Tom's Mad Blog
May 25th, 2009 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What happens when you are headed back from a Reuben awards weekend trip, and have absolutely no time, between packing and checking out and getting to the airport and going through security and eventually getting all the way back to Minnesota, but you need to do a blog post? Do you shamelessly cop out by posting a meaningless answer to a completely made up question? Yes. Thanks to A.E. Neuman for the question. If you have a question you want answered for the mailbag about cartooning, illustration, MAD Magazine, caricature or similar, e-mail me and I’ll try and answer it here! READ MORE
May 24th, 2009 | Posted in News
As promised here are a frew pictures from the awards dinner last night at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles: Bill Amend (Foxtrot) and Jerry Van Amerongen (Ballard Street) Good friends Barbie and Keelan Parham The Lovely Anna and I with new member James Hungaski and his wife Kelly More good friends Steve and Heidi Silver NCS President Jeff Keane (The Family Circus) Mell Lazarus and Bil Keane (with Melinda Keane) accept their NCS Hall of Fame “Gold Key” awards Sam Viviano accepts his award for the Magazine Illustration division Dave Coverly and his Reuben for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” Sam Viviano and… READ MORE
May 24th, 2009 | Posted in News
The 2009 Reuben award dinner took place last night, preceeded by several seminars and tht traditional cocktail party. I’ll post some pictures a bit later today, but here is the list of winners: TELEVISION ANIMATION Sandra Equihua and Jorge Gutierrez – Creators – “El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera” FEATURE ANIMATION Nicolas Marlet – Character Designer – “Kung Fu Panda” BOOK ILLUSTRATION Mike Lester– Cool Daddy Rat NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Mark Marturello GAG CARTOONS Mort Gerberg GREETING CARDS Jem Sullivan NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS Mark Tatulli – “Lio” NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS Mark Parisi– “Off the Mark” MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION Sam Viviano EDITORIAL CARTOONS Michael Ramirez ADVERTISING… READ MORE
May 23rd, 2009 | Posted in News
Just a reminder I will be twittering “live” as the NCS Reubens as the winners are announced. You can follow me on Twitter via the link on the right. READ MORE
May 23rd, 2009 | Posted in General
Friday at the Reubens usually features several seminars/presentations by guest speakers, followed by a welcome party. This year the speaker line up typically stellar with three presentations. First up was Steve Moore. Steve is the creator of the syndicated feature “In the Bleachers” and the hit feature film “Open Season”. He talked about his experiences in translating “print” ideas and properties into other media including television and feature films. Legendary animator Eric Goldberg spoke about his work and process. Eric worked on such Disney projects as “Aladdin”, “Rhapsody in Blue” from Fantasia 2000 and directed “Pocahontas” and “Looney Tunes: Back in Action”. He talked about… READ MORE
May 22nd, 2009 | Posted in General
The Lovely Anna and I are settling in here in Los Angeles for the Reuben Awards weekend, which officially gets started today. This year I have been elected to the NCS board as a vice president, so last evening we attended a dinner and get together for board members at the nearby home of cartooning legend Mell Lazarus (Momma and Miss Peach) Mell is an amazing guy, who not only created the two long running strips listed above, but authored two successful novels, writes television scripts and plays, and is a member of Mensa. At 81 he can still out-party me. Mell and his wife… READ MORE
May 21st, 2009 | Posted in News
The Lovely Anna and I are headed out to Los Angeles today to attend the annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards Weekend. As hard as I tried I couldn’t completely finish this book job I am working on so, as usual, I will be spending some time in the hotel room working on a job while I am there. No inking this time, though. Actually I decided to just do one more total all nighter and finish the book, with the exception of the cover which is still in review, before I left… so it’s all party now, baby. I will release details about the… READ MORE
May 20th, 2009 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Another quick one for the “Sketch o’the Week” in deference to my crazy schedule. This week I picked another actor’s face from an old entertainment magazine… a younger Benjamin Bratt. READ MORE
