Tom's Mad Blog
February 24th, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere tomorrow: MAD # 526 (April 2014) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Anton Emdin, Barry Liebmann, Stan Sinberg, P.C. Vey, Kenny Keil, Justin Peterson, Will Presti, Jeff Kruse, Jack Pittman, Jay Rath, Chris Houghton, Rick Tulka, Todd Clark, Garth Gerhart, John Martz, Ward Sutton, Tom Cheney, John Kerschbaum, Jonathan Edwards) The Hunder Pains: Getting Tired (A MAD Movie Satire) (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) The MAD Vault- (From MAD #297, Sept 1990: Jack Davis, Mike Snider) Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) Why the Lego Man was Made for… READ MORE
February 23rd, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: There’s a big (pardon the pun) difference between drawing a 15″ caricature (amusement park style) and a 3″ or 4″ that goes into a Mad drawing. Did you have difficulty switching sizes? a: There is no major difference when it comes to the drawing, really. The same basic elements should be in place in a caricature of any size.¬¨‚Ć The size it will be reproduced at is something to think about when it comes to execution, though. You can obviously include a lot more detail in a larger illustration, and you need to think more economically for something that will be viewed much smaller.… READ MORE
February 21st, 2014 | Posted in MAD Magazine
A few sneak peeks at MAD #526 are popping up around the interwebbies: From Uproxx.com Sergio! Via Toonzone.net Jaffee’s Fold In? I ruined my computer monitor trying to fold it… courtesy of ComicVine.com. The issue comes out next week, but is already in comic book shops and subscriber’s mailboxes. READ MORE
February 20th, 2014 | Posted in News
Clicky to Embiggen… Roughly left to right: Tom Gammill, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Greg Evans, Eddie Pittman, Sandra Bell-Lundy, Russ Heath, Bunny Hoest Carpenter, John Reiner, Suzy Spafford, Chris Houghton. The lineup for the speakers for the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards Weekend was just released: From the NCS Website Eddie Pittman– Animator, illustrator, creator of the online graphic novel Red’s Planet Chris Houghton– Animator, comic artist, illustrator, 2009 winner of the NCSF Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Greg Evans– 2003 Reuben Award winning creator of the syndicated comic strip Luann. Suzy Spafford– Creator of Suzy’s Zoo, greeting card/product/licensing entrepenuer Sandra Bell-Lundy– Creator of the syndicated comic… READ MORE
February 19th, 2014 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Spring training is underway for Major League Baseball, and all pro ballplayers are showing up at their teams spring training facilities to get ready for the 2014 season… well, not his guy. Alex Rodriguez is serving a 162 game suspension for the use of banned performance enhancing substances and obstructing the investigation of such. He actually could attend spring training under the terms of his suspension, but he’s staying home. Must have run out of “the cream” and “the clear”, and he’ll just concentrate on “the remote” this summer. READ MORE
February 18th, 2014 | Posted in General
If you are ever engaging a cartoonist in conversation and for some reason want that cartoonist to do all the talking, just ask them about the art supplies they use. This never fails to send cartoonists into a rant about how this pen and that paper and this ink and that brush just aren’t made the way they used to be, are discontinued, or some other tale of woe about the struggle to get the tools they like working with. It’s like a law of physics. I’m no exception. I prefer the Gillott 303 pen nib for much of my inking and that’s a hard… READ MORE
February 17th, 2014 | Posted in Monday MADness
In honor of spring training opening this week, today’s Monday MADness comes from MAD #434, October 2003…a feature written by Barry Liebmann that asks the question: what would the world be like “Without Sports…”. Click the image below for an embiggened look at my art and follow along with the key for a sampling of Barry’s many gags from the original article: Without Sports… … many of the athletes who receive millions to endorse sneakers would only be qualified to work in the same 3-cent-an-hour sweatshops that manufacture them. … the only people left to grab their own crotch in public would be three-year-olds, incontinent… READ MORE
February 16th, 2014 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Have you ever done any writing? Maybe pitch a comic book idea with an original character, or submitted a written piece to MAD? Ever wanted to create your own “Batman” or “Sherlock Holmes”? With your artistic skills, you all ready have a leg up. Just wondering… A: I have done a lot of writing, but not much creative writing like you describe. Most of what I’ve written are articles for various publications or this website, my book, and a few little projects I’ve done here and there. I’ve never submitted a script or idea to MAD, nor written a comic book story of my… READ MORE
