Tom's Mad Blog
June 4th, 2013 | Posted in General
I’m just getting caught up now a week after getting home from the action-packed whirlwind that is the National Cartoonists Society’s annual Reuben Award Weekend. . . actually almost a whole week for The Lovely Anna and I. It is three days of fun, parties, great speakers, great events, and lots of time to catch up with old friends as well as meet many new ones. It’s just a great time, and always cool to meet many of your heroes of cartooning and find them to be the nicest, most approachable people in the world. Two things I have to mention off the bat is… READ MORE
June 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Monday MADness
I had a rare chance to do some cover art for a MAD publication recently, one of a couple of really cool “side” projects I did for the UGOIs this spring. This is the cover for MAD Presents Superman #1, which has a newsstand date of June 12th but is probably hitting comic book stores right about now. The cover is on the MAD website, so I can share it now. I did this at the very end of March, and what sucks is at the time there was very little in the way of references of Superman’s new look/outfit. You could see there was… READ MORE
June 2nd, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Please tell us about a topic that’s intrigued me for long time…the SIGNATURE OF THE ARTIST, like your aesthetically pleasing signature. And why CAPITAL LETTERS. Like Mort Drucker also signed in Capital Letters. Please share any tips on how and what type of signature should an artist sign with. Also the placement of signatures. Do you sign your cheques/ bills etc with similar sign , or there’s a separate and exclusive “Signature Style” meant only for Artwork? A: Artist’s signatures are a sort of fascinating thing, because most are very deliberately designed. I only know of a very few artists that simply write their… READ MORE
June 1st, 2013 | Posted in News
The Kickstarter campaign to help cover the expenses of the upcoming Jack Davis retrospective I mentioned yesterday just got rolling. I was going to promote the fact that I donated this original MAD page as one of the rewards for pledging, but it’s already been snapped up!: Clicky to embiggen… There are a lot of other cool rewards including a personal commissioned drawing by Walt Simonson, a signed copy of IDW’s new Jack Davis’s EC Stoies: Artist’s Edition, and original Arnold Roth illustration (!!) and many more. Go support this show if you can… their goal is only $3,000 but if they get more they… READ MORE
May 31st, 2013 | Posted in News
On August 1st I will be in St. Simons Island, GA taking part in the opening of a retrospective of the work of the incomparable Jack Davis via a panel discussion about Jack, his work, and his influence on virtually all cartoonists and humorous illustrators that came after him. See press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ella Cart, 912-230-3807 ellamcart@yahoo.com GLYNN ART ASSOCIATION PROUDLY PRESENTS JACK DAVIS: FROM THE BEGINNING St. Simons Island, GA, May 30, 2013…On August 1-30, Glynn Art Association (GAA) will be hosting Jack Davis: From the Beginning, an exhibit that will include highlighted works from Jack Davis’ art career. Davis, whose… READ MORE
May 30th, 2013 | Posted in General
The Lovely Anna and the Animated Elizabeth at Walt Disney World Bear with me for the set-up to this, because it needs it. Frequent readers of my blog probably know that my oldest child, Elizabeth (23) is autistic…and not the kind of autism where you go to college, write books, appear on “America’s Top Model” or get “cured” by Jenny McCarthy and a gluten-free diet. Elizabeth has the rocking back and forth, hand-flapping, struggling with simple communication type autism. In other words, she won’t be going to college, getting married, having kids or living a “normal” life. She’ll be with us until she or we… READ MORE
May 28th, 2013 | Posted in General
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0uTb3HlfFM[/youtube] The Reuben Awards show is one of the highlights of the weekend, and this year emcee Jason Chatfield knocked it out of the park with some extra fun from Tom Gammill and company. Unfortunately it’s hard to see on the video but on those three boards in the back Jason “draws” caricatures of Reuben nominees Rick Kirkman, Stephen Pastis and Brian Crane (via projector magic) and the drawings proceed to sing along with him and heckle him a bit with some fun animations. Very inventive bit. READ MORE
May 27th, 2013 | Posted in News
Photo by Jason Chatfield, courtesy of the NCS Website I am semi-back in action after hosting the 67th Annual NCS Reuben Award Weekend in Pittsburgh, PA this weekend. Things went great, everyone had fun, people won awards, it was cool. Speaking of awards, here is the list of this year’s winners: THE REUBEN AWARD for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year: Brian Crane and Rick Kirkman (tie) TELEVISION ANIMATION Rich Webber, Director, Aardman Animation Studios, “DC Nation” FEATURE ANIMATION Joann Sfar, Director, “The Rabbi’s Cat” NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Dave Whamond GAG CARTOONS Roz Chast GREETING CARDS Jem Sullivan NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS Hilary Price “Rhymes with Orange” MAGAZINE… READ MORE
