Tom's Mad Blog
July 20th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yesterday the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the 2012 nominees for Primetime Emmys, and in a spectacular victory for good, old-fashioned bribery, the MAD animated show on the Cartoon Network is nominated for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program! I was stunned and confused by this, until I saw the episode that was nominated was one I did not work on . . . so then it made perfect sense. Congrats to Kevin Schinick, Mark Marek, Peter Giradi and all the people that have made MAD such a great and popular show! READ MORE
July 19th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
On sale everywhere . . . RIGHT NOW! “MAD Presents BATMAN” Special (September 2012) Cover Mark Fredrickson Batboy and Rubin! (Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood) A MAD Look at Batman!(Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Colors: Carl Peterson) MAD #105 Batman Cover (Norman Mingo) Bats-Man (Lou Silverstone, Mort Drucker) MAD #289 Batman Cover (Richard Williams) Battyman (Stan Hart, Mort Drucker) MAD #314 Batman Returns Cover (Mort Drucker) Buttman Returns (Stan Hart, Mort Drucker) MAD #337 Batman Forever Cover (Mort Drucker) Buttman Fershlugginer (Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker) MAD #359 Batman and Robin Covers (Mort Drucker) Buttman & Rubbin’ (Arnie Kogen, Mort Drucker) Batman and Robin Outtake #621: The Kiss (Duck Edwing,… READ MORE
July 18th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Another cheat this week, as I am swamped trying to get caught up after Comic-Con. This is a rough of Dave Navarro for a spot illustration for Penthouse. READ MORE
July 17th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Not much to report, really. Comic-Con is always hectic but this year I saw and participated in less than usual because I was trying to get work done on the last of MAD‘s parody of “The Avengers”, with mixed results. I did not have my own booth this year like I did last, frankly because the Comic-Con people are not very good at informing their vendors how to do things like reserve their booth spaces for the next year.¬¨‚Ć First, I found out after the fact that had I paid my 2012 booth fee before the last day of last year’s Comic-Con, I would have… READ MORE
July 16th, 2012 | Posted in General
We are winging it back to Minnesota! Comic-Con updates soon. READ MORE
July 15th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What’s your furshlugginer schedule at Comic-Con today? A: What a timely, pertinent, extremely conveniently short, and totally fake question! My schedule for today: Sun, July 15th: 10:30-11am¬¨‚Ćat the¬¨‚ĆDC Entertainment¬¨‚Ćbooth (#1915)-¬¨‚ĆArt Demonstration!¬¨‚Ća 20-30 min stage presentation where I’ll be talking about my work with a host, all the while drawing on an ELMO machine that projects each sketch stroke by stroke up on a 6′ x 9′ HD screen! 12-1pm¬¨‚Ćat the¬¨‚ĆDC Entertainment¬¨‚Ćbooth (#1915)- I’ll be doing free sketches! 2-5pm:¬¨‚ĆNational Cartoonists Society¬¨‚Ćbooth¬¨‚Ć(#1307/1309)¬¨‚Ćinking in my hotel room 🙁 At the DC booth I will be talking about the process of doing movie and TV parodies for MAD… READ MORE
July 13th, 2012 | Posted in News
Slight change of my schedule at Comic-Con his weekend: Thurs, July 12th: 11am-3pm: National Cartoonists Society booth¬¨‚Ć(#1307/1309) 4-5pm: DC Entertainment booth (#1915)- Sorry free copies of MAD apparently didn’t make it. Free sketches, though! Fri, July 13th: 11am-1pm: National Cartoonists Society booth¬¨‚Ć(#1307/1309) Sat, July 14th: 5:30-7:30pm:¬¨‚ĆNational Cartoonists Society booth¬¨‚Ć(#1307/1309) 2-3pm: Mad About MAD… Often imitated but never duplicated, MAD is the country’s best-selling humor magazine! Join MAD magazine editor John Ficarra, art director Sam Viviano, artists Sergio Aragon?¬©s and Tom Richmond, and Spy vs. Spy artist Peter Kuper for a wise-cracking Q&A that’s bound to be, well, MAD. (Room¬¨‚Ć9) 4-5pm: Cartoon Art Museum Booth booth… READ MORE
July 12th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I’m currently in San Diego for Comic-Con, and will post some reports from San Diego in the next few days. MAD just announced this upcoming book, which it is debuting at Comic-Con (I am not sure what that means . . . maybe they have an advanced copy or some other sneak peek . . . I’ll let you know). I am told I have a fair number of pieces in it: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:¬¨‚Ć Time Home Entertainment Inc. and¬¨‚Ć MAD Magazine Announce Totally MAD: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity Foreword by Stephen Colbert and Eric Drysdale¬¨‚Ć Includes “The Soul of MAD,”A… READ MORE
