Tom's Mad Blog
December 17th, 2012 | Posted in General
I’ve been terrible about updating the other areas of my website lately (for the last two years, actually), but this weekend I finally got around to updating my Portfolio, MAD Art and especially the Me Gallery. If you have never visited the Me Gallery, you are in for a treat. For the last 13 years, I have been collecting caricatures of myself done by different caricaturists from all over the world. At the beginning most were from other members of the International Society of Caricature Artists (formerly the National Caricaturists Network) done at their annual convention. However after I started to post them on my… READ MORE
December 16th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Do you/ have you ever use pigment liner, brushpens, manga graphic pens, calligraphy pens with chisel nibs, any fibertip or fineliners from Stabilo, Shinhan, Sakura etc. inplace of crowquill, say for Mad assignment. If you’ve tried them how do like them. A: Yes, I do use a variety of oddball pens when I am inking jobs, particularly for MAD. I’d say 98% of my inking is accomplished with a brush or a pen nib. I use a combination of these for different line qualities and thicknesses. I’ll use a brush for the big, sweeping, bold lines. A Gillott 303 or a Hunt 102 does… READ MORE
December 14th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Cover image courtesy of Doug Gilford SF Weekly’s Sherilyn Connelly revisits MAD various parodies of The Lord of the Rings, including the musical version spoof by Frank Jacobs and Mort Drucker from MAD #210. I like how she points out that, in the time it takes to watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, one can read the first six chapters and more of The Hobbit book on which the movie is based . . . or all the MAD parodies of Tolkien put together. All the Peter Jackson LotR film parodies were written by Desmond Devlin with art by Hermann Mejia. Some of my favorite… READ MORE
December 13th, 2012 | Posted in News
As of today all the Limited Artist Edition‘s of my book that have been ordered have shipped . . . the most recent (and last) three this morning. That is, all those that have been ordered and followed up by sending me pictures for the caricature. Three people so far have still not send me their pictures . . . you know who you are! If you want the book in time for Christmas, you are running out of time! In fact, anyone realistically wanting to order and get their copy in time for Christmas needs to order right now. International customers are out of… READ MORE
December 12th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s another the caricature drawings from the series of Limited Artist Edition’s of my book. The pictures I worked from are below. Many of these Artist Editions are being purchased by my fellow caricaturists, cartoonists and illustrators. This one is for cartoonist and caricaturist Bob Dornfried, and is Limited Artist Edition #47. You can check out Bob’s work on either of his two websites: Spongehead Productions (professional work) or The Creative World of CrayonMan (kid-orientated art site). For those of you sick of hearing about this Artist’s Edition thing, this will be my last post about this for the year. I may do periodic reminders… READ MORE
December 11th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, a sneak peek at the art for my latest MAD movie parody: Clicky to Embiggen… Clicky to Embiggen this one… Here’s a bonus, the original pencil rough for the splash page. Some elements got moved slightly here and there before the final: READ MORE
December 10th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
On news stands everywhere on Dec. 18th, in comic book shops this week, in some lucky subscriber’s mailboxes already and available digitally immediately via the MAD iPad app. MAD # 519 (February 2013) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Kenny Keil, Bob Staake, Desmond Devlin, Ward Sutton, Bob Eckstein, Rick Tulka, Evan Waite, Kevin Pope, Matt Lassen, Anton Emdin, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Garth Gerhart ) The MAD 20- The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2012 Woman “Restores” Religious Fresco (Artist: Richard Williams) Mitt Romney’s Flip-Flops (Stan Sinberg, Rick Geary) Paparazzi Stalk Kate Middleton (Artist: Mark Stutzman) Rush Limbaugh’s Sexist Tirade (Phil McAndrew, Charles Akins)… READ MORE
December 9th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I am sure in your days you have come across clients who end not paying in the end like they said they would. I recently did a logo for someone who had a “change of business plans” between the sketch approval and the final artwork. I get a deposit to begin but getting ALL of the payment is what’s needed to make a living! Now I am left trying to figure out how to get my money when the client lives 5 states away from me. I was wondering what advice you can give to other fellow illustrators/artists¬¨‚Ć regarding this issue. Thanks! A: I… READ MORE
