Tom's Mad Blog
September 21st, 2008 | Posted in General
Q: Regarding your posted porta-pottie-pic from (yesterday), who’s the bust sculpture of on the left? Okay.¬¨‚Ć It’s a simple question that may not be worthy of a Sunday mailbag, but one never knows how long the story may be that goes with the bust! A: This is exactly the kind of question to answer on a day I am driving all the way back to Minnesota from Marceline, so thanks! That bust is something I got about 4 or 5 years ago from a small entrepreneur that was making them for a time. It’s hard to find them now, as I do not think anyone… READ MORE
September 20th, 2008 | Posted in General
I’m always looking for ways to maximize the time spent in the studio and eliminate any distractions. I have a fridge, place to receive take out delivery, etc. I think I may have just added the final piece to the puzzle… READ MORE
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in General
I’d been meaning to write a post about this subject for some time, and after getting this link from the LCS: Illustration News Portal blog that links back to a previous article of mine, I thought I’d finally get around to it. The LCS post features the following YouTube video, an excerpt of an interview with Sci-Fi writing legend Harlan Ellison, which sums the matter up colorfully but succinctly. As a warning, it’s VERY colorful at times, so if cursing and f-bombs bother you know you’ve been warned: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE[/youtube] Harlan is an outspoken guy, and isn’t know for being subtle. He might come off a… READ MORE
September 18th, 2008 | Posted in General
I’m leaving this morning on the long drive down to Marceline, Missouri to attend the annual Walt Disney Hometown Toonfest, where as I mentioned before I will be emceeing the speaker events and speaking myself. It’s about a 7 hour drive through beautiful northern Iowa (insert snare drum rimshot here), land of windmills, plains and… uh… more windmills. Along the way there will doubtless be at least one stop at a “Kum and Go“, which seem to be at every highway exit ramp in Iowa. Until I actually stopped at one I had thought it was a drive through brothel. I was further confused by… READ MORE
September 17th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s one I’ve been meaning to draw for a while now… some faces are just made to be caricatured. Hugh Laurie, star of the TV show “House“. READ MORE
September 16th, 2008 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
For the first time in I cannot remember how long, I have no paying work on the board. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Oh, I have a few long promised personal projects to get to, but nothing with a deadline or a paycheck on the other end. Ah well… Here’s a poster job I wrapped up recently. Pencil sketch, inks and color: Initial pencil sketch Final Inks Notice that Santa has changed a bit between the sketch and the final. It was decided Santa needed to look less like he was responding “so what?” to being reminded of his garbage duties and look more sheepish and apologetic.… READ MORE
September 15th, 2008 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic book shops now and on news stands Tuesday: MAD # 494 (October 2008) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Paul Coker, Dick DeBartolo, Emily Flake, Garth Gerhart, Paul Gilligan, Darren Johnson, Bob Staake) MAD’s 50 Worst Things about the Internet (Charlie Kadau and Jeff Kruse, Leonardo Rodriguez, Drew Friedman, Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer, Jose Garibaldi and Rick Tulka) The Eerie Similarities Between Family Guy and the Bush White House (David Shayne, Jack Syracuse) A MAD Look at Cooking Shows (Sergio Aragon?¬©s) Up-And-Coming Mixed Marital Arts Fighters (Jeff Kruse, Hermann Mejia) Overheard at the Barack Obama Rally In Germany (Uncredited) The Darker Side… READ MORE
September 14th, 2008 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I am doing a drawing of some friends who have a 11 month old, and I have a problem.¬¨‚Ć They’re child is how should I say… not the prettiest kid I’ve ever seen. Imagine a cross between Gollum and Baby faced Finster, with a touch of Deliverance.¬¨‚Ć I Have tried to pretty the kid up, but not sure If it looks anything like their daughter.¬¨‚Ć I think babies are hard to draw anyways, do you have any suggestions?¬¨‚Ć Also do you have a rule of thumb when drawing babies in general? A: Drawing babies has always been one of the banes of the live… READ MORE
