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December 31st, 2020 | Posted in General
Happy final day of 2020! Just to make sure this awesome year goes out with an Alderaan-sized bang, Des Devlin and I released our full “Star Worse: Plagiarizing Skywalker” parody to all our awesome CLAPTRAP Indiegogo backers as promised today! If you backed our CLAPTRAP book at any level, you should be getting the entire nine page tour-de-farce as a PDF in your email inbox shortly! Here’s a sneak peek at a few panels from the parody. If you didn’t back our project, it’s not too late! You can still pre-order the book here, and get the full length Star Wars spoof PDF right away!… READ MORE
December 25th, 2020 | Posted in General
Happiest of holidays to everyone… wishing peace, health and happiness to all. READ MORE
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 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 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 15th, 2020 | Posted in General
It is believed that the first piece of art was painted on the wall of a cave by early humans. The second piece of art was also painted on the wall of a cave, but the prehistoric person that painted it was heard to complain that “they just don’t make this paint like they used to.” So began a long tradition of artists complaining that the art supplies they make today are no where near as good as the ones they used to make…or they don’t make them anymore…Or they aren’t available, etc. Art supplies are discontinued, formulas changed, manufacturing methods altered, materials switched, etc.… READ MORE
December 12th, 2020 | Posted in General
British actress Barbara Windsor passed away on Thursday. She was beloved by fans in the UK for her roles in the raunchy “Carry On” movie series, the BBC soap opera “Eastenders”, and for being married to notorious gangsters. That’s her on the bottom right of this “Carry On” movie poster spoof I did the art for that appeared in Viz. Incidentally, I just found out Viz is selling this poster as a print, if you are interested. READ MORE
