Tom's Mad Blog
December 24th, 2020 | Posted in General
I have been recommending Mark Evanier‘s wonderful blog “News from ME” (That’s “News from ‘M.E.’ i.e. ‘Mark Evanier’… get it?”) for many years now. Mark is one of the great humor writers, or any other kind of writers really, in comics, TV etc., as well as one of the most respected comics historians in the industry, so you would expect his blog to be both entertaining and informative. BREAKING NEWS: it is. I’m recommending it again right now for two reasons. First, “News from ME” just celebrated its 20th birthday. That’s a long time, and I am not sure that does not make it one… READ MORE
December 24th, 2020 | Posted in General
’tis the season. READ MORE
December 23rd, 2020 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
No time for a new sketch today so here’s a “Sketch o’the Week” flashback from WAAAAY back. If you have my book “The Mad Art of Caricature” you’ll recognize this one of the irascible Iggy Pop from its pages. Pencil with digital grays. READ MORE
December 22nd, 2020 | Posted in General
Here’s my top nine posts in Instagram for 2020. I saw a lot of growth in followers mostly thanks to the “Tom’s Daily Coronacature” thing I did for 100 consecutive days starting last March when we were all stuck in our homes. It’s been a tough year for everybody, but I’m grateful for those who follow me on social media (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) and here on Tom’s Mad Blog. Thanks for following along! I’m planning on posting more sketches and original pieces in 2021. READ MORE
December 21st, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Each Monday I’m doing an installment of a complete, chronological look at every job I did for MAD over my 20 year run for the magazine, complete with whatever stories, anecdotes, or milestones, might apply along with the full article. This Monday MADness installment is a look at my fifth appearance in MAD, which was also my first ever movie parody in the magazine. This was a spoof of the film “Traffic”, entitled “Traff-eccch!” written by longtime MAD writer Arnie Kogen for MAD #405, May 2001. This was also the first color movie parody to appear in MAD since the comic book days. I remember… READ MORE
December 18th, 2020 | Posted in General
It’s been a long time since I’ve had to post this ugly bastard, but needs must. I’ll most likely be back on Monday for another stirring edition of my chronological look back at my MAD work. Have a great weekend! READ MORE
December 17th, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD #17 just came out this month, billed as the “Sergio Aragonés Tribute” issue. It’s all Sergio from front to back cover, except a new fold-in by Johnny Sampson which is a Sergio tribute in itself. Most of it is reprints of classic Sergio, but there are a few new pieces by him. What MAD #17 really is is a “so long and thanks for all the fish” forced farewell to a cartooning giant. The image above is the last panel of what is purportedly the final original “A MAD Look at…” feature by Sergio from MAD #17… and it broke my heart. In a way it’s… READ MORE
December 16th, 2020 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
No time for a “Daily Coronacature” again today, so here’s a peek at one of my annual “Holiday Caricature” commissions. This is one of the few that was of famous people as opposed to personal ones of family/friends of the buyer. I’m not sure why Bruce Springsteen is being analyzed by Sigmund Freud, but I just does the draws that I’m told to draws. This is done with brush pens and copic markers on bristol. READ MORE
