Posting on Tom’s MAD Blog for the next week or two might be a little spotty as we get ready to launch a brand new, redesigned website in early 2015! I’ll still post here and there, but regular posting activity won’t resume until after the launch of the new website. READ MORE
Unless you live under a rock, you know that last night was the final episode of “The Colbert Report”, and that host Stephen Colbert will be taking over “The Late Show” from David Letterman in 2015. Whenever anyone asks about MAD magazine’s influence on pop culture, invariably how it shaped today’s satirical comedy becomes part of the conversation. The three things I always point to are “The Onion”, “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report”. All three of those shows are benchmarks of modern satire, and all three publicly cite MAD as a major influence on their work and comedic sensibilities. Colbert even celebrated Al… READ MORE
WIRED online reported today that the great Jack Davis, who turned 90 years old earlier this month, has announced he’s retiring from producing work. Jack has slowed down considerably from the days when you basically could not open a magazine, look at a movie poster or see an ad anywhere without it featuring his art, but he has still been doing work for clients like the University of Georgia, various golf and sports magazines and the like recently. Jack claims his work is no longer up to his standards: It’s not that the iconic 90-year-old cartoonist can’t draw anymore…he just can’t meet his own standards.… READ MORE
It’s Black Friday and the Studio Store has a special deal on all our prints… today only! Get one of our Limited Edition Batman prints “Bats in the Belfrey”: or one of our Limited Edition Sherlock Holmes print “The Game is Afoot!”: for the low, low price of $19.99 (regularly $25)! That’s more that 20% off… perfect for that Batman or Sherlock fan you know and love. But we aren’t stopping there! Back by popular demand are a limited number of our sold-out 2013 Doctor Who print “The Doctor is In”: While the original Limited Edition of 450 prints is long sold out, we still… READ MORE
The comic book world is in mourning today. The wonderfully talented and equally wonderful person, comic book icon Stan Sakai, finally lost his wife Sharon today after a long battle with a brain tumor. Stan and Sharon were like rays of sunshine whenever you ran into them at a comic con or a cartoonist event. I would be hard pressed to think of anyone on this planet that deserved any form of heartbreak or sadness less than the Sakais. This year the comic’s industry came together to help support Stan, Sharon and their family with a fundraising auction and a book full of tribute art… READ MORE
I’ll be a special guest this weekend at the Grand Rapids Comic Con in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The show runs from Fri the 21st through Sunday the 23rd at the Deltaplex, 2500 Turner Ave. NW. I’ll be doing a talk on caricature on Saturday the 22nd at 10:30 am: Saturday Nov. 22nd- Main Stage 10:30 to 11:30 am Tom Richmond, “The MAD World Of Caricatures”: Join MAD Magazine artist Tom Richmond for a fun and informative presentation about¬¨‚Ćthe art of caricature! Tom got his start in art doing caricatures in theme parks in¬¨‚Ć1985 while a college student, and parlayed that into a career doing caricature… READ MORE
In March of 1995 I opened a caricature art concession operation at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Mo. We started out with a single location, eventually expanded to two locations, added airbrush T-Shirts (which I eventually sold my stake in to my airbrush business partner Kent Lind), and spent the next 20 seasons drawing Six Flags customers. After returning from Dallas from the North Texas Comic Con, I got right back on a plane and went to St. Louis. After arriving, I picked up a rental truck, rolled out to Six Flags, packed up all the equipment and stuff from my two caricature locations… READ MORE
Come see MAD Magazine’s David Degrand, Annie Gaines Ashton, Garth Gerhart, Kit Lively and myself today at the North Texas Comic Book Show at the Doubletree Hotel, 2015 Market Center Blvd, Dallas, TX 75207 (just off I-35 near Medieval Times and behind The Hilton Anatole). Admission is only $7.00 (CHEAP). I’ll have my usual plethora of books, prints, original MAD art and will be doing disappointing but overpriced caricatures and sketches. As always, anyone who brings me a Monster Ultra Zero energy drink (the white can) gets a free “Alfred as Batman” drawing (big deal)! See you there! READ MORE
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