Tom's Mad Blog
May 24th, 2008 | Posted in General
It was an early morning yesterday when about 85 NCS members gathered in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton and boarded two buses to travel to our Habitat for Humanity project. NCS President Jeff Keane really wanted to make this outing a part of the Reubens to give attendees a chance to lend a hand to some of the people who are still struggling terribly from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area. There was a great response and despite the early hour and the long bus ride to the sites we worked on, the enthusiasm was very evident. Our group received a… READ MORE
May 23rd, 2008 | Posted in News
The Lovely Anna and I arrived in New Orleans yesterday afternoon… amid dark skies and thunderstorms. The weather doesn’t look too promising for the weekend. Hopefully there will be plenty of gaps in the downpours so we can see some of the city. Not much to report on “Day 0”. We had dinner reservations at a terrific restaurant called Cuvee just a few blocks away, where we meet up with Orlando caricaturist Keelan Parham and his wife Barbie as well as NYC illustrator Ed Steckley and his wife Heather… long time friends. After dinner we had a drink at the hotel bar and got a… READ MORE
May 22nd, 2008 | Posted in General
The Lovely Anna and I are on our way to New Orleans today for the 62nd Annual National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Awards. As always, the weekend is full of activities, seminars, events and other cartooning goodness. It can get a little wild at times, but that’s to be expected considering that the nature of professional cartooning is one of mainly solitude in our lonely little studios… when we get a chance to get together we make the most out of it. …oh, and as usual I’ll be working on a job when I’m there as well. Bleech. Look for daily reports here on The MAD… READ MORE
May 21st, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m afraid I have to cop-out again this week and resort to a sketch I did as part of some roughs for a product illustration job. This time it’s the democrats we made some fun of. Sorry about the crop. One of these days the item will be released and I can show all the artwork I did for the project. READ MORE
May 20th, 2008 | Posted in General
Still under the gun with work before the big Reubens trip, but rather than post the Dreaded Deadline Demon I thought I’d share a link to a website I recently discovered that is both a lot of fun and very sad at the same time. PhotoShop Disasters is a website that’s a little like Jay Leno‘s “Stupid Headlines” skits on “The Tonight Show“… except funny. Contributors send in bad PhotoShop jobs and the authors poke fun at the results. Here’s one from a recent post at PsD: Ooops. One too many hands! That guys must have trouble with “hand” penalties. There are many examples, some… READ MORE
May 19th, 2008 | Posted in General
Mark Evanier posted a link to this short two part documentary on Will Elder, made by his son-in-law Gary VandenBergh some 8 years ago. It contains earlier footage of interviews with both Bill Gaines and Harvey Kurtzman, among others. It’s well worth the twenty minutes, and I thought I’d share it here as well with a tip of the hat to Mark: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2D0Y3riSd4[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXQNHI1Xn-0[/youtube] READ MORE
May 19th, 2008 | Posted in News
Pizac/AP Photo I haven’t gotten a chance to write a review about “Iron Man“, which I stole away and managed to see last week. No time this week, as I am busy meeting deadlines prior to leaving to attend the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Awards in New Orleans this weekend (look for daily reports here on The MAD Blog). Suffice it to say it’s my new favorite superhero movie… ever. Think the idea of a mechanical superhero suit is science fiction? It’s not as far fetched as you might think. I ran across this article this weekend about robotic’s engineer Rex Jameson and his work… READ MORE
May 18th, 2008 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: With everything that you’re doing – the job, the family trips here and there, the professional trips, keeping up the Blog – who’s taking care of such mundane chores as mowing your grass, fixing the plumbing, taking the car in for service, waxing the turtle, etc? Is The Lovely Anna responsible for all that? Are there multiple copies of you running around behind the scenes? Do you hire out a lot? A: Well I have to admit that I don’t do much around the house. The Lovely Anna is in charge of the household stuff, and while she will ask me to do some… READ MORE
