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Happy 4th of July!

July 4th, 2013 | Posted in General

Clicky to embiggen… In honor of the holiday, here is a piece I did the art for from MAD #518. Article written by Barry Liebmann. Have a safe Fourth of July! READ MORE

The San Diego Comic-Con is almost upon us, and here is my as-of-now schedule of appearances for 2013: Thurs July 18th MAD Screening and Q&A- 10:15-11:15am- Room 6DE- A panel discussion about the animated MAD show on the Cartoon Network: The MADness continues in San Diego as MAD once again descends on Comic-Con with their usual-but mostly unusual-brand of hijinks and hilarity. Producers Kevin Shinick and Mark Marek and other hilarious minds from the show promise a wisecracking discussion about the series inspired by the beloved and bestselling humor magazine. Producers will also share new footage featuring all the fan-favorite elements of the show, from… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Maisie Williams

July 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

I thought about doing a series of caricatures from the show “Game of Thrones” for a while, but I don’t know if I can anymore. After seeing Hermann Mejia‘s brilliant artwork in the parody of the show in MAD #521, I might not be able to be objective in my versions of the characters. Here’s another one from the show, though… Maisie Williams who plays Arya Stark. READ MORE

Limited Artist’s Edition Getting More Limited

July 2nd, 2013 | Posted in General

I’m down to about the last two dozen of my Limited Artist’s Editions of The Mad Art of Caricature! You know, the limited-to-120 editions with the handsome, hand-numbered bookplate and the caricature of YOU (or whomever you want) drawn by me! Please excuse the shameless plug today, but I’m hoping to close the book on this sometime soon. If you or anyone you know might want one, now’s the time! Here are some examples of how they turn out: The Pics… The Drawing! The pics… The drawing! The pics… The drawing! The pics… The drawing! The pics… ¬¨‚Ä†The drawing! The pics… The drawing! The pics…… READ MORE

Monday MADness- MAD Men!

July 1st, 2013 | Posted in Monday MADness

In honor of the sixth season of “Mad Men” just finishing up recently, here are assorted pencil roughs, final pencils, inks, close ups and full pages from the parody of the show from MAD #508, written by Arnie Kogen. Many of these images are in my book, where I break down the entire process of doing a MAD parody with respect to caricature. Clicky to embiggen any of the full pages: The pencil rough with some notes from the book… Close up of final pencil detail Close up of inked detail Close up of final art detail Final art full page Page 3 rough Page… READ MORE

Sunday Maibag

June 30th, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: What the hell is Max Korn? Even if you don’t wanna tell do you actually know, or do any of the old timers at MAD actually know.. or do they pretend to? A: Ah… the mystery of “Max Korn”. For those who are not MAD aficionados, the name “Max Korn” began to show up as a sort of “Easter egg” drawn or written into the pages of MAD here and there… I am not sure exactly when it started, but I think sometime in the mid to late 80’s. “Max Korn” is even listed in Urban Dictionary, where the definition says: Max Korn a… READ MORE

Classic Digital Eccch

June 28th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine

The digital version of the MAD Superman Special is available for purchase via the MAD iPad app (including a nifty animated version of my cover which justifies all that work I did on the cityscape). What’s more, according to the above announcement within that very downloaded collection of dreck the first 23 issues of MAD are also now available through the app or Comixology. I haven’t actually tried to see if I can download them, but they are either ready to go or obviously on the way soon! fa fa fa! READ MORE

Happy Birthday, Tom’s Mad Blog!

June 27th, 2013 | Posted in General

Well‚ belated birthday. This blog began seven years ago yesterday (I would have posted then, but it was “Sketch o’the Week” Day!). Over 5.7 million page views (best day ever: 22,199 views), 2,570 total posts, over 9,300 comments, 343 Sunday Mailbag questions answered, 344 Sketches o’the Week posted. We laughed. We cried. I procrastinated on freelance jobs. It’s been fun. Thanks for visiting. READ MORE