Tom's Mad Blog
October 15th, 2013 | Posted in News
In the next few weeks I’ll be doing a couple of talks/presentations and classes on caricature… on two different continents. ACA Stanley Awards- Oct 25th-27th, Coffs Harbour, Australia If you are “down under” aka in the wonderful country of Australia later this month I’ll be conducting a workshop on caricature and taking part in a panel on working for MAD along with fellow members of the “Usual Gang of Idiots”, Anton Emdin and D.J. Williams (editor of the Australian MAD). This will be part of the Australian Cartoonists Association‘s “Stanley Awards” weekend, this year being held in Coffs Harbour. This is not open to the… READ MORE
October 14th, 2013 | Posted in Monday MADness
I came across a few videos on Youtube of some of the segments of the MAD Cartoon Network show I’ve worked on the past few seasons… the “Parks and Rec” one of these is just a clip with ads starting out: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LdshlJBgrw[/youtube] uGlee [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IZQdfkEoC8[/youtube] Jurassic Parks and Recreation [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubQuH8GRPk8[/youtube] CSiCarly (this was the first one I did for them) READ MORE
October 13th, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I’ve been meaning to ask you about how and at what point during a project do you normally send your roughs to MAD for approval. And since your originals are “twice-size’ how do you scan your work? Just curious. A: The process goes this way: Sam Viviano, MAD’s Maddest Art Director, calls me to give me a heads up that I will be doing the art for a parody of some TV show or movie. This gives me a chance to go see the film or to get some episodes of the show to watch so I can familiarize myself with the subject. Yes,… READ MORE
October 11th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD’s Editor-in-Chimp, John Ficarra Popmatters.com just posted a really insightful interview with MAD VP & Executive Editor John Ficarra (and yes, that is a bit of an oxymoron). All joking aside…and some would say MAD does that regularly…the article really examines how MAD has changed with the times, some of the thought processes behind the magazine’s approach to humor in the 21st century, and a look behind the scenes at some of the features in MAD #424. It’s actually one of the best looks into the magazine’s inner workings I’ve read in a long time… John must have had an intern do it. Speaking of… READ MORE
October 10th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky to Embiggen… Uproxx.com has an exclusive first look (I know… big deal!) of the splash page for the parody I did along with writer Desmond Devlin of the movie “Man of Steel”. The sneak peek includes a look at MAD‘s long history of lampooning Superman, starting with ‘Superduperman” in MAD #4. You’ll have to click the link to read the intro text to get the gag behind the title. After the issue is released on Oct. 23rd, I’ll post a few more panels from the parody. Seven pages! READ MORE
October 9th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Better late than never today. This week’s subject for the “Sketch o’the Week” is the increasingly decrepit-looking Kevin Bacon. Does this make me only one degree separated from him? READ MORE
October 8th, 2013 | Posted in Tales from the Theme Park
So in this very occasional feature, the idea for which was stolen from writer extraordinaire Mark Evanier’s terrific blog, I will recount some thrilling tales of yesteryear from my days as a theme park caricature artist, which I did full time every summer for over 20 years. This first story is a gag I pulled more than a few times at the parks that I was reminded about from a comment that was made on my Facebook wall where the commenter said he “wished I wouldn’t draw people drooling.” This incident happened when I was managing the caricature art concession for Fasen Arts at Six… READ MORE
October 7th, 2013 | Posted in Monday MADness
Usually I don’t scan my final pencils in prior to inking, so most of the “pencils” I post here are actually the pencil roughs for a given job. The roguhs are what I would send to MAD for their review, but the final pencils would be the drawing I do on the actual boards, over which i ink and then erase the underlying pencils. This, however, is an example of the final pencils on a piece I did for MAD #422, October 2002 called “A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes on the Set of The Sopranos“. Fllowing are the inks and then the final color… READ MORE
