Tom's Mad Blog
July 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: As at Comic-con sometimes you have to work when you’re away from your studio. What is in you traveling tool kit? Do you keep an always loaded briefcase or tool box that you can grab and have what you need with you? Do you have an iPad or laptop with the tools you’ll need? Lots of us have day jobs that require traveling, and we have to choose what to take to serve our creative needs. A: I am notorious for bringing work with me on trips. Sad, but sometimes unavoidable. My logic is that I can either take work with me and still… READ MORE
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
