Former Lakes International Comic Art Festival guest and top MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond is running two workshops in Europe this summer, one in Vienna and another in Dublin.

"The Dublin one is just a few chairs short of a sellout but I’ve still got some open spots," Tom tells us.

There are more openings for spaces in Vienna, so if you fancy a trip to Austria and the opportunity to be taught by a great cartoonist, now's your chance!

You can book a place for Tom's Vienna workshop (19th - 21st June 2020) here and the Dublin workshop (26th - 28th June 2020) here

Caricaturist, cartoonist and humorous illustrator, Tom Richmond is a superstar of the ultimate satirical magazine, MAD, and recipient of the highest honour in cartooning, Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, Reuben Awards, USA – a tour de force in every sense.

Tom began his career at age 18 as a caricaturist at a theme park in 1985. Now one of the most highly respected and successful freelance humorous illustrators working today, he does his award-winning art for a great variety of clients including Scholastic, VIZ, Sports Illustrated for Kids, National Geographic World, Time Digital, Penthouse, GQ, Marvel Comics, The Cartoon Network, Warner Bros Animation, Simon and Schuster Publishing, Jeff Dunham Enterprise and many more.

He is best known as one of the “Usual Gang of Idiots” at MAD Magazine, where his caricatures and illustrations have been featured in film and TV parodies and articles regularly since 2000. He is the author of the best-selling caricature instruction book The Mad Art of Caricature, which has become the standard in the industry.

His many awards include being twice honoured as “Caricaturist of the Year” from the International Society of Caricature Artists, and the Reuben award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” from the National Cartoonists Society, arguably cartooning’s highest honour. He works from a studio in his home in Burnsville, Minnesota.

• You can book a place for Tom Richmond's Vienna workshop (19th - 21st June 2020) here and the Dublin workshop (26th - 28th June 2020) here