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Sketch Week- Meryl Streep

September 27th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Since everybody seemed to like my pen sketch yesterday, here’s another one using the same technique–multiple Oscar winning actress Meryl Streep. READ MORE

Sketch Week- Steve Buscemi

September 26th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

This is a little different . . . done with a thin marker/pen: actor Steve Buscemi. Sketch week is getting a little too testosterone-heavy. I’ll try and find some ladies to make fun of tomorrow and Friday. READ MORE

Sketch Week- Aaron Paul

September 25th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

In honor of his Emmy win for Best Supporting Actor, it’s the man with the biggest head on television, “Breaking Bad”‘s Aaron Paul. READ MORE

Sketch Week- Bob Dylan

September 24th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

I am kicking off a week of nothing but sketches with Minnesota native Bob Dylan. This is actually a study for an upcoming job. READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag

September 23rd, 2012 | Posted in General

Q: Tom, what factors do you take into account on who (or what) to draw for “The Sketch O’ The Week”. I’ve noticed that you’ll draw someone who’s in a popular movie, or a person that’s currently on the news. What dictates your choice for the SoTW? Is it favoritism towards a celebrity you like? Or maybe someone who you enjoyed sketching out? Insight on this topic would be nice as I’m always entertained by the spontaneous decisions you make every week for the SoTW! A: When I sit down to do the SotW, I usually just grab a current magazine and start paging through… READ MORE

Good and Bad Book News

September 21st, 2012 | Posted in News

The Good News The Mad Art of Caricature is about to go into its third printing! Distribution through Itasca Book Distributors in bookstores and libraries has really risen in the last several months. TMAoC must be on the shelves of more than a few Barnes and Noble stores. Also Amazon sales have been not just consistent but growing. It is usually ranked anywhere from #4 to #15 under “Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Cartooning“ and a similar ranking under “Books > Children’s Books > Arts, Crafts & Music > Art > Drawing”. Thus, our third print run is already ordered and due… READ MORE

More on the New Mort Drucker Book

September 20th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine

Back in August MAD announced the next book in it’s MAD’s Greatest Artists series: this one featuring the incomparable Mort Drucker. Today on their excellent official blog, The Idiotical, MAD gives us some more info on the book, including the release date of Oct. 23rd, and a sneak peek at a few of the pieces that will be inside, all selected by Mort himself, including this beauty of a full-color, pull-out vintage poster that is reprinted for the first time in almost 50 years: No-brainer, gotta have it, pre-ordered already sort of book. READ MORE