Tom's Mad Blog
May 30th, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Tom, have you ever drawn any cartoons in a style other than the caricature style you do for ” MAD?” Do you have a “History and Development of Tom Richmond’s Drawing Style?” A: I guess that depends on how you define “style”. One way to define style would be the technique or medium being used on a given piece of art. In that respect, I do have a few different styles I work in. There’s my line and color style that is what I principally use for my work in MAD: Then I have the colored line style, which had a softer and more… READ MORE
May 29th, 2011 | Posted in News
As always, I am preempting the Sunday Mailbag on the day after the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Awards¬¨‚Ć to list the results: Winners are in red: TELEVISION ANIMATION Dave Filoni – Supervising Director / Production Designer, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Dan Krall – Art Director, “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated” Scott Wills – Art Director, “Sym-Bionic Titan” FEATURE ANIMATION Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, Directors, “How to Train Your Dragon” Glen Keane, Animation Director, “Tangled” Nicolas Marlet, Character Designer, “How to Train Your Dragon” NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Sean Kelly Michael McParlane Dave Whamond GAG CARTOONS Bob Eckstein Zachary Kanin Gary McCoy GREETING CARDS Jim Benton Dan Collins Teresa… READ MORE
May 28th, 2011 | Posted in News
Watch my twitter feed for live results of the 2010 NCS Reuben Awards tonight. Link on the my blogroll on the left. READ MORE
May 25th, 2011 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m not sure if you heard about this but apparently there was a royal wedding a week or two ago in England. This week’s subject is the bride, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. READ MORE
May 23rd, 2011 | Posted in News
This weekend is the 65th Annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Weekend, being held this year in Boston, MA. I am off to the event early on Wednesday to help with some preliminary preparations and some NCS Board stuff, as I have been serving as one of the vice presidents for two years. I am sure it will be a great time as usual. It’s always fun to get together with some of the world’s most talented cartoonists, get to know everybody better, talk a little shop, stammer a bit when running into some cartooning legend I have admired for years, compliment people on the work… READ MORE
May 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: In the illustrations requiring text, such as background signs, posters and the like, do you illustrate them free-hand or use the computer? A: That depends on what feel or context I am looking for. In cartooning, no matter how “hand drawn” a particular computer font might look, it still lacks the warmth and truly hand-drawn charm of lettering done by the artist. If I want that sort of feel, I will do the lettering by hand. For example, I do basically all the “sound effects” lettering in my MAD jobs by hand: A panel from MAD #492’s Ironic Man parody with hand lettering More… READ MORE
May 21st, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
BATMAN BLACK & WHITE: BATMAN BY SERGIO ARAGONES Statue This is destined for a place of honor in the studio! I’ll have to get Sergio to sign it for me… READ MORE
May 20th, 2011 | Posted in General
After my post on Wednesday about how the accurate drawing of features does not necessarily create the only path to a caricature’s “recognizability”, I received an interesting email from my friend and superstar cartoonist Rick Kirkman, artist of the widely syndicated comic strip Baby Blues. Rick mentioned how he sometimes does a type of caricature with his strip and its animated TV version, where he has to “Baby Blues-ize” famous people…and I’ve seen him do it for soldiers on the USO trips we’ve taken. He also mentioned how this is frequently done on The Simpsons, Futurama and other animated shows. Another friend, Pearls Before Swine… READ MORE
