Tom's Mad Blog
August 8th, 2009 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Marginal Talent Dept. That headline is a joke, or course. The only thing marginal about the talents of Sergio Aragon?¬©s is the placement of one of his ongoing MAD magazine contributions (i.e. those great cartoons in the margins of each issue). You can see for yourself now that his original art show is now on exhibit at the Ojai Valley Museum through October 4th. There are several events Sergio will be appearing at during the show, including: Opening Reception – Saturday, August 22, 5-7 pm $25 per person By reservation only Download invitation and reply card (pdf) August 30:¬¨‚Ć Cartooning with Sergio October 4:¬¨‚Ć Sergio… READ MORE
August 7th, 2009 | Posted in General
Sorry, I am completely sold out of all my copies of Bo Confidential, and I won’t be ordering anymore to sign, draw in or sell here on the MAD Blog. If you still want a copy, you can easily order it from Amazon here. Thanks to everyone who purchased one from me, I hope you enjoyed it. READ MORE
August 6th, 2009 | Posted in General
I took the above picture today when at the gym, demonstrating the results of my being unable to work out my left side (still!!) due to my rotator cuff surgery back in March. I am still several months away from even beginning to get back into doing exercises to build back up my left side. The drawing below isn’t quite the gross exaggeration one might think it was, is it? 🙁 READ MORE
August 6th, 2009 | Posted in General
I drew live caricatures at my Valleyfair theme park operation the last few days, but forgot my camera. I took one picture with my iPhone which turned out halfway decent: I also did a new park sample based on a past “sketch o’the week”: Next time I will try and remember the camera. READ MORE
August 5th, 2009 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s subject: internet loud mouth Perez Hilton, someone with even less of a reason to be famous that the heiress who’s name he uses. I am told this is a very atypical expression for him, but it was done from a short article in an entertainment magazine and seemed the best of the reference I saw. READ MORE
August 4th, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
I’m still busy recovering from my travels and catching up on the studio. The Pittsburgh wrap up will have to wait until later in the week. In the meantime here’s a cover piece I just finished for Scholastic, who do not mind if I share it prior to publication. It’s the cover of one of their math magazines: Pencil sketch Finished art. Click on image for a closer look… READ MORE
August 3rd, 2009 | Posted in General
While I do have a deadline I am too under the weather to get up the energy to do a real post today. All this travel has caught up to me and I came home with a bad cold… or maybe the Swine Flu (??). Tomorrow I will post a wrap up of our trip to Pittsburgh and the Toonseum show. READ MORE
August 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Mailbag
Uh oh! Looks like the mailbag is empty! 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
