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May 20th, 2014 | Posted in News
The Lovely Anna and I are off to smoldering sunny San Diego for the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award Weekend early tomorrow. As the current President of the NCS, I’ve organized, planned and will run the whole weekend. Well, actually The Lovely Anna does all that but I will help with the centerpieces for the banquet. There will be copious live coverage here on Tom’s MAD Blog as well as the NCS site, included “red carpet” pics and interviews and other fun stuff. Just a few fun facts and other info before we head out: Yes, I know who will be the winner of the… READ MORE
May 15th, 2014 | Posted in News
Clicky to Embiggen… Last week the New York Post quietly dropped their entire daily comics section, which admittedly was only 7 or 8 comic strips, with no explanation or warning. As the current president of the National Cartoonists Society, I wrote a letter to the Post admonishing them for the action…which according to some reports was a cost-cutting move. Daryl Cagle and the Cagle Cartoons Syndicate asked me to turn my letter into a guest column, which they now have available on their website. Daryl also suggested I do a cartoon to accompany the column. Below is my article. Above is the first editorial cartoon… READ MORE
May 13th, 2014 | Posted in News
Here’s the thing… shouldn’t it actually be spring in order for “SpingCon” to be held here in Minnesota. We are still waiting for %$%#^ spring to arrive around here, but I guess SpringCon goes on regardless. I’ll be at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds grandstand this weekend doing caricature drarwings, selling books, pimping prints and hawking overpriced original MAD artwork. Come by and say hello! READ MORE
May 3rd, 2014 | Posted in News
Encouraging kids of any age to discover and read comics has no downside, and to that end there is a wonderful annual event called Free Comic Book Day that happens in comic book specialty shops across North America and worldwide. Held the first Saturday in May each year, the premise is simple: any customer can walk into a comic shop and receive a free comic book, or maybe a few! What comics are available for free? Well, there is a special lineup of comics that are part of the promotion. Check out this link for the 2014 selection. Which and how many you get are… READ MORE
May 2nd, 2014 | Posted in News
I have gotten a number of emails asking me if I’ll be going to this or that comic-con this year, so I thought I’d do a quick rundown of the ones I am definitely going to be at as well as some I am still waiting for confirmation on… in chronological order: SpringCon– St. Paul MN, May 17 & 18- Confirmed and coming up fast! San Diego Comic Con– San Diego, CA, July 24-27th- I’ll be at the NCS booth and occasionally the DC Booth Wizard World Chicago– Chicago, IL Aug 21-24- I’ll have a booth in Artist’s Alley New York Comic Con– New York,… READ MORE
April 30th, 2014 | Posted in News
Former MAD editor Al Feldstein passed away yesterday at age 88. No cause of death was listed but his health has been an issue for a few years now, or so I have been told. I never met or spoke to Al. He retired from MAD in 1984. I was busy graduating from high school that year and it would be another 16 years before I did my first MAD job. I did hear a lot of stories about him, though. Some of them glowing and some were not too flattering. Some gave him perhaps more credit for MAD‘s success than he deserved, and some… READ MORE
April 29th, 2014 | Posted in News
Congratulations to Renee Faundo on being chosen to recieve the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship in 2014! From the National Cartoonists Society Foundation Website: The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) is happy to announce the winner of the 2014 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship – Renee Faundo. Renee is a Character Animation major at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA. She was chosen from over 60 applicants for the award, which includes a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend in San Diego in May. The scholarship applicants submitted eight examples of their work along with an entry… READ MORE
April 24th, 2014 | Posted in News
Clicky to embiggen… It’s here! Debuting this weekend at C2E2 in Chicago, my new limited edition print: “The Game is Afoot!” Sherlock Holmes is one of literature’s greatest characters, and holds the Guinness World Book of Records title of “most portrayed literary human character in film & TV”, having been depicted onscreen 254 plus times by over different 75 actors. This limited edition print caricatures a selection of eight of the most recognizable of these portrayals, spanning over 90 years of Holmes on the big and small screens. I did a lot of thinking as to which of the many portrayals of Holmes I wanted… READ MORE
