Tom's Mad Blog
April 10th, 2008 | Posted in MAD Magazine
In comic shops now and on news stands April 15th: MAD # 489 (May 2008) Cover (Mark Fredrickson) The Fundalini Pages (Peter Bagge, Tom Bunk, Desmond Devlin, Garth Gerhart, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Glen LeLievre, Hermann Mejia, Kevin Pope) What The Heck is the Difference? (Richard Williams) “Slomantha? Who Cares!” (Dick DeBartolo, Tom Richmond) An AT&T Commercial We’d Like To See (Desmond Devlin, Drew Friedman) Other Kid Book Secrets Revealed Now that Dumbledore has Been Outed (Jeff Kruse, Gary Hallgren) Barack and H.C. Ad 1 (Hermann Mejia) If Different Comedians Told the Same Joke (Harrison Greenbaum, Jason Seiler) Bad News Bare-Asses (Sam Sisco Planet TAD!!!!!… READ MORE
April 9th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I added some simple color to this pencil sketch I did last week of actress Kim Basinger in order to incorporate it into a job I was working on. Very rough and blocky, but it is such a small element in the job I didn’t want to spend much time on it. This is about 10 minutes of slapping some digital paint around. READ MORE
April 8th, 2008 | Posted in General
I’m just wrapping up in New England and will be back home tonight. No time for a real post today, so here’s a video link or two you might enjoy: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgzIM-9lfA[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaIR9dAZRR0[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_O0xYCy1cg[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO2jcwgIi8o[/youtube] READ MORE
April 7th, 2008 | Posted in It's All Geek to Me!
So I am working feverishly Thursday last week to wrap up a MAD job before I leave for my New England park, and I notice my Mac Pro is acting a little weird. Something is wrong with the networking as none of the other computers on the network are showing up under my “shared” folder. This is certainly not a big deal, as I am really not using any networking features at the time other than my internet connection and FTP program to upload the final art to MAD. However I am a little anal about those kinds of things, so I quit all my… READ MORE
April 6th, 2008 | Posted in Mailbag
Uh oh! Looks like the mailbag is empty! When I get some fresh questions concerning cartooning, illustration, freelancing, MAD Magazine or other similar subjects I’ll be happy to answer them as best I can. E-mail me your questions and I’ll try and answer them here! READ MORE
April 5th, 2008 | Posted in General
I’ll be in Springfield, Mass. for the next several days getting our Six Flags New England theme park operations up and running for the season opener next Saturday, but thanks to the magic of scheduled posting The MAD Blog will continue to grind on. I mentioned a few posts ago that this summer is going to be comic book geek nirvana at the movie theater. In multiplexes this spring and summer: The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy 2, Iron Man, Speed Racer and The X-Files 2 (okay, those last two are not strictly comic book movies, but close enough). Most of these look pretty… READ MORE
April 4th, 2008 | Posted in Freelancing
As promised, here is the newspaper illustration I did last week for the Minneapolis Star Tribune: It’s the cover of a special baseball season preview section that ran on Sunday. The giant players are (left to right) Jim Thome, C.C. Sabathia and Miguel Cabrera. This is a JPEG of the illustration in situ on the digital layout, sent to me by the art director. Printing on newsprint is tricky. The paper is porous and soaks up the inks. There is a certain amount of “spread” to the ink as well, creating a fuzziness to the image. The colors need to be garish to compensate for… READ MORE
April 3rd, 2008 | Posted in News
The nominees for this year’s divisional Reuben awards have been announced: Book Illustration Nancy Beiman – “Prepare to Board” Sandra Boynton – “Blue Moo” Jay Stephens – “Robots!” TV Animation Sandra Equihua and Jorge Gutierrez – Creators – “El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera” Stephen Silver – Character Design – “Kim Possible” Richard Webber – Creator – “Purple and Brown” Greeting Card Gary McCoy Glenn McCoy Dave Mowder Newspaper Comic Strip Paul Gilligan ?¬¢‚Äö?ᬮ” “Pooch Caf?¬©” Jim Meddick ?¬¢‚Äö?ᬮ” “Monty” Richard Thompson ?¬¢‚Äö?ᬮ” “Cul De Sac” Editorial Cartoon Gary Brookins Michael Ramirez Bill Schorr Magazine Illustration Daryll Collins John Klossner Tom Richmond Newspaper Illustration… READ MORE
