Tom's Mad Blog
September 9th, 2010 | Posted in News
Remember that debacle back in November when Apple rejected the U.S. Congress app featuring caricatures I had drawn based on it being “defamatory to public figures”? Surprising public backlash got Apple to reconsider, and Apple kept making the same mistake with apps from Daryl Cagle, Mark Fiore and others. Well, it looks like Apple finally decided to get more specific about the rules and how they apply to satire and humor. From the Daily Cartoonist: Apple has relaxed some of their requirements for its App Store apps. The clause regarding defamatory or offensive material is still in the guidelines, but they’ve explicitly made it clear… READ MORE
September 8th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Super busy right now, but here is a quick profile study of “House” star Hugh Laurie done with a brush pen and some digital gray washes… This guy has got a great face to caricature. READ MORE
September 7th, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Last night’s debut of the new animated MAD show on the Cartoon Network was certainly fun. Working on the show has been a real experience so far, and I am looking forward to continuing to work on future episodes… although as I understand it my role has been reduced to doing work for about every other episode. I have spent a lot of time during the first 5 I have worked on trying to figure out how to adjust my work to better fit in with what the animators need in order to produce the segments based on my art. The main challenge has been… READ MORE
September 6th, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The new animated MAD show I’ve been working on debuts on the Cartoon Network tonight at 7:30 Central time. Check it out if you can… if you can’t here is the rerun schedule for the week: September 06- 7:30 pm Central September 08- 3:45 pm Central September 08- 8:15 pm Central September 09- 8:45 pm Central If you want a sneak peek, Comics Alliance has posted a new promo video that has a few seconds of my work in it… it’s at about the 23 second mark. Here is a long article interviewing producer and story editor Kevin Shinick and producer/animation director Mark Marek…. I’m… READ MORE
September 5th, 2010 | Posted in Mailbag
Uh oh! Looks like the mailbag is empty! I guess after 200 some odd answered questions people are running out of stuff to think of asking. When (or if) I get some fresh questions concerning cartooning, illustration, freelancing, MAD Magazine or other similar subjects I’ll be happy to answer them as best I can. E-mail me your questions and I’ll try and answer them here! READ MORE
September 3rd, 2010 | Posted in News
Last summer I traveled to Cali, Colombia to be a guest speaker at the Sal??n Internacional de Historietas y Caricaturas Calicomix, their annual cartoon, comics and caricature festival. You can read all about that experience, if you are so inclined, here, here and here. I also took a trip earlier this year to Cuba as part of a cultural exchange between cartoonists. Therefore, I can speak with some experience about the cartoon work being done in Central and South America. Comics and cartoons are there, especially humor comics. I met a lot of amazingly talented cartoonists in Colombia and Cuba. One thing I learned from… READ MORE
September 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
Me and “Weird” Al Yankovic Some time back the lovely and extremely talented Sandra Boynton commissioned me into doing a caricature of “Weird” Al Yankovic for his 50th birthday. I was deleighted to do it because 1. Sandra is one of my favorite cartoonists and a wonderful person, and I was flattered to be asked. and 2. “Weird” Al is to music what MAD Magazine is to comics, and I’m a longtime admirer of his. Here’s the complete story if you want more details. Shortly after Al received the artwork I received an email from him saying how much he loved it and how he… READ MORE
September 1st, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch is one for a quick job I’m doing of Nevada senator Harry Reid. Click the image for a closer look… READ MORE
