Tom's Mad Blog
December 8th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Clicky to Embiggen Usually MAD wants me to wait until the latest issue is on the stands before sharing any of the work I did in it here on The MAD Blog. Well, I guess the cat’s out of the bag on this one, so I might as well share it here. MAD has provided Comic Book Resources with an exclusive first look at the piece I illustrated for this year’s “MAD‘s 20 Dumbest People, Events & Things” feature in #513. Written by Kit Lively and Scott Nickel. Image courtesy of CBR and MAD Magazine. Here’s the pencil rough and the finished art sans the… READ MORE
December 8th, 2011 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
December is often one of the slower months for illustration work. It might just seem that way because I am usually slammed in October and November with projects for the “Year End” issues of publications… or maybe it’s because many magazines work on a yearly budget and by December they are tapped out for illustration money. I suspect the latter is one of the big reasons. Not that I have nothing going. Here is what is on the rather light drawing board at the moment: MAD Parody– This one is of a very popular TV show that (as always) I can’t reveal until publication. I’m… READ MORE
December 7th, 2011 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Didn’t have time for a more involved sketch today, so here is a small and quick study of the pixie-ish Michelle Williams. READ MORE
December 6th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The Huffington Post has an exclusive sneak peek at a few of the “MAD’s 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2011″, including the cover above and this little gem from artist Hermann Mejia: Clicky to Embiggen I have a piece in the MAD 20 as well, and once the issue is out I’ll post it here. In the meantime, check out that sneak peek at the Huffington Post. READ MORE
December 5th, 2011 | Posted in News
Last month I attended a gathering of MAD (Magazine) men in Savannah, GA, which you can read about here if you missed my posts. Present that weekend was CNN’s Todd Leopold who, along with photographer David Holloway, covered the event. They were planning on posting an article about the gathering on CNN.com, and asked me if I would draw caricatures of each of the attending MAD artists to accompany the feature. That article just posted today, and while it is mainly about Al Jaffee (it’s this week’s CNN “Monday Profile”) it does talk about the Savannah weekend and features a little about each artist who… READ MORE
December 4th, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I was really impressed with your book, and I also appreciated the reasons you gave as to why you decided to self-publish. I am wondering, though, how are you fulfilling your orders? Are you packaging them up yourself, or using some shipping service? What problems have you encountered in shipping your orders? A: Actually that was one aspect of the self-publishing process I meant to mention but forgot to in that post you cited. It’s another example of how today’s technology enables a self-publisher to operate as efficiently and quickly as an established distributor. PayPal has it’s faults, but the tools it brings to… READ MORE
December 2nd, 2011 | Posted in News
As of right now my book is finally listed as “In Stock” on Amazon.com. Only 4 copies remaining when I posted this, but I sent another case out yesterday, so more are on the way. So, if you were waiting to order the book from Amazon, now’s your chance!! A HUGE thanks to all the people who took the time to write such great and thoughtful reviews this week on the book’s Amazon page. I’m very happy so many are liking the book and genuinely getting something from it. READ MORE
December 2nd, 2011 | Posted in General
For all those people out there who have that hard-to-buy-for person in their lives who also might happen to be a big 007 James Bond fan… I have a little over 40 of these limited edition (250 total), signed and numbered “Secret Agent Man” prints still available. One would cost you a measly $25 including shipping in the US or $28 including shipping to the rest of the world. It’s a deal to kill for… if you have a license for that sort of thing, of course. Click the image above or this link for all the gory details. READ MORE
