Tom's Mad Blog
June 14th, 2010 | Posted in General
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVd_ugGKef4[/youtube] A few years ago I linked to a number of videos by comedian, impressionist and caricature artist Piotr Walczuk. Piotr (pronouned “Pee-aht”). I thought it was about time to post one of his more recent ones. Piotr was given the rare opportunity to audition for Saturday Night Live last year… something almost any comedian is dying to get a chance at. His impressions are…well, IMPRESSIVE. It’s fascinating to watch his face and mannerisms take on the look of the people he is imitating. He’s a darn good caricaturist as well. After hanging out with Piotr last year at the San Diego Comic Con, he… READ MORE
June 13th, 2010 | Posted in Mailbag
Uh oh! Looks like the mailbag is empty! Actually I have several mailbag questions that deal with drawing hair, but that is more suited for a tutorial and not really for the mailbag. My apologies to those who sent the hair inquiries… I hope to get to that as a tutorial one of these days. Otherwise I am fresh out of questions. When 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
June 12th, 2010 | Posted in General
Beginning this week I’ve decided to henceforth take Saturdays off of posting on The MAD Blog. There are decidedly fewer visitors on Saturdays and it will give me more time to work on a good Sunday Mailbag each week. Plus I get to sleep in. So, it’s with great regret I must apologize to my faithful Saturday readers for no longer giving them something to enjoy as they begin their weekend: Sorry, Mom. READ MORE
June 11th, 2010 | Posted in General
Over on the WashingtonPost.com’s terrific cartooning and comic’s blog Comic Riffs, Michael Cavna writes an open letter to “Amercia’s Documentarian” Ken Burns suggesting he film a documentary about cartooning in Amercia… and the sooner the better for several reasons: First, the state of the American cartoon is in such tremendous flux: Staff political cartoonists have been disappearing from the newsroom landscape quite precipitously in recent years, as the American newsroom itself has been remade for deeply transitional times. The American newspaper comic strip, to put it simply, is seeing great change in terms of syndication and online delivery. The New Yorker is a bastion for… READ MORE
June 10th, 2010 | Posted in General
For the last few NCS Reubens the awards program has kicked off with a short video… often featuring Jeff Keane (The Family Circus) in drag. This year featured not one, not two but THREE videos. The first features Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine), Jeff Keane (The Family Circus and current NCS President), Jerry Scott (Baby Blues, Zits), Bill Hinds (Tank McNamara, Cleats), Mark Tatulli (Lio, Heart of the City), Sean Parkes (humorous illustrator) and Tom Gammill (screenwriter and The Doozies): [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlUXVPjyEgA[/youtube] The second is a video by the incomparable Tom Gammill, detailing his quest to find a good seat at the Reuben dinner. It also… READ MORE
June 9th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch is a quick study of teen star Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana. I did this last week in my sketchbook as a prelude to one I did of her for a recent job. READ MORE
June 8th, 2010 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Click image for a closer look… Here’s what’s cooking on the drawing board right now: Workplace Poster Illustration– My usual monthly assignment. As promised the final of the last poster in posted above. Movie Poster– This keeps getting put on hold but I should be finishing it up this week. It’s a poster for a documentary film by the director of Super Capers, the movie I did some animated illustration for. I also did several character designs for some CGI animated segments in the film and storyboarded those scenes. Animated TV Show Pilot– A political humor show I am doing more character designs for and… READ MORE
June 7th, 2010 | Posted in News
High-resolution images of the stamps are available for media use only by emailing mark.r.saunders@usps.gov From the US Postal Service: “Sunday Funnies’ Comic Strips Get Stamp of Approval What: First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony of the Sunday Funnies 44-cent Commemorative First-Class stamps. The event is free and open to the public. When: 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 16, 2010 Where: The Ohio State University Performance Hall at the Ohio Union 1739 High Street Columbus, OH 43210-1393 Who: Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee Curator and professor The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Lucy Shelton Caswell USPS President, Mailing and Shipping Services Robert F. Bernstock… READ MORE
