Tom's Mad Blog
August 4th, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: In your previous mailbag reply you addressed the large size of your original art for MAD. However my main question to you is, working traditionally is always good, but how exactly do you scan them in? Does MAD scan them for you, or you have a kickass large scanner in your studio? If you do, can you advise on a larger then a4 scanner which is good and reasonably affordable as well online.. I’m from Singapore and its extremely hard to find a larger then a4 scanner here. A: The previous mailbag referred to is here, and briefly the question was why is my… READ MORE
August 2nd, 2013 | Posted in General
Not sure but there may be an interruption in posts here as I get my website rewritten from ASP to PHP and moved back to my old server… long story. If so, my apologies. Still hope to have everything up and running with little delay next week sometime. READ MORE
August 2nd, 2013 | Posted in General
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWbKYUiIlNM[/youtube] MAD scribe extraordinaire Desmond Devlin sent me a link to this gem from 2001. It’s a show called “Theater Talk”, and features the great Art Spiegelman visiting the great Al Hirschfeld‘s studio and interviewing him. So much greatness in one small area…I am sure the resulting glow could be seen from space. READ MORE
August 2nd, 2013 | Posted in General
I was planning on a quick post about Jack and his exhibit opening this week but I decided to do a much longer post, and it will have to wait until Tuesday. check back then! Meanwhile I’m on the road back home today. READ MORE
August 1st, 2013 | Posted in General
I’m in beautiful St. Simon Island, GA for the opening of the Jack Davis exhibit. I’ll be on a panel with longtime MAD editor Nick Meglin and cartoonist/illustrator Jack Pittman tonight before the opening reception. Full report to follow. READ MORE
July 31st, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Sadly another cop-out this week and I am currently in route to St. Simons Island, GA to pay proper respect to the incomparable Jack Davis at the opening of his gallery show in his adoptive hometown. I predict Jack will say “I don’t deserve all this attention!” or some derivative of that about a million times during the festivities. Unlike many people who play at false modestly, he really believes this… it’s part of what makes him Jack Davis. Anyway, this is the pencil sketch of a recent Marlin workplace poster job. Inks and colored final below. Reports from Georgia to follow. READ MORE
July 30th, 2013 | Posted in General
Let me preface this by saying I am very discriminating about promoting Kickstarter campaigns or other crowdsourced projects. That doesn’t mean ones I don’t promote here I do not think are great ideas or worthy of attention and support… it simply means I don’t want my blog to become riddled with pleas crowdsourced projects. Fair warning if you write me and ask me to promote your project…not that I am some kind of internet powerhouse. Drop a note to Kim Kardashian of you want real publicity, then write her a check for ten grand and she’ll send out a tweet for you. Incidentally, that’s about… READ MORE
July 30th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky to Embiggen… Photo courtesy of Tom Bunk Last week I was in New York City to film some interview footage for the upcoming documentary ‘When We Went MAD“, and hung about the MAD offices all day while many of the Usual Gang of Idiots did their segments. Somebody got smart and took a picture, but sadly after painter extraordinaire Richard Williams had left, and before Spy vs. Spy artist Peter Kuper rolled in… Here’s the key: Dick DeBartolo– Longtime MAD writer Desmond Devlin– Also longtime MAD writer but not as longtime as Dick Charlie Kadau– Senior Editor Tom Bunk– Wacky MAD artist Irving Schild–… READ MORE
