Tom's Mad Blog
July 11th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Okay, so it’s not really a sketch. It’s actually a spot illustration from an old job I ran across recently. This one reminds me of a story from about 20 years ago during my live caricature drawing days when I had a run in with a theme park manager . . . I was working at one of my theme park concessions in 1992 when one of the newer members of the park’s “management team” came up to the booth and asked if I was the owner. “Yes,” I told her. She pointed at one of the many examples up on the wall, one I… READ MORE
July 10th, 2012 | Posted in News
Comic-con’s not my only speaking engagement this summer. I’ll be in the Bay and Sonoma areas of the San Francisco region Aug 3rd and 4th appearing at the Cartoon Art Musesum and Charles M. Schulz Museum respectively. Here’s the agenda/press releases: Fri, Aug 3rd: For Immediate Release: July 6, 2012 Contact: Andrew Farago, 415-227-8666, ext. 309 Images available on request The MAD Art of Caricature! with Tom Richmond Cartoon Art Museum Event: Friday, August 3, 2012, 7:00-9:00pm $5 general public, two-for-one admission for Cartoon Art Museum members San Francisco, CA: The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes celebrated MAD artist and 2012 Reuben Award Winner Tom Richmond… READ MORE
July 9th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Hard to believe the San Diego Comic-Con is at the end of this week. I’ll be there again this year, but I will not have my own booth. That experiment did not go as well as I’d hoped last year. It was fun to have my own space, but the location wasn’t great and it took a lot of work to sell enough stuff just to pay the booth fee before there was any profit being made. This year I will be at the National Cartoonists Society booth (#1307/1309) much of the time, and will have posted, scheduled hours at the booth as to when… READ MORE
July 8th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: How long does it take you to make your warm up sketches? When do you consider yourself to be ‘warm’? How important is it to do warm up sketches? A: I have a confession to make. I know this will sound like heresy to some, but I’m not a big believer in doing warm up sketches every day. I never go into the studio and consciously sit down to “warm up” prior to getting to work. I just start working. Even when I am inking, the most I will do is test out my pen nib or brush on a scrap piece of paper… READ MORE
July 7th, 2012 | Posted in News
MAD associate art director Ryan Flanders alerts the known universe via tweet that the artwork I did above for the Spy Museum in Washington DC is now available as a T-shirt, and you can order it online for $18.00 (cheap!): Casino Royalfred Stylish, yet embarrassing. Perfect for any fans of MAD, spies, or overpriced novelty apparel. I’ve ordered three. READ MORE
July 6th, 2012 | Posted in Freelancing
For those who asked, here is the final of that piece I was working on in my Cintiq review video in yesterday’s post. Pencil roughs and inks below. As always, clicky to embiggen any image. READ MORE
July 5th, 2012 | Posted in General
I mentioned in a blog post the other day that I had a new toy in the studio. . . actually it’s no toy. The Wacom Cintiq 24HD is waaaaay too big to be a toy. I wasn’t planning on upgrading my Cintiq as my 21ux, while the original square-screened model and about 7 years old, was still chugging along. However I recently did a book illustration job that was a pretty good payday, so I decided to take the plunge. I’m glad I did. Here’s something new. . . a video review! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5XwM1J3vUk[/youtube] READ MORE
July 4th, 2012 | Posted in General
Yes… you. Enjoy the holiday safely. READ MORE
