Tom's Mad Blog
March 18th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Harley Quinn #5 by Sergio Aragon?¬©s (colors by Tom Luth) Craveonline has a sneak peek at four of the 21 upcoming MAD variant DC comics cover: Harley Quinn #5 by Sergio Aragon?¬©s (colored by Tom Luth), Green Lantern #30 by Richard Williams, Flash #30 by Anton Emdin and Justice League #30 by Peter Kuper. Green Lantern #30 by Richard Williams Flash #30 by Anton Emdin Justice League #30 by Peter Kuper These join the earlier sneak peeks from Hermann Mejia, Al Jaffee and John Kercshbaum and and Rick Tulka and Tom Bunk from a few days ago, bringing the total early looks to nine! Mine… READ MORE
March 18th, 2014 | Posted in General
I just finished a big MAD parody job (can’t tell you what it is, so don’t ask) that had me tied in knots for the better part of two weeks, which means that today is catch-up day on all the stuff I had to ignore during my marathon. You know… stuff like bills, paperwork, emails… sleeping. One of the big things I have had to put on the back burner is signing, packing and shipping all those sketches and original art I put up for sale in the Studio Store in the last couple of weeks. My sincerest apologies for all those folks who bought… READ MORE
March 17th, 2014 | Posted in Monday MADness
Okay not really a MAD piece…but related. I’ve done a few pieces for the Warner Bros consumer products line, and the above I did a year or two ago as a t-shirt illustration. I am sure I’ve shown this piece here before… but not these preliminary roughs!: READ MORE
March 16th, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
I haven’t had to post this image in a long time, but I am fresh out of questions for the Sunday mailbag! Well, it’s not really completely empty, but the only ones I’ve got right now are either repeats of previous questions or of the “can you teach me how to cross-hatch?” or “how do you exaggerate people in caricature?” variety which aren’t really questions so much as they are requests for long and involved tutorials, and are needing a lot more time than I can give for this weekly feature. A good Sunday Mailbag question can certainly involve an image or two and a… READ MORE
March 14th, 2014 | Posted in News
Remember back in August some idiot started a rumor online that MAD Magazine legend Jack Davis had passed away? Well, not only is Jack happily still among the living, the guy is still doing work! The image above is his art for the cover of a new Sex Clark Five CD! I know what you are thinking… they still make CDs? Well they DO, smartass. According to the press release this is Jack’s first album cover art in 24 years, and back then they still made ALBUMS. It appears the people behind the band understand the significance of having Jack Davis do your album cover… READ MORE
March 14th, 2014 | Posted in News
I have been remiss in not promoting the wonderful SpringCon Comic Book “Celebration” taking place this year on May 17th and 18th in St. Paul, MN. I’ll be there, along with 250 comics creators, lots of dealers, panels and other fun stuff. For those who lament the comics conventions of today are much more about movies and other media than actual comics, this one has a truly classic feel like the cons of old. Plus, Minnesotans are so glad the %*&$^# winter is over by then that we are all unusually cheerful and fun to be around. This volunteer group has been putting on Minnesota… READ MORE
March 13th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD art director Sam Viviano is featured on DC All Access showing off tiny versions of the 21 upcoming MAD variant DC Comics covers, and giving a little tour of his office. His segment begins at 6:11 of the video below, the variant cover images are too small to get a good look at, but he does show off some other artwork hanging in his office including his cameo in Hermann Mejia‘s amazing “Road to Perdition” parody splash, some hack’s lame Harry Potter art and Sam’s first artwork for MAD, the cover of MAD #223! By the way, today is Sam’s birthday! He’s 61! Today… READ MORE
March 12th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Took a breather from work the other day to catch the last episode of “True Detective”, which inspired this week’s sketch of Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey. That show was dark, but riveting. You could tell he was still very much down in weight from his filming of “Dallas Buyers Club” when this series was shot, but he started looking healthier as it went on. READ MORE
