Tom's Mad Blog
October 13th, 2008 | Posted in General
The view from our Lanai 10 years ago The Lovely Anna and I took a trip for our 10 year anniversary (at least that’s the excuse we used) to the island of Maui, Hawaii and basically fell in love with the island. We bought a timeshare week there and have traveled to Maui every year since, usually just the two of us but occasionally with close friends with whom we were able to share the charm and beauty of this Hawaiian island. This year for our 20th anniversary we finally brought all our kids (including Elizabeth!!) along as well as lots of family and friends… READ MORE
October 12th, 2008 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Thanks again for another great article,¬¨‚Ć Friday Sept 19, it is really helpful to know those things are going on out there. I wonder what happens if such magazine would have used the Al Jaffe caricature anyways, what do you do then, if there’s anything at all? A:The article he’s referring to, in case you didn’t click the link above, is where a magazine called me asking to use a caricature I had done on the blog of Al Jaffee, and then not doing so when I had the audacity to ask to be paid for the use. They may well have used the… READ MORE
October 11th, 2008 | Posted in News
This spring and early summer the TOON-Ed organization will be hanging an exhibition of student cartooning artwork for consideration for the Annual TOON Award at the Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji, IA. Toon-Ed is dedicated to educating the student of cartooning and provides a chance to showcase students cartoon art that are enrolled in post-secondary schools, colleges, art schools, and universities. Cartoon art students are invited to participate in the annual TOON Award. College students 18 years of age or older are welcome to submit up to 3 pieces of their original works of cartoon art to the Pearson center by March 15th, 2009.… READ MORE
October 10th, 2008 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Here’s some of the art for the parody of “The Dark Knight” in this month’s issue of MAD: Pencil rough- Click for a closer look… Final Inks- Click for a closer look… Finished splash page- Click for a closer look… Here are a few of the other panels. This was a rare six page parody and as you can imagine a lot of fun to do: READ MORE
October 9th, 2008 | Posted in News
My friend and fellow caricaturist and cartoonist Jim Batts is an entertainment trivia genius, and is about to test his mettle on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” two weeks from today, October 23rd in New York City. Jim traveled to NYC this summer to try out for the program and it’s “Movie Trivia” focused week run of shows sponsored by Netflix. Jim nailed the audition and got the callback last month. He’s scheduled to tape his show on the 23rd. Believe it or not, I am one of his “Phone a Friend” lifelines… basically I am on call to answer any Harry Potter or… READ MORE
October 9th, 2008 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops this week and on news stands Oct. 14th: MAD # 495 (November 2008) Cover (Uncredited) The Fundalini Pages (Scott Bricher, Tom Bunk, Tom Cheney, Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, Garth Gerhart, Jeff Kruse, Sam Sisco) “The Dork Knight” (movie parody) (Desmond Devlin, Tom Richmond) MAD’s Updated Glossary to the War on Terror (Desmond Devlin, Paul Coker Jr.) A MAD Look at Fortune Tellers (Sergio Aragon?¬©s) Alfred for President poster (Uncredited) MAD Deconstructs Talk Shows: Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Desmond Devlin, Peter Kuper) A Look Back at the Historical Career of John McCain (Uncredited, Scott Bricher) Monroe and… Domestic Terror (Anthony Barbieri, Tom… READ MORE
October 8th, 2008 | Posted in MAD Magazine
I know, I know… with the newsstand price a whopping $4.99 how can MAD Magazine possibly say it’s “CHEAP!”? For those who wonder, here is a public service announcement: Stop ignoring the roughly two dozen insert cards that rain down from every copy of MAD and cause you to curse as you bend down to scoop them up! A standard subscription is only $19.95, or a CHEAP $1.67 per issue. Better yet, and the reason for this mid-day post, is that TimeWarner is now offering discounted subscription rates for all their publications, including MAD. This website offers a subcription to MAD for only $12.00. For… READ MORE
October 8th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
As promised, a sketch of actor Nathan Fillion. I am not really familair with the actor, as I have only seen the Firefly movie (once) and no episodes of the show nor seen him in any other programs. My observations: He has wide set eyes and a wide nose bridge. He has a somewhat flat and broad nose all the way to his nostrils. His brow is very pronounced. His jaw is square but he has a small chin, and a narrow mouth with thin lips. His eyes have an odd “walleye” sort of look like they are starting off in slightly different directions. Low… READ MORE
