Tom's Mad Blog
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
May 19th, 2009 | Posted in News
The National Doodle Day auctions are winding down and my doodle for Gillian Anderson‘s cause fighting neurofibromatosis ended up selling for $266.50! That is very cool and thanks to any readers that bid on the sketch. I’ve donated or done original art for auctions before where the art gets sold for next to nothing and that is always depressing. This time it got the charity at least a little bit of coin. National Doodle Day is an annual event where dozens of doodles are auctioned off to raise funds to benefit NF, Inc., an organization dedicated to providing support to individuals and families affected by… READ MORE
May 18th, 2009 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The art for the cover of the next issue of Stay Tooned! Magazine. Click image for a closer look… I have been singing the praises of John Read‘s fantastic publication Stay Tooned! for some time now, and was delighted when John asked me to illustrate the cover of the upcoming issue number four AKA the “MAD” issue. The issue won’t be in print until at least next month, but John gave me permission the other day to preview the art I did for the cover. The issue contains profiles of some of the Usual Gang of Idiots: Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Paul Coker Jr., Jack Davis, Don… READ MORE
