap-up later this week after I recover. In the meantime, here are the complete award results. Congratulations to the winners! The Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year: Wiley Miller Editorial Cartoons Mike Ramirez Newspaper Illustration Miel Prudencio Ma Feature Animation Hayao Miyazaki: Director, “The Wind Rises”- Disney TV Animation Paul Rudish for Disney Channel’s “Mickey Mouse” shorts – Disney Newspaper Panels Dave Coverly Magazine Gag Cartoons Matt Diffee Advertising/Product Illustration Rich Powell Greeting Cards Mark Parisi Comic Books Sergio Aragon?¬©s –Sergio Aragon?¬©s Funnies Graphic Novels Andrew C Robinson- The 5th… READ MORE
May 23rd, 2014 | Posted in General
Greg Evans, creator of the syndicated comic strip Luann READ MORE
