Yeah, your potrzebian correspondent is most of the way through “The MAD Files”, a book collecting essays from various sources about the famed satirical magazine. Which is how this post will be – collecting news items related to cartoonists and cartooning from veeblefetzers near and far. HooHah! How Tom Richmond joined The Usual Gang of […]
My father brought this magazine back from a business trip. I was on the verge of turning 8, which was a little young for it, though I liked the parts I could figure out. But my brother was 12 and right in the sweet spot. He got himself a subscription and so I was able […]
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will soon be hosting a rare exhibit of MAD Magazine art according to news posted on Tom Richmond’s. Andrew Farago, the curator for the museum writes: Love MAD? Our next exhibition is going to be the greatest collection of MAD art ever assembled, going all the way back […]
When celebrities ask for original MAD Mag art from Tom Richmond he provides an oversized print of the art as published in the magazine and requests they autograph their name next to their caricature. He’s built up an impressive collection which he terms his Wall of Shame.
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond has posted a long, detailed and thorough report of the MAD SCAD Weekend held at the Savannah College of Art and Design last weekend. Seriously, what a line-up. Throughout the weekend people were enthusiastic about the gathering, but I think it might have escaped most how unique it was to […]
I mentioned this before, but now I’ve received the official press release. On November 12 the Savanna College of Art and Design and the Southeast Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society will present a panel discussion entitled, “A SCAD, MAD, MAD, MAD Discussion” featuring famed MAD Magazine cartoonists: Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Paul Coker, Jr., […]
If you’re near Savannah Georgia on November 12th, be sure to plan on attending the SCAD/MAD public panel. Michael Jantze, The Norm creator and Savannah College of Art Design instructor, has announced that the Southeastern chapter of the National Cartoonist Society and SCAD are hosting a public panel of famed MAD cartoonists Sergio Aragones, Paul […]
\MAD Magazine has launched a blog called “The Idiotical.” It has the same line of humor as the magazine but the content is heavy on Photoshopped images.