Tom's Mad Blog
February 19th, 2010 | Posted in General
The announcement of the new executive team at DC Entertainment– Jim Lee and Dan DiDio (Co-Publishers of DC Comics), Geoff Johns (Chief Creative Officer), John Rood (EVP, Sales, Marketing and Business Development) and Patrick Caldon (EVP, Finance and Administration), sure wasn’t just made and then glossed over. Both The Beat and Comic Book Resources have already had some informative interviews with these folks over their new duties, the directions they envision and the future of DC and it’s properties. DC Entertainment is, of course, the owners of MAD Magazine. Naturally those who work for and with MAD want to know what it all means to… READ MORE
February 18th, 2010 | Posted in News
UPDATE: See links at the bottom of this post to recently posted messages from the new DC Comics and DC Entertainment team. Rumors were flying around MAD that a big announcement was coming soon from parent DC Entertainment. It came down this morning: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DC ENTERTAINMENT NAMES EXECUTIVE TEAM Thursday, February 18th, 2010 By David Hyde Jim Lee and Dan DiDio Named Co-Publishers DC Comics Geoff Johns to Serve as Chief Creative Officer John Rood Named EVP, Sales, Marketing and Business Development Patrick Caldon Named EVP, Finance and Administration (February 18, 2010 – New York, NY and Burbank, CA) DC Entertainment, founded in… READ MORE
February 18th, 2010 | Posted in General
I found this video interesting: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8[/youtube] Those are a lot of eye opening statistics. I’m not sure how any of that applies to anything, but there it is. READ MORE
February 17th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s a tiny little study of Johnny Galecki of “The Big Bang Theory”… actual sketch size only about 3.5 inches tall. The Lovely Anna, the kids¬¨‚Ć and I all love this show. I don’t usually enjoy sitcoms but this one is a riot. Any comic book/Sci Fi geek will absolutely appreciate the inside jokes, and it’s smartly written so you don’t have to be a comic book/Sci Fi geek to enjoy it. READ MORE
February 16th, 2010 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Things are slowing up a little for me right now. Just three projects in the works right now: Animated movie storyboards– I did a few storyboards for the now defunct Mike Jones Animation Studios here in the Twin Cities, but that was years ago. After designing several animated characters for director Ray Griggs‘ upcoming film project, he tapped me to storyboard the four animated scenes in the movie. Private commission– If you are one of the many people who have written me over the years asking if I do private commissions and I have given you this answer, please don’t be angry. This was requested… READ MORE
February 15th, 2010 | Posted in General
I got a few cool cartoons drawn by some of the cartoonists who I accompanied on the recent cultural exchange trip to Cuba: Image ©2010 by Brian Narelle Brian Narelle drew this one on some note cards he’d brought for doing doodles on. The joke is that the one souvenir I wanted from Cuba was an EMPTY cigar box. I wanted one of the authentic wood boxes to use in the studio for pens and stuff. I had a hard time finding one, so I bought a box of 10 cigars (Partigas No. 4s) which we smoked throughout the week and brought the box back… READ MORE
February 14th, 2010 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I have a technical question for you; What rules do you use for shading your caricatures? I checked several of your examples and in many of them it is not clear to me where did you place your light source. It seems, for instance, that you imply primary and secondary sources… Moreover, do you have suggestions on where to place the light source for typical poses? In particular, with profile caricatures I have lots of problems… A: I am not sure if you mean live caricatures or just caricatures in general, but both have the same answer: the light source is placed where it… READ MORE
February 13th, 2010 | Posted in General
I had been thinking about writing a post on why doing caricature focusing on nothing but ridicule and insult is different than doing caricature focusing on capturing the essence of the subject… but my buddy Ed Steckley beat me to it. From Ed’s Blog: Caricatures that are downright mean and nasty, for apparently no other reason than to be an outlet for the creator to freely (and passive-aggressively) be a jerk and go for a cheap laughs are, in my opinion, the lowest form of caricature. ¬¨‚ĆThey have nothing to do with satire OR parody, and frankly may be the least cerebral of all types… READ MORE
