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Sketch o’the Week

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

Comic-Con 2012 Report

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.¬¨‚Ä† 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

On the Way Home

July 16th, 2012 | Posted in General

We are winging it back to Minnesota! Comic-Con updates soon. READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag

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¬¨‚Ä†at the¬¨‚Ä†DC Entertainment¬¨‚Ä†booth (#1915)-¬¨‚Ä†Art Demonstration!¬¨‚Ä†a 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¬¨‚Ä†at the¬¨‚Ä†DC Entertainment¬¨‚Ä†booth (#1915)- I’ll be doing free sketches! 2-5pm:¬¨‚Ä†National Cartoonists Society¬¨‚Ä†booth¬¨‚Ä†(#1307/1309)¬¨‚Ä†inking 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

Comic-Con Schedule Change

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¬¨‚Ä†(#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¬¨‚Ä†(#1307/1309) Sat, July 14th: 5:30-7:30pm:¬¨‚Ä†National Cartoonists Society booth¬¨‚Ä†(#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¬¨‚Ä†9) 4-5pm: Cartoon Art Museum Booth booth… READ MORE

Totally MAD: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity

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:¬¨‚Ä† Time Home Entertainment Inc. and¬¨‚Ä† MAD Magazine Announce Totally MAD: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity Foreword by Stephen Colbert and Eric Drysdale¬¨‚Ä† Includes “The Soul of MAD,”A… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Pee Wee!

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

MAD About San Francisco (and Santa Rosa)

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