Tom's Mad Blog
March 24th, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Have you every been congratulated on a caricature of a celebrity, say Denzel Washington, Mick Jagger or Lindsay Lohan, only the actual caricature in question was someone entirely different (Larry Fishburn, Steve Tyler or Liz Taylor respectively)? A: Yes, that’s happened a few times, mostly with regard to caricatures I have hanging up as samples on the walls of my theme park caricature booths. I recounted one particularly funny story about a mistaken caricature subject here. The other I remember was this one: Granted, not the best caricature of Mick Jagger ever (it’s 15 years old now), but it was constantly being referred to… READ MORE
March 22nd, 2013 | Posted in It's All Geek to Me!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fclqizIc7Jo[/youtube] I’d love to say I’m doing a review of this new Wacom Cintiq 13HD “portable” unit because I was sent one by Wacom to test drive, but they don’t return my phone calls. sooooo…. I only know what I’ve read like most of the rest of the world. However, I am a veteran of using 4 different models of the Cintiq (five if you include borrowing a pal’s original Cintiq 15sx to do a job when I was on vacation), including the 12wx which I did review hands on, so after seeing the specs of this new model I can safely make some recommendations… READ MORE
March 21st, 2013 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Pretty busy right now with several different projects: MAD book illustration– a super-secret and very fun little job for an upcoming major MAD book. This is still in the early stages but I’ll be working with a writer I’ve never worked with on it, and it will be an original piece for this new MAD book I can’t talk about. Workplace Poster– My usual monthly assignment. Advertising Illustration– This is a really time consuming but interesting project for the back of a film industry publication. It features caricatures of 60 plus people who work for this movie industry company, and it is a spoof of… READ MORE
March 20th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Clicky to embiggen… Have to cop out this week and post this rough sketch of a recent workplace poster job, as I am swamped with several projects right now. I’ll get to that series of “Walking Dead” SotW caricatures starting next week. READ MORE
March 20th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Remember that radio interview I told you about yesterday featuring Drew Friedman, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth, talking about Harvey Kurtzman? Well, turns out they do have it archived and available for listening after it’s original airing. In fact, here it is: READ MORE
March 19th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s a link to a great article on the history of the movie parodies in MAD from Film Comment magazine. There are also on-line side interviews with MAD editor John Ficarra and me. READ MORE
March 19th, 2013 | Posted in News
If you are lucky enough to be in NYC tonight, no doubt you’ll be at the Society of Illustrators at 6:30 PM for the inevitably fantastic panel discussion on the life and work of Harvey Kurtzman with Drew Friedman, Robert Grossman, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth, moderated by Peter Kuper. That is, if you bought a ticket. If you show up and you don’t have a ticket, you’re a schmuck. If you are like me, and stuck in the frozen wastelands of the country, then you can at least get a little taste of the action by listening to Drew, Arnie, and Al on the… READ MORE
March 18th, 2013 | Posted in News
The 2013 Harvey Awards nomination process has begun, and for the first time you can fill out your nomination ballot online.¬¨‚Ć Ballots are due by May 6th. The 26th Annual Harvey Awards will be presented Saturday, September 7th, 2013 as part of the Baltimore Comic-Con. Only work published in the 2012 calendar year is considered eligible. The Harvey Awards recognize excellence in the comic book/graphic novel/cartooning industry, with work nominated and voted on by creative professionals in the comics field. According to the website: The Harvey Awards may be voted on exclusively by comic creators, those who write, draw, ink, color, letter, design, edit or… READ MORE
