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April 6th, 2023 | Posted in News
Here is a big announcement… Tom’s Caricature Workshops are BACK! I am nearing completion of CLAPTRAP, the long delayed crowdfunded book Desmond Devlin and I are doing, and I am beginning to make post CLAPTRAP plans including getting back to doing my two day “in person” caricature workshops in locations all over the U.S., and even overseas! When the pandemic hit in 2020, I was doing eight to ten workshops a year and had multiple ones lined up for the summer and fall of that year. Thanks to COVID I had to either cancel or postpone and reschedule them all. I eventually managed to get most of those in over… READ MORE
March 31st, 2023 | Posted in News
I’ll be at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo aka C2E2 this weekend in Artist’s Alley table Y-17! Come by and say hello if you are attending the show! This comic-con appearance is the last one I’ll be doing before CLAPTRAP is sent to the printer, and it will be a last one for many things. After this show I will no longer be doing the “live style caricature” drawings I’ve done for so long. All commissions will now be of the pen and ink variety, either line art only or in full color. I am also getting out of the “limited edition print” business…… READ MORE
March 23rd, 2023 | Posted in News
I’ll be at Wondercon in Anaheim this weekend, but not at my own booth. You’ll find me at the National Cartoonists Society booth #2000. Yes I will be doing caricatures and MAD cover commissions, plus I’ll have a few prints and books, but not my usual boatload of garbage. Stop by and say hi if you are there! READ MORE
February 9th, 2023 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD #30 just dropped, and will be available in comic book shops and in subscriber mailboxes soon. It’s a “technology” themed issue, and among the reprinted content is one of my favorite spoofs I drew for the “new” MAD, a spoof of the movie “Ready Player One”… splash page pictured above. This was a seven pager written by Desmond Devlin and featuring seemingly endless cameos of every sci-fi, comic book, fantasy, video game and other pop culture character you could shake a stick at. A collector named Mark Faerber bought all seven pages of the original art from this parody shortly after it came out.… READ MORE
September 20th, 2022 | Posted in MAD Magazine
MAD just announced the details of their 70th anniversary issue, due to drop on October 4th. MAD #28 is being designated the official 70th anniversary issue of MAD, and according to the MAD/DC press release it will contain a considerable amount of new material AND will be available in Barnes and Noble stores as well as comic book shops and via subscription. Here’s the DC press release: More Original Content, Including Contributions from ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and Jordan Peele, a Unique MAD ‘Fold-In,’ and More from ‘The Usual Gang of Idiots’ Available at Participating Comic Book Stores, Barnes & Noble Bookstores,and to Subscribers on October… READ MORE
July 29th, 2022 | Posted in News
The world lost another of the Usual Gang of Idiots recently with the passing of the wonderful Paul Coker Jr. on July 23rd at age 93. Paul was, at least in my opinion, a seriously underrated member of the UGOI. His work was elegant and beautifully drawn, and yet was as forcefully funny as anything else you saw in MAD. His “Horrifying Cliches” was a long running favorite feature in the magazine and what he is probably best known for, but he illustrated hundreds and hundreds of other features that showed the versatility of his unique style. Paul even did a number of TV and… READ MORE
June 9th, 2022 | Posted in News
After a two year absence thanks to the pandemic, the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Awards are back in 2022 with a stellar lineup of speakers and guests… and you do NOT need to be an NCS member to attend most of the program. Visit this link for all the details! READ MORE
June 7th, 2022 | Posted in News
This is big news! El Maestro himself, the incomparable Sergio Aragonés, is going to be doing a LIVE STREAM drawing event tonight to benefit the National Cartoonists Society Foundation. Hosted by the folks at 4C Comics, Sergio will be taking on-the-spot commissions live during the stream. I believe this is the first time he’s ever done something like this… you usually have to go to one of the few comic-cons he appears at to get a personal commission from Sergio. All the money raised will go to the NCS Foundation to support its programs like the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, the Milt Gross Fund, the… READ MORE
