Tom's Mad Blog
June 26th, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I love the MAD show on Cartoon Network! Its got just enough MAD Magazine in it to seem like part of the “Usual Gang” but is also different and appealing to the “Robot Chicken” crowd. How did the show do? Is there going to be a second season? What did you think of the work you did on the show? A: I’ve been told MAD on the Cartoon Network did very well in viewership and with viewer response, although I do not have any numbers to back that up. It must have done pretty well, as they announced that it was being picked up… READ MORE
June 24th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Many sources are reporting that director Ron Howard (Splash!, Apollo 13, The Da Vinci Code, etc.) has been signed to direct a live action film based on the long-running MAD Magazine feature Spy Vs. Spy. “Live action” of course means with actors and not using animation. An interesting approach. How much of Spy vs. Spy’s appeal is because of the art style and character design of the late Antonio Prohias? I guess we’ll be finding out. READ MORE
June 23rd, 2011 | Posted in News
The new version of the app for which I originally did 540 caricature of every senator and representative in the United States Congress, Bobble Rep: the 112th Congress Edition, is finally out in the App Store. The new edition features links to social media like Facebook and Twitter pages for each congressional member as well as the previous website, physical address and telephone contact info. I did 140 or so new caricatures of the most recent editions to congress for the app…of course with the way our politicians act, I’ll be doing frequent replacements. For example, the developers made the unfortunate choice of using this… READ MORE
June 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Made it with 23 minutes to spare. This week’s “Sketch o’the Week” subject: british television personality Piers Morgan. READ MORE
June 21st, 2011 | Posted in News
The book proceeds apace, but it’s slow going as I keep having to put it aside to work on jobs. In fact, plans to have the printed copies ready to go at the San Diego Comic Con are now nixed, which sucks. No helping it, though. It makes no sense for me to turn down paying jobs in order to finish it, because the book will get done eventually and I won’t sell any fewer copies if it ships in August rather than July. Bills continue to be due. My theme park crews are getting mad at me as they haven’t seen me in weeks.… READ MORE
June 20th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
On news stands tomorrow and in comic book shops today: MAD # 510 (August 2011) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Jeff Kruse, Rick Tulka, J.C. Duffy, David DeGrand, Sam Viviano, Michael Grinspan, Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer, Anton Emdin, Scott Nickel, Scott Maiko, Kiernan P. Schmidt, Paul Coker) Olbermann: The Terminated (Artist: Roberto Parada) Green Lunkhead (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) When Ventriloquists Go Bad (John Caldwell) A MAD Look At Celebrity Life (Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Tom Luth) Glenn Beck: Terminated, Too- Misjudgment Day (Artist: Richard Williams) Bored Bath & Be Gone (Jeff Kruse, Scott Bricher) How Does Capt. America Stack Up Against other Legendary… READ MORE
June 19th, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I read on your blog that you just became the president of the National Cartoonists Society. What is the National Cartoonists Society? Assuming it’s a group of cartoonists, how do I join up? A: The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists. It got its start back in the early 1940’s, when several cartoonists did a series of “chalk talks” for service men and women during World War II. In 1946, the NCS was officially formed at a dinner event, with Rube Goldberg as its first president, Russell Patterson as vice president, C.D. Russell as secretary and Milton Caniff as treasurer.… READ MORE
June 18th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yesterday MAD‘s new blog, The Idiotical, posted the splash page I did from the parody of Green Lantern in MAD #510: Click for a closer look Interestingly, they also posted the rough pencil sketch I initially sent them to approve: Click for a closer look As you can see, the “finger” gag got nixed. I didn’t think that would make it by the editors, but you can’t blame a guy for trying . . . just looking to be a little edgier. Here are a couple of other panels from the parody: t I’ll post the table of contents if I ever get a copy… READ MORE
