Tom's Mad Blog
October 18th, 2009 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What you and your fellow cartoonists are doing on your trip to visit the troops is fantastic. How did that all come about? A: Although he would be quick to try and pass off some of the credit to others, the driving force behind the National Cartoonist Society’s visits to wounded soldiers, veteran’s hospitals and more recently overseas troop locations is Navy Times/Broadside cartoonist Jeff Bacon. Jeff is a retired naval captain and started his strip “Broadside” in the Navy Times in 1986 while still on active duty. The strip is about the lighter side of life in the Navy, and is well known… READ MORE
October 17th, 2009 | Posted in News
Just a quick update: The USO cartoonists tour arrived in Kuwait late Saturday night. We are staying in an undisclosed location… no sign of Dick Cheney. I’m too tired to blog and it’s an early morning and busy day tomorrow. More to follow. READ MORE
October 17th, 2009 | Posted in News
Our band of ten National Cartoonist Society cartoonists were a little bleary eyed after an all night flight from Washington DC to Frankfurt, two 2 hour bus ride south to Landstuhl and then literally right to Ramstien Air Force Base and the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to meet and draw for “wounded warriors” and the hard working staff of these facilities that take such good care of our injured troops. We spent all day Friday at LRMC, making many stops in various areas to draw and chat with personnel. One stop was the DWMMC (Deployed Warrior Medical Management Center) where we drew soldiers waiting to… READ MORE
October 16th, 2009 | Posted in News
Our group spent a good part of yesterday drawing for and meeting wounded soldiers and medical staff at the Bathesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed. We are now in Landstuhl, Germany and will spend today visiting Ramstien Air Force Base and the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Then it’s on to the Middle East. I have no idea what my Internet access will be on this trip. I am guessing spotty at best. I will try to blog when possible but can’t promise anything. Here are some pics from Thursday in DC including the whole group at the Bathesda Naval Hospital. READ MORE
October 15th, 2009 | Posted in General
While I’m on my world cartooning tour there might be a few of these old videos from my 1993 live caricature demo reel posted here. Here’s one of SNL alumni Mike Myers and Dana Carvey from “Wayne’s Word”. READ MORE
October 14th, 2009 | Posted in News
Here is the official press release from the USO on our trip overseas. The exact places we are visiting in Kuwait and Iraq are classified… I’d tell you where they are but then I’d have to kill you. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2009 Contacts: Oname Thompson, (703) 908-6471 National Cartoonist Society to Draw Smiles on USO Entertainment Tour to Germany and Persian Gulf ARLINGTON, Va. – The USO and the National Cartoonist Society (NCS) will soon deploy ten of today’s most recognized cartoonists and caricaturists on a week-long entertainment tour to visit troops stationed in Germany and the Persian Gulf.¬¨‚Ć The group will visit… READ MORE
October 14th, 2009 | Posted in News
Please forgive this reposting of an old sketch, but in light of events today I thought it appropriate. I am headed out this morning to Washington DC to meet up with a group of cartoonists from the National Cartoonists Society, and then we are off on another USO tour to met and draw for US troops like we did last year at this time. The trip is a little different this year, because after stops to visit wounded soliders in DC and then Landstuhl, Germany, we are off to the Persian Gulf to spend several days doing the same with active servicemen in both Kuwait… READ MORE
October 13th, 2009 | Posted in News
I’m very honored to have been invited to be one of the guest speakers at the 25th annual Australian Cartoonist’s Association Stanley Awards taking place in Sydney November 12-15th. The guy I’m desperately clinging to in the above program cover illustration is another guest speaker, the legendary editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant. The art on that cover was done by last year’s ACA “Cartoonist of the Year”, David Rowe. I’ll be doing a presentation as well as a workshop on caricature on Saturday the 14th. There will also be a book signing somewhere in the city at some point over the weekend. To say I am… READ MORE
