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July 11th, 2013 | Posted in News
Successful cartooning in the digital world from rendrag Frequent readers of The MAD Blog may have noticed in the last week the presence of something not seen here in a long time… ads. If these bother you I apologize…the decision to put them back in after so many years was not made lightly. In the end the really insightful presentation on “Successful Cartooning in the Digital World” by Howard Tayler of Schlock Mercenary fame embedded above made me realize that not having them was dumb. They are unobtrusive, do not interfere with the enjoyment of the content on the site ad, and although the money… READ MORE
July 9th, 2013 | Posted in MAD Magazine
On August 1st I will be in St. Simons Island, GA, attending the opening reception of the Jack Davis retrospective show “Jack Davis: From the Beginning” and taking part in a panel discussion on Jack’s career and his influence on humorous illustration. This all takes place beginning at 5:00 pm at the Glynn Art Association building. The panel will include myself, longtime MAD editor Nick Meglin and illustrator/cartoonist Jack Pittman. We’ll be discussing all things Jack. This is a ticketed event with limited seating…you can visit this page for more info. There are also plenty of free events throughout the weekending, including a presentation on… READ MORE
June 25th, 2013 | Posted in News
The last two years the small but picturesque town of Kenosha, Wis. has been host to a very impressive cartooning event called, appropriately enough, the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Kenosha happens to be the hometown of cartoonist John Hambrock (The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee), and his wife Anne is the driving force behind these terrific events. Previous years (2011 and 2012) featured stellar speaker lineups including the afore mentioned John Hambrock, Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Greg Cravens (The Buckets, Hubris!), Norm Feuti (Retail, Gil), Michael Jantze (The Norm, Jantze Studios), Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine), Hilary Price (Rhymes with Orange), Between Friends creator Sandra… READ MORE
June 11th, 2013 | Posted in News
It’s summertime and that means convention season, amid other things, and as Comic-Con is coming up next month I thought I’d list some of the places I’ll be showing up and possibly doing some speaking the rest of this year: San Diego Comic Con July 18-21, 2013 I’ll be selling copies of my book as well as my upcoming limited edition print at the National Cartoonists Society booth (usually #1307/1309). I’ll also have some original pages from MAD for sale and will be doing caricatures as well. Drop by the booth and you’ll see posted schedules for artist appearances. I’ll be there at least 2… READ MORE
June 6th, 2013 | Posted in News
The other day I received an email I knew would be coming someday, but I was still very unhappy to see: Tom, I do not know if you are aware of this, but your Mad Art of Caricature Book is on-line at http://issuu.com for anyone to view or read for free. Go to the website, type in Mad art of caricature in the search area this should take you to a different page, scroll down a couple of rows and you should be able to see the cover to click on. Just wanted to give you a heads up. Regards, Doug Thanks, Doug! I knew… READ MORE
June 1st, 2013 | Posted in News
The Kickstarter campaign to help cover the expenses of the upcoming Jack Davis retrospective I mentioned yesterday just got rolling. I was going to promote the fact that I donated this original MAD page as one of the rewards for pledging, but it’s already been snapped up!: Clicky to embiggen… There are a lot of other cool rewards including a personal commissioned drawing by Walt Simonson, a signed copy of IDW’s new Jack Davis’s EC Stoies: Artist’s Edition, and original Arnold Roth illustration (!!) and many more. Go support this show if you can… their goal is only $3,000 but if they get more they… READ MORE
May 31st, 2013 | Posted in News
On August 1st I will be in St. Simons Island, GA taking part in the opening of a retrospective of the work of the incomparable Jack Davis via a panel discussion about Jack, his work, and his influence on virtually all cartoonists and humorous illustrators that came after him. See press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ella Cart, 912-230-3807 ellamcart@yahoo.com GLYNN ART ASSOCIATION PROUDLY PRESENTS JACK DAVIS: FROM THE BEGINNING St. Simons Island, GA, May 30, 2013…On August 1-30, Glynn Art Association (GAA) will be hosting Jack Davis: From the Beginning, an exhibit that will include highlighted works from Jack Davis’ art career. Davis, whose… READ MORE
May 27th, 2013 | Posted in News
Photo by Jason Chatfield, courtesy of the NCS Website I am semi-back in action after hosting the 67th Annual NCS Reuben Award Weekend in Pittsburgh, PA this weekend. Things went great, everyone had fun, people won awards, it was cool. Speaking of awards, here is the list of this year’s winners: THE REUBEN AWARD for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year: Brian Crane and Rick Kirkman (tie) TELEVISION ANIMATION Rich Webber, Director, Aardman Animation Studios, “DC Nation” FEATURE ANIMATION Joann Sfar, Director, “The Rabbi’s Cat” NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Dave Whamond GAG CARTOONS Roz Chast GREETING CARDS Jem Sullivan NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS Hilary Price “Rhymes with Orange” MAGAZINE… READ MORE
