Tom's Mad Blog
November 10th, 2013 | Posted in News
Congratulations to “The Lockhorns” (among other things) Bunny Hoest and John Reiner, who will be honored with the prestigious National Cartoonists Society Gold Key Award at the annual Reuben Awards this May in San Diego! From the NCS Website: Cartooning legends Bunny Hoest and John Reiner will both be receiving the National Cartoonists Society’s prestigious Gold Key Award at the 68th Annual NCS Reuben Awards in May of 2014 in San Diego, CA. The Gold Key, awarded by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors, honors the recipients as members of the NCS Hall of Fame. Bunny Hoest is the writer of several cartoon… READ MORE
November 10th, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What are your thoughts on the new Wacom Companion (the new Cintiq/tablet mashup)? Any plans to get one? A: When I was at the Stanley Awards in Australia a week or so ago I got a chance to play around with one of the hybrid Android tablet Cintiqs, which was brought to the conference by Jason Chatfield. Jason, incidentally, did a comprehensive review of that device on his blog and on YouTube which is well worth watching. I was not impressed. I thought there was significant lag with linework, and I just didn’t like the feel of it. Now, I was using it in… READ MORE
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
