Tom's Mad Blog
July 9th, 2010 | Posted in General
Yep. It’s not too often I take any real time off during the summer, but The Lovely Anna and I are taking our recently graduated and off to college daughter The Dramatic Victoria to the Caribbean island of St. Martin/St. Marteen for a week as her graduation present. Believe it or not, a little one on two time with just us is what she wanted for graduation (well, the Mini Cooper was out of the question so this is choice number two) so we are off today. As always, thorough the magic of post-dated blogging and hopefully a decent wifi connection at our condo The… READ MORE
July 8th, 2010 | Posted in News
This just in: after only about two weeks of being in existence The Cartoonist Studio website has already significantly lowered it’s standards. Yes, The MAD Blog has learned that my virtual studio on TheCartoonist Studio.com was just added today, along with those of Chuck Ayers, Brian Crane and Jan Eliot… although their inclusion in no way demonstrates a lowering of standards. Here’s a direct link to my studio page on the site. Once there you can click on any of the pictures for a closer look, and roll over them with your cursor to read about this and that. This is a fun idea where… READ MORE
July 7th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Crazy busy right now. Here is a quick and simple line caricature sketch of Ty Pennington from “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”. READ MORE
July 6th, 2010 | Posted in News
… to do my annual post about The MAD Blog‘s birthday. As of June 26th, the MAD Blog has been chugging along for 4 years. The stats as of today: 1,594 posts 5720 comments 0 accidental deaths or dismemberments 1 regular reader (Hi, Mom!) So far so good. Up until my recent decision to take Saturday’s off from posting there has been at least one post every day. Thanks to everyone who has supported the MAD Blog by visiting, reading, commenting and occasionally tipping. READ MORE
July 5th, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
A few weeks ago I mentioned the upcoming “MAD’s Greatest Artists” release featuring the great Sergio Aragon?¬©s, which is going to be a must have for the ol’ bookshelf. Well, it looks like the ol’ bookshelf is going to need some extra room this fall for what is sure to be not only another gem about another legendary MAD great, but one that is truly as individual and unique as the artist himself. A biography of the incomparable Al Jaffee is scheduled for release this fall from HarperCollins. Here is the promotional blurb: Al Jaffee’s inventive work has enlivened the pages of Mad since 1955.… READ MORE
July 4th, 2010 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Are there any people, either friends or celebrities, you’ve drawn so many times you could do a pretty good job of drawing them purely from memory without using any sort of reference? A: My first real job in published cartooning (if you can call working for the infamous NOW Comics a “real job”) was drawing a comic book called Married… with Children. I drew somewhere around 600 pages of that comic from 1991-1995. Even though it’s been 15 years since I did my last drawing of Ed O’Neill and Katie Segal as Al and Peg Bundy, I can still do pretty respectable caricature of… READ MORE
July 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
Click for a closer look… From the Freelance Files: When doing freelance work for a lot of different clients it is inevitable you’ll have one of those “Huh? Really??” moments every once and awhile when something unexpected happens on a job. One of those happened to me last week after I finished the artwork for a movie poster for a political documentary film by director Ray Griggs who did the “Super Capers” film I worked on. I had done a considerable amount of artwork for the movie itself, which amid interviews of politicians and others has three CGI animated segments that I did all the… READ MORE
July 1st, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Welcome to July! As far as Comic Con goes later this month, the schedule for the MAD panel and signings on Saturday are all official. Here’s the skinny… SATURDAY, JULY 24 10:00-11:00-¬¨‚Ć Mad about MAD! MAD Magazine has established itself as the original and most imitated and influential satirical publication across generations.¬¨‚Ć This fall, MAD returns to TV screens with a new show for the next generation!¬¨‚Ć Come join MAD Magazine editor John Ficarra, MAD Art Director Sam Viviano, legendary MAD artist Sergio Aragones, contemporary MAD artist Tom Richmond, MAD Story Editor/Producer Kevin Shinick and your host, MAD Creative Exec Peter Girardi, for a light-hearted… READ MORE
