Tom's Mad Blog
March 17th, 2013 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Is it possible to get your book, The Mad Art of Caricature, in Spanish? A: I’ve gotten this question several times asking about getting the book in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, etc. The folks who ask are always so nice so I hate saying this, but I am afraid the answer is no, not as long as it is self published. I have looked into the feasibility of doing a foreign language edition of the book, and what I have found is that¬¨‚ĆI cannot do it myself, simply because the complexity of the endeavor makes it too expensive and unwieldy to do a translation. I… READ MORE
March 16th, 2013 | Posted in General
Crave Onlines gives us an exclusive first look at the brilliant Sergio Aragon?¬©s‘ variant cover for Justice League #19. Love the MAD jammies with Spy Vs. Spy and Flip the bird. That’s the thirteenth and last one to be released! If you are interested, I have created a page with all the variant cover promotional images on them here. READ MORE
March 15th, 2013 | Posted in Freelancing
Well, not until Sunday but I’m betting most people will be celebrating tonight and tomorrow night. The above is an illustration I did for Warner Bros Consumer Products last summer for some T-shirts or other merchandise for this time of year. You can order one here if you are so inclined. Anyway, Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend! READ MORE
March 14th, 2013 | Posted in General
Back in January I got a call from MAD art director Sam Viviano about a side project they were working on…DC wanted to celebrate MAD‘s 60th anniversary with a series of variant covers by the Usual Gang of Idiots for thirteen of their titles. Knowing that I am a huge Batman fan, Sam suggested to the MAD editors that I get to do one of the Batman titles. I was assigned the cover of “Detective Comics”. Given my own choice, I would have picked Detective as well, as opposed to “Batman”. Detective Comics was the title I collected as a kid, and it being the… READ MORE
March 13th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yet another DC MAD variant cover, this one by the long-time MAD artist and current art director Sam Viviano! This one comes courtesy of Gamma Squad. READ MORE
March 13th, 2013 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s SotW subject is one of the stars of “The Walking Dead” (and one of my favorite movies, “The Boondock Saints”), actor Norman Reedus. Today’s sketch is done today in celebration of the occasion of Mr. Reedus’ annual shower, which is rumored to happen just before St. Patrick’s Day whether he feels he needs it or not. EDIT- My twitter feed blew up yesterday with a few people upset by my gags concerning Mr. Reedus’ hygiene (most people enjoyed the joke). Good Lord, people… it’s a joke. You have to admit Norman looks like he just rolled out of bed in every picture you… READ MORE
March 12th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Buzzfeed.com has an exclusive sneak peek of my variant cover for Detective Comics #19. This was a lot of fun and given my being a huge Batman fan getting to do the cover of Detective Comics was extra special. I am too busy today to write more about this, but Thursday I will post some pencil sketches and a closer look at the artwork. READ MORE
March 11th, 2013 | Posted in News
…during this panel discussion happening next Tuesday at the Society of Illustrators: From the Society of Illustrators website: Celebrating Kurtzman A panel discussion with Drew Friedman, Robert Grossman, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth and moderated by Peter Kuper Legendary artists Drew Friedman, Robert Grossman, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth will discuss the life and works of Harvey Kurtzman with a panel moderated by Peter Kuper. Tickets: $15 non-members, $10 members, $7 students/seniors Click here to purchase ABOUT THE ARTISTS Drew Friedman is an award-winning illustrator whose work regularly appears in dozens of major publications.¬¨‚Ć For years he was renowned for his “stippling” style of caricature, employing… READ MORE
