Tom's Mad Blog
September 11th, 2013 | Posted in News
Wednesday, Sept 4th- We had a VERY early bag call at 0315 that morning to head our to our next stop, Camp Leatherneck/Camp Bastion which is west and slightly north of Kandahar, We took a very different aircraft for this short flight, a “Short Take Off and Landing” (STOL) Dash 8-100 30 passenger, two-engine prop. This was nearly a commercial-type plane so it was very comfortable compared to a C-17 or a helicopter… but still no complementary peanuts. Awaiting the unloading of our Dash 8-100 at Bastion Air Field, Camp Leatherneck Aboard our STOL bird The Afghan landscape… or maybe this is the moon? Camp… READ MORE
September 11th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Back to reality… and to the “Sketch o’the Week”. This week’s subject is musician Robin Thicke, he of “Blurred Lines” fame. That is a pretty catchy tune. Check back later today for the second part of my USO tour wrap up. READ MORE
September 10th, 2013 | Posted in News
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITFIjOV_7k[/youtube] The above video was shot during one of our USO tour stops in Bagram, when we drew for the 101st Airbourne Division at the Task Force Lifeliner building. Here are some pics and a link to a story on that stop from the Armed Forces news DVIDS. Pictures below from same story: Photo Credits: Sgt. Sinthia Rosario, Task Force Lifeliner Public Affairs READ MORE
September 10th, 2013 | Posted in News
The National Cartoonists Society has a long history of supporting our US Military, particularly during times of strife. In fact, the NCS was first formed in the 1940″s as a result of chalk talks that cartoonists got together to do for the troops during World War II. I’ve been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to go on several NCS Cartoonists/USO trips over the last five years to places like Germany, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Afghanistan and others. This year I went with a terrific group of talented cartoonists on a trip back to Afghanistan with a stop in Kyrgyzstan. This week I’ll be posting… READ MORE
September 7th, 2013 | Posted in News
I’m on the last leg of our National Cartoonists Society USO tour and next week I’ll be posting details about our adventures in Afghanistan and elsewhere, but here’s a short video shot by the 102nd Mobile Public Affairs folks at one of the drawing events we did at Kandahar Air Field. Thanks to Spc. Jovi Prevot for doing this. The video is available to share through the DVIDS website: READ MORE
September 1st, 2013 | Posted in General
So I had all these grandiose plans to pre-post every day on the blog for the next ten days because I am once again off to undisclosed locations that may or not be in the middle east with a cartoonists USO tour… then I was up until 4 AM this morning finishing a MAD movie parody and am leaving for the airport in 15 minutes. So…. I’ll see you again on Sept 10th with many stories about what areas of my body I got sand into that I can’t get it back out of again. READ MORE
August 30th, 2013 | Posted in General
I’m desperately trying to wrap up this MAD movie parody before Sunday, when I am once again off to points unknown on a cartoonist’s USO trip. Have to resort to the Deadline Demon today. READ MORE
August 29th, 2013 | Posted in General
With all the recent issues with the website (now resolved) there was an interruption in the accessibility of some of the things I’m pimping… uh… selling right now. So, here’s a shameless rundown of some of the stuff which are limited editions that are not going to be available forever: Doctor Who Limited Edition Print I’m already 300 plus prints into this 450 limited edition print featuring all 11 official TV Doctors. For a measly $25 plus shipping you can get the original, hand signed and numbered print: Or for $35 (cheap) plus shipping you can get the print with the upcoming 12th Doctor Peter… READ MORE
