Tom's Mad Blog
February 20th, 2012 | Posted in News
Last week’s kerfuffle over the New York Times Sunday Review‘s new initiative restore an editorial cartoon to it’s features by soliciting submissions of finished cartoons on spec created quite a bit of negative response from professional cartoonists. Cartoonist, former National Cartoonist Society president and Cagle Cartoons syndicate owner Daryl Cagle was one of many who received the following response from the Times last week: As I’m sure you all know, we got a lot of reactions to our request for cartoons for a new feature in the Sunday Review — much of it negative. Your very good questions and criticisms of our process have forced… READ MORE
February 19th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Regarding using DVDs or other video sources for finding reference for your caricatures: Ever since upgrading to MAC OS X Lion I’ve had a devil of a time finding a screen capture solution that allows me to grab a movie still from an iTunes movie or a DVD. I read on your blog that you recommended “CaptureIt!”,¬¨‚Ć but I downloaded and ran the trial version and it doesn’t work either. The images it captures are just the white-and-grey grid. Have you been able to find anything that actually works in Lion? A: This question came from fellow Minnesota illustrator Cedric Hohnstadt last week and… READ MORE
February 17th, 2012 | Posted in News
From the NCS Website: NCS membership nomination voting has been tabulated, and the nominees for the 2011 Reuben Award for “Cartoonist of the Year” are: Brian Crane Stephan Pastis Tom Richmond Brian Crane is the creator of Pickles, a daily comic strip syndicated by the Washington Post Writer’s Group. Soon after Pickles‘ debut in 1990, Brian “retired” as an art director for an advertising agency in Reno, Nevada, to devote his full attention to his comic strip. Although he often used cartoon figures in ads he designed, Pickles is his first syndicated comic strip.In 1995 and 2001, Pickles was nominated for Best Newspaper Comic Strip… READ MORE
February 16th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Well, this is more of a retouch rather than a bonus sketch. I dug out this old sketch of Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, when I needed to put a bunch of pictures of recognizable overweight celebrities in the background of the splash page of the Mike & Molly parody I did for the last issue of MAD. I did a VERY quick colorizing job on the black and white pencil sketch with the above results. The image printed very tiny in the magazine (about 1/2 inch square), thus the very loose paint job. Shatner is notoriously hard to caricature, and I think the color… READ MORE
February 15th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch subject is multiple-Grammy winning singer Adele, who is a major celebrity around the Richmond household. She is The Lovely Anna‘s favorite, and my kids are all musically gifted singers and musicians who appreciate great talents. Adele is a great talent, no question. You need only look at the Grammy performances to see that. While Rhianna, Nikki Minaj and others had elaborate productions and stageshows, Adele needed only a microphone and a spotlight, and blew them all away. The Richmond clan are big fans, so I spent a little longer than usual on this sketch as a result . . . although I… READ MORE
February 14th, 2012 | Posted in News
The Comics Beat is reporting that legendary comic book artist John Severin passed away on Sunday, Feb 12th in his home in Denver, Colorado, surrounded by family. John had one of the longest and well-respected careers in comics we will probably ever see. He was one of the early artists for E.C. Comics, and one of the first artists for MAD, doing work for the first several issues under Harvey Kurtzman from 1952-1954. The above image is his first appearance in MAD #1. He did so much comic work over the years it’s almost impossible to list it all. He eventually became the main artist… READ MORE
February 14th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
As promised, here is a peek at the MAD parody of the TV Show Mike & Molly, written by Arnie Kogen! Clicky to Embiggen Sharp-eyed people might notice the absence of empty word balloons that usually adorn my MAD artwork. I could tell you WHY the folks at MAD have decreed I am no longer allowed to draw in and color around said word boxes . . . but then I’d have to kill you. One day I will be able to tell that story. Until then, you will all have to stew in the land of uncertainty and rumor! MMWUUHAHAHAHA!! Anyway, go buy a… READ MORE
February 13th, 2012 | Posted in MAD Magazine
On news stands Feb 21st, in comic book shops this week and in subscriber mailboxes today: MAD # 514 (April 2012) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Jeff Kruse, Charles Akins, Kenny Keil, Rick Tulka, Jason Yungbluth, Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer, Ward Sutton, John Caldwell, Darrenn Johnson, Paul Coker, Dick DeBartolo, Tom Bunk ) Bigg & Bulky (Arnie Kogen, Tom Richmond) The MAD Guide to Smartphone Etiquette (Kenny Keil, Tim Hamilton) MAD’s Make Your Own Twilight Movies (Uncredited) Spy vs Spy (Peter Kuper) The Soft Stool Diner Placemat (Scott Maiko, Photos: various) MAD’s Dreadfully Undercooked The Hunger Games Outtakes (Uncredited) The MAD Vault (Paul… READ MORE
