Blog Profile / Tom's MAD Blog
| URL : | http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Arts / Drawing & Illustration | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1857 | |
| Posts / Week: | 6.8 | |
| Archived Since: | March 30, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Another Cover for the UTNE Reader
I did the cover of the latest issue of the UTNE Reader, now on news stands. The folks at UTNE favor my “colored line” style, as I used is a few previous covers for them. Here’s a peek behind the scenes of this freelance project. The job: design and illustrate a cover depicting how President [...]
Monday MADness- MAD MEN
Yesterday was the season premier of AMC’s “MAD MEN” (which I didn’t watch because I was working on a deadline), so this week’s “Monday MADness” is my art to MAD‘s parody of the show from MAD #508, written by Arnie Kogen (clicky on any to embiggen):
Sunday Mailbag
Q: Do you alter your approach in any way when your subject is effectively “pre-caricatured”, like, for example, UK Energy Minister John Hayes? A: I guess that depends on what you mean by “pre-caricatured”. I would take that to mean one of the following: The subject has so many obvious features to exaggerate that a [...]
Literally Speaking
I’ll be doing a short talk and signing copies of my book The Mad Art of Caricature! tomorrow (Sat. April 6th) at 2:00 pm at the Burnhaven Library in my hometown of Burnsville, MN. I am hopeful that tens of people will show up. I am also hopeful no one at the library will check [...]
RIP Roger Ebert
I was sad to hear that well-known film critic Roger Ebert passed away today at age 70, after a long battle with cancer. I always liked his take on films, and while I did not agree with them all the time, they were always presented with just the right amount of wit, sometimes of the [...]
MAD #521 Cover
Yesterday Entertainment Weekly released an exclusive sneak peek at the cover of MAD #521, check it out here. As you can see, MAD will be pillaging Game of Thrones, which I did not do the art for… and also exercising their license to kill on “James Bond”, which I DID do the art for! Is [...]
Sketch o’the Week- Doctor Who: Patrick Troughton
Here we have doctor number two in our ongoing series of caricatures of the actors who have played the good doctor on the classic sci-fi series “Doctor Who” in honor of its 50th anniversary... this one played by Patrick Troughton. By the way, I have to thank my good friend and über-talented cartoonist/animator [...]
RIP Bob Clarke
I just found out that longtime MAD artist Bob Clarke passed away on Sunday from complications from pneumonia. He was 87. I only met Bob once, at an NCS Reubens weekend in 200o when it was held in New York City. He was pretty spry and sharp, and a gracious and humble guy. His work [...]
Monday MADness!
Welcome to a new feature here on Tom’s MAD Blog called “Monday MADness”. This will be a weekly (duh) post to break up your usual Monday doldrums with something (hopefully) funny having to do with MAD Magazine. It might be something I did for them from some past issue, some news or something new, a [...]
Sunday Mailbag
Q: What is the best way to make up a funny expression for a caricature when all you have is a single photo reference with the person having a bland expression? A: Before I answer that, I have to point out that you really can’t make up an expression for someone and still call it [...]
This Made My Day…
Every once and awhile I get something like this in my inbox that really makes me smile: Tom, I’ve read EVERY book that was ever written on caricatures and at best I never considered myself anything more than an amateur caricaturist. After reading, then studying your book, I am now working the beach in Ft [...]
NCS Online Comics Awards Process
Some people seem to be confused or just terribly misinformed as to how the process that results in the three nominations for the National Cartoonists Society’s two online comics divisions work. Much of this seems to stem from a few people jumping to conclusions because the three nominees for “Best Online Comic: Short Form” all [...]
Sketch o’the Week- Doctor Who: William Hartnell
I know I said I’d be starting a series of caricatures from The Walking Dead this week, but considering the show ends for the season Sunday that’s bad timing. Instead, in honor of his 50th anniversary, I’m going to start a Doctor Who series of the different actors who have played the intrepid main character. [...]
NCS Divisional Award Nominees Announced
The National Cartoonists Society just released the nominees for their divisional awards for 2012. From the NCS Website: Congratulations to the 2012 divisional nominees for the 67th Annual NCS Reuben Awards! The winners will be announced Saturday, May 25th at the Reuben Awards dinner in Pittsburgh, PA. Show More Summary
From the Freelance Files
Clicky to embiggen… Every once and awhile I pull out some artwork from an old job that might be interesting to share. These two full page illustrations were for InfoWorld magazine circa 2005. The story was about Bill Gate‘s “plan” for the future of computing. The concept was that Gates was supposed to be not [...]
Sunday Mailbag
Q: Have you every been congratulated on a caricature of a celebrity, say Denzel Washington, Mick Jagger or Lindsay Lohan, only the actual caricature in question was someone entirely different (Larry Fishburn, Steve Tyler or Liz Taylor respectively)? A: Yes, that’s happened a few times, mostly with regard to caricatures I have hanging up as [...]
New Wacom 13HD Cintiq
I’d love to say I’m doing a review of this new Wacom Cintiq 13HD “portable” unit because I was sent one by Wacom to test drive, but they don’t return my phone calls. sooooo…. I only know what I’ve read like most of the rest of the world. However, I am a veteran of using [...]
On The Drawing Board- 3/21/13
Pretty busy right now with several different projects: MAD book illustration- a super-secret and very fun little job for an upcoming major MAD book. This is still in the early stages but I’ll be working with a writer I’ve never worked with on it, and it will be an original piece for this new MAD [...]
Sketch o’the Week
Clicky to embiggen… Have to cop out this week and post this rough sketch of a recent workplace poster job, as I am swamped with several projects right now. I’ll get to that series of “Walking Dead” SotW caricatures starting next wee...
Harvey Radio!
Remember that radio interview I told you about yesterday featuring Drew Friedman, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth, talking about Harvey Kurtzman? Well, turns out they do have it archived and available for listening after it’s original airing. In fact, here it is: