Tom's Mad Blog
July 26th, 2013 | Posted in General
Doctor Who’s Your Daddy Dept. I’m finally back from Comic-Con and other travels, and online orders for my Doctor Who prints are shipping. I sold a lot of them in San Diego, so if you haven’t ordered one yet, what are you waiting for? “The Doctor is In” Limited Edition Print 450 signed and numbered prints 11″ x 27″, elegant matte finish professional print $25.00 (cheap) , $3 US domestic Shipping, $15 Rest of the World These are a perfect gift for the Whovian in your life, the fan of MAD Magazine, or at least for anybody who likes colorful caricatures of random British guys.… READ MORE
July 25th, 2013 | Posted in General
After spending a lot of time chatting with folks at the San Diego Comic Con, it seems I am being asked more and more why I still draw and ink traditionally…i.e. with pencil, dip pen and brush on bristol…rather than just going all digital. In fact, I am getting more and more puzzled looks of incredulity over this question as opposed to casual interest, especially since I do all my coloring via the computer and many people therefore assume I am completely digital. There is an easy answer to that… I like working traditionally. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against anyone who works… READ MORE
July 24th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Have to cop out this week as I am still playing catch up from Comic-Con. Here’s the pencil rough from the splash page of the parody of “Mike and Molly” from a year or two ago in MAD.¬¨‚Ć Clicky to embiggen… READ MORE
July 23rd, 2013 | Posted in News
I’m back from Comic-Con International 2013 with a report on the event: Too many people too many funky smells not enough places to sit down New this year was the penchant for people to wear backpacks roughly the size of Rhode Island. Whenever one of these folks spun around to see some sight or another, it would cause moments similar to that scene in the Lord of the Rings where Sauron swings his mace and sends waves of elves and soldiers flying. Enough complaining… Comic-Con is really a great deal of fun and tremendously cool, just so long as you possess yourself in patience when… READ MORE
July 22nd, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Officially announced at the MAD Comic-Con panel on Saturday: Apparently TIME Home Entertainment was so happy with last year’s “Totally MAD” 60th anniversary book that they fell for another book pitch by those masters of schmoozing, the MAD editors! Now available for pre-order is “Inside MAD“, 256 pages of complete stupidity . . . and a few nifty surprises. The concept for this book is quite a bit different that your average MAD book…they asked the Usual Gang of Idiots what their all-time favorite MAD article was, and then made us explain why in a semi-coherent paragraph or two. You’ll discover the favorite MAD pieces… READ MORE
July 21st, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag
Rather than doing my usual Sunday Mailbag, I’m instead linking to an interview I did with Michael Cavna of the Washington Post’s “Comic Riffs”, where I am asked and answer a bunch of questions. READ MORE
July 19th, 2013 | Posted in News
Day one of Comic-Con 2013 is in the books. Oddly the crowds did not seem as enormous this year, which can’t be possible because as it’s sold out every day there can’t be more or less people in the place on any given day. Things did get a little crazy around the NCS booth when Jack Black came in to sign the poster for his music festival with illustrator Luke McGarry. We also had Bill Amend (Foxtrot), Jeff Keane (The Family Circus), Chris Sparks (Eisner nominated “Team Cul de Sac” book), Brooke McEldowney (9 Chickweed Lane, Pibgorn), James Lyle (Illustrator), Steve McGarry (Biographic), Greg Evans… READ MORE
July 18th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere on July 23rd: MAD # 522 (Sept 2013) Cover (Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Colors: Tom Luth, Concept: Michael Gallagher) The Fundalini Pages (Matt Lassen, Sam Sisco, Rick Geary, John Caldwell, Jeff Kruse, Bob Eckstein, Maria Scrivan, Evan Waite, Charles Akins, Kenny Keil, Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer, Tom Hart, Neil Berliner, Rick Tulka, Al Jaffee % Carl Peterson, Adam Koford) Proaaaaacktiv (Alison Grambs, Scott Bricher) The Slobbit (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) The Debt (Frank Jacobs, Ward Sutton) MAD’s Office Greeting Card Etiquette (Ryan Pagelow) A MAD Look at The Internet (Sergio… READ MORE
