Tom's Mad Blog
April 13th, 2012 | Posted in Wall of Shame
Clicky to Embiggen… I actually received this one earlier than the¬¨‚ĆMike & Molly print I blogged about the other day, but hadn’t had a chance to scan it in yet. This one came courtesy of series star Jim O’Heir, which plays poker with a friend of my friend, caricaturist Jim Batts. I sent two copies of this print to Jim (O’Heir, not Batts), one for him and one for me with the signatures, but he unfortunately had the cast sign what was supposed to be his copy, thus my own signature is on this one, personalized to him. Hmmmm . . . actually that might… READ MORE
April 12th, 2012 | Posted in General
It’s the age of the Web, where everybody with a keyboard and an internet connection gets to voice their opinions, and in fact seem to think they are obligated to. One of the interesting things about doing parodies (i.e. “making fun of”) things in MAD and elsewhere is listening to all the griping and complaining people who are enamored of your target do online. I don’t go looking for it, but I do happen across it now and then. Some people have a very weak sense of humor, and can’t stand hearing something they like get ridiculed. That’s natural enough, but it’s equally funny to… READ MORE
April 11th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
And now for something completely different . . . a dog. It is quite possible to caricature animals. In fact, animals have a lot of personality and expression which can be a lot of fun to capture. You need only look at some of the great Disney and other studio’s animation of animal characters to see that. The first sketch is a fairly straight drawing of a miniature pincher, with just a little bit of exaggeration. The second exaggerates a lot more. READ MORE
April 10th, 2012 | Posted in Wall of Shame
Clicky to Embiggen This landed on my doorstep the other day, and will take its place on my Wall of Shame as soon as I can get it framed up. It’s a print of my splash page for the MAD parody of Mike & Molly, as seen in issue #514…signed by the cast and creators! Left half- Top and Clockwise: Billy Gardell Mark Roberts (Creator/Executive Producer) Melissa McCarthy David Higgins Don Foster (Executive Producer) Right half- Top row: Jimmy Burrows (Director) Rondi Reed Right half- Middle row: Katy Mixon Cleo King Right half- Bottom row: Louis Mustillo Nyambi Nyambi Reno Wilson Swoosie Kurtz … and… READ MORE
April 9th, 2012 | Posted in General
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April 8th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What do you think about MAD’s finally attempting a real online presence with their website and new app? IMO they have sorely neglected this, and it may be too little too late. A: In the last several years I’ve often heard comments about how lousy MAD‘s website was, how they didn’t have anything worth looking at online and how behind the times they were. This usually came from people who didn’t buy or read the magazine, by the way. To say that MAD was “behind the times” is totally inaccurate. In fact, MAD was far ahead of it’s time in terms of the web.… READ MORE
April 6th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Entertainment Weekly.com just posted an exclusive first look at MAD #515’s parody of The Hunger Games movie, with art by me and written by Desmond Devlin. Go check out the sneak peek, which includes two more pages of the parody! The issue will be on newsstands (and in the new iMad app) on April 24th. READ MORE
April 5th, 2012 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Clicky to Embiggen… Lot’s going on right now! Just wrapping up a two pager for Sports Illustrated Kids this morning NBA illustration project Cover to a very cool graphic novel New MAD TV parody- 6 pages Several spot illustrations for Jeff Dunham Art for a segment of the MAD show on Cartoon Network (still waiting on full details) Another Marlin Co. poster Plus I am off today to open up my caricature operation at Six Flags St. Louis for the season. Whew. Above is a recent Marlin workplace poster illustration, and here’s another, plus the pencil roughs for both: READ MORE
