Tom's Mad Blog
July 29th, 2011 | Posted in General
Carlos Santana may be getting old, but guitars do not age and he still rocks! Back in May The Lovely Anna and I had occasion to visit Las Vegas scouting locations for the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Weekend, and while there we saw the 80’s rock band Foreigner perform at the Green Valley Ranch Resort.¬¨‚Ć Last night, Anna and some girlfriends was Foreigner again with Journey and Night Ranger here in St. Paul… 80’s rock flashback. When I Facebooked about seeing Foreigner, I got a few comments about how it’s not the “real” Foreigner since original lead singer Lou Gramm was not touring with the… READ MORE
July 28th, 2011 | Posted in News
Some info on the revival performaces of The MAD Show! musical from MAD’s official blog, The Idiotical: This weekend, the York Theatre Company is producing The MAD Show, which was originally produced Off-Broadway in 1966. It has a book by legendary MAD writers Larry Siegel and Stan Hart; lyrics by Marshall Barer and Steven Vinaver; and music by Mary Rodgers (including a song by Stephen Sondheim). The original production featured actors Linda Lavin and Jo Ann Worley. The revival cast will include popular actors and actresses from Broadway and Off-Broadway. Check out this post on The Idiotical for more info, and for background on the… READ MORE
July 27th, 2011 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m still extremely busy trying to get caught up after being away for the San Diego Comic-Con, so here is one of the studies I did for the limited edition print I sold at Comic-Con (and am still selling). This is Roger Moore, the James Bond I remember from my youth. I thought he was THE James Bond, until I saw Sean Connery‘s earlier films after a recommendation from one of my middle-school teachers. Connery’s still the best, but I do like Daniel Craig in the role. READ MORE
July 26th, 2011 | Posted in News
Several people expressed an interest in getting a copy of my signed and numbered, limited edition print, “Secret Agent Man” if I had any left after Comic-Con… well, I have plenty left. They were popular and stopped a lot of people in their tracks as they walked by, but I had a LOT of them. There were 250 total, 11″ x 17″, all signed and numbered… more than half of them are still available. READ MORE
July 25th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Comic-Con is over and I’m on my way back to Minnesota. Here are a few pictures from the weekend: Number one son Tom mans the booth… Drawing a caricature of some kids The Big MAD Panel: From L to R: Host Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragon?¬©s, editor John Ficarra, art director Sam Viviano, Dick Debartolo, Peter Kuper, myself, Keith Knight. Me answering a question Not sure how this picture got mixed up in here… They put me up on the video board just like the real artists when I signed at the DC Comics booth. Doing a drawing for a MAD fan It was fun, and… READ MORE
July 24th, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I know of several excellent caricature artists that, from time to time, copy celebrity photographs found on the web in “caricature” form and then sell these works as art-prints. Are these artists at risk of copyright infringement as “Derivative Works”? I understand that some protection is offered under the Fair Use exceptions involving parody/satire, but I’m not sure if this would offer a bulletproof defense in court … especially when I look at the art involved in the famous Rogers v. Koons case involving Derivative Works. Of course, I have no idea whether these artists are getting permission from the source-photo’s copyright holder, which… READ MORE
July 21st, 2011 | Posted in News
Ordering is now online for my book, The Mad Art of Caricature! The book will ship in September, but by popular demand pre-ordering is now underway. Here are your ordering options: Signed book: $24.95 Signed book plus sketch of Alfred: $39.95 Signed book plus random original caricature art* from the book: $49.95 Signed book plus sketch of Alfred and random original caricature art*: $59.95 Shipping & handling: $5.00 in the U.S $10.00 for Canada $15 for any other country via US Postal International Flat Rate. * Regarding the original art option- these are celebrity caricature drawings that appear in the book. Most are former… READ MORE
July 20th, 2011 | Posted in News
I’ll be signing free copies of MAD (I think) at the DC Comics booth (#1915) at Comic-Con on the following days and times: Thursday, July 21: 2-3pm Friday, July 22: 1-2pm Sunday, July 24: 10:30-11:30am As I don’t have any copies of MAD at my booth, this will be the place to go to get the freebee signed. Then you can take it over to Sergio‘s booth and get him to sign it, and Peter Kuper, and who knows who else! I’ll mostly be at my booth all other times, except when I’m not. READ MORE
