Tom's Mad Blog
March 18th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: If I send you something in the mail, with you autograph it for me? A: First off, I will never get used to anyone asking for my autograph. That said, the answer to your question is: probably, but it depends. It used to be that I would only very occasionally get something forwarded to me from MAD or sent directly to me from a fan asking for an autograph, and I would be happy to sign whatever and send it back (most kindly thought ahead and included a self addressed and stamped return envelope). These were always very specific and obviously came from a… READ MORE
March 17th, 2012 | Posted in General
How to do St. Patrick’s Day Right, Bachelor Version (from Penthouse job, 2009): 9:20 AM- Sprinkle sawdust on apartment floor in preparation for return, smuggle bottle of Jameson to work 10:05 AM- Spend day filling out NCAA March Madness Bracket while hating the fluorescent ceiling lights and working on that Jameson 6:35 PM- First bar, someone tries to put one of those stupid plastic green bowler hats on you. Punch them in the face. 11:50 PM- Third bar where 17 year-olds are drinking Bud Light out of plastic yard glasses. Punch at least one person wearing a Larry Bird jersey. 1:55 AM- Karaoke! “In your… READ MORE
March 15th, 2012 | Posted in General
I had the pleasure of a visit from a group of students from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in my studio last Tuesday. They were from Jim Keefe‘s “Pro Practice: Comics” class. I would like to think I imparted great wisdom and advice to them all, but to be quite honest I don’t remember much about what I said . . . I was operating on about 3 hours of sleep and only stopped working on a looming deadline job when they were there. Went right back to work afterward. I am sure I was charming, though. Nobody cried, so that’s a step… READ MORE
March 13th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Happy birthday to both Al Jaffee (91) and Sam Viviano (not 91) of MAD Magazine! The unfoldable Al Jaffee MAD’s Maddest Art Director, Sam Viviano! READ MORE
March 13th, 2012 | Posted in General
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March 12th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Last week MAD got a lot of attention for this clever piece they posted on their blog, The Idiotical: MAD is no stranger to sharp political satire and humor. Salon has posted a selection of recent political articles from MAD, including the six page “movie parody” written by Desmond Devlin and drawn by myself entitled “The Wizard of O”: Go check out the Salon article for some political MADness. READ MORE
March 11th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Have you or any caricature artists you know been sued by a celebrity for using their image in a caricature? A: The area of law you are referring to is called the “right of publicity”, and I have written a number of blog posts about this subject over the years. The short answer to your question is no, I have never been sued nor to my knowledge has any specific caricature artist been sued for a caricature of a celebrity. The closest I ever got was when Arnold Schwarzenegger walked by my caricature booth at the Mall of America years ago and saw his… READ MORE
March 9th, 2012 | Posted in General
I got this tweet the other day from cartoonist and teacher Chris Pearce: Chris had run across an old issue of Coneheads at a thrift store, and wrote a blog post about it in a feature called “Thrift Store Finds”, where he says a lot of nice things about my work in it, most of which are not deserved. My tweeted response is correct…that was an interesting job . . . my first (and only) project with Marvel Comics. It was a four issue miniseries from 1994, obviously based on the Saturday Night Live skit and the (then) recently released movie of the same. The… READ MORE
