Tom's Mad Blog
November 8th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Finally, the last but far from least Stooge: Moe Howard. Moe was basically the driving force behind the Stooges, usually acting as business manager and idea man. His death from lung cancer in 1975 ended his attempted Stooges comeback, and the group itself. Hope you enjoyed Stooges week! Female readers of Tom’s MAD Blog can now return to reading posts they “get” with this week’s Sunday Mailbag… at least until I decide to do a “Monty Python Week”. READ MORE
November 7th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Today’s Stooge is Larry Fine, One of the original members from the Ted Healy vaudeville days. Larry was part of all the Stooges incarnations, and his major stroke in 1970 essentially ended the group…although Moe attempted a comeback in 1975 with character actor Emil Sitka taking over for Larry. That project never got past a few publicity still photos, as Moe became ill before anything was filmed. READ MORE
November 6th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Today’s Stooge is Curly Howard, younger brother of Shemp and Moe, and arguably the most popular of the Stooges. Curly had a debilitating stroke in 1946, and never recovered enough to return to the Stooges (although he did have a brief cameo in a later film featuring Shemp). READ MORE
November 5th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I thought I’d get the later Stooges out of the way before getting to the three that most people recognize as the “definitive” Stooges. Today we have “Curly Joe” DeRita, who took over for Joe Besser after The Stooges and Columbia parted ways. READ MORE
November 4th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Last week I posted this sketch of Shemp Howard, one of the “Three Stooges” (well, “Six Stooges” really, but only three performed at a time). It went over pretty well, so I have decided to make this week “Stooges Week” here on Tom’s MAD Blog! I’ll be posting a new sketch of a Stooge each day. Since Shemp has already appeared, we’ll do the other five as the week goes on. Today’s Stooge is Joe Besser, who took over for Shemp after Shemp took over for Curly who took over for Shemp. Before you write me to ask “what about Fred Sanborn, Joe Palma and… READ MORE
November 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Did you ever consider doing anything else for a living besides illustration? A: Yes, I’ve always wanted to be an independently wealthy, idle , international playboy. I couldn’t ever find a place to turn in an application for the job, though, so I went with cartooning. Actually I can honestly say I never wanted to be anything else besides an artist. I cannot remember a time when I didn’t spend most of my free time drawing nor ever thinking about being anything but an artist. I never even daydreamed about being an athlete or a rock star or anything like that. Comics, cartooning and… READ MORE
November 1st, 2013 | Posted in General
…to speak at the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning’s “Mini-Fest” tomorrow. Here’s a link to a news story about the Festival. Here’s the list of events/activities going on there: 10:30 a.m. – noon: Drawing and caricature class I’ll be conducting for kids ages 13-18 at the Kenosha Public Museum, 5500 First Ave. Cost is $20. Anyone interested in participating can register directly with the museum. 12:30 – 2 p.m.: My main presentation. I will talk about my career as a freelance illustrator with publications, including MAD Magazine and Marvel Comics at the Kenosha Public Museum, 5500 First Ave., in Daimler Chrysler Hall. The presentation is free… READ MORE
October 31st, 2013 | Posted in General
Alfred joins the zombie ranks with these two illustrations I did for the WB, presumably for Halloween products but I haven’t seen anything yet with these on it. Based largley on the terrific Mark Frederickson “Zombie” cover from MAD #483. READ MORE
