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Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics (Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle, Abrams ComicArts, $40) In his introduction to this groundbreaking book, comedian/writer Harry Shearer declares: “Wi… more →
SOMETIMES, THE ROUGH...and another of the increasingly late Hoverboy Fridays!
Ty Templeton wrote 1 month ago: Clearly, I’m mad, I tell you. MAD. I’m one of those guys who spend their lives liking t … more →
.mad monster party.
VJESCI wrote 2 months ago: .mad monster party. .quite obviously my favourite of all rankin/bass creations.and now i blow a long … more →
Mother Goosed on the Loose
Mother Goosed wrote 2 months ago: Updated: 10/17/09 It’s coming soon . . . Mother Goosed: Twisted Rhymes for Modern Times, a col … more →
My inner Mad
Ty Templeton wrote 2 months ago: When I put up those Harvey Pekar sketches last week, I mentioned that neither of the drawings were i … more →
My Help! magazine covers
hiddenhistory wrote 3 months ago: Help! covers In 1961 Gloria Steinem came to my studio to look at my photography to see if I would be … more →
R. O. Blechman - Talking Lines
shorkey wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been a fan of R. O. Blechman since I was a kid watching his squiggly animated ads on TV. … more →
Advanced In Another Direction
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Jeet Heer wrote 5 months ago: Harvey Kurtzman's cover for Two-Fisted Tales #26 (March/April 1952) In her remarkably incoherent … more →
Mad Monster Party
celluvoid wrote 5 months ago: 1967. Directed By Jules Bass. Written by Mad Magazine mastermind Harvey Kurtzman, and designed by Ja … more →
Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, Mad, Mad World
scottbrothers wrote 6 months ago: The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics (Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle, Abrams ComicArts … more →
Marvel Mystery Monday: Irving Forbush, man and myth
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Kevin Garcia wrote 6 months ago: Sure, you’re thinking you know this guy already – his name anyway if not his face – but long before … more →
Humbug!
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jtebeau wrote 7 months ago: In 1956, Mad was the hottest thing since sunburn. It was selling out every issue, featured the best … more →
Bling, bling...
LW wrote 7 months ago: Designer Alexander Amosu’s $100,000+ suit In these days of economic challenge, parsimony is th … more →
Humbug (Arnold Roth and Al Jaffee) at the Strand tomorrow
Rosemary wrote 8 months ago: An Evening with HUMBUG at the Strand, April 14th! FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS AND THE STRAND PRESENT: AN EVE … more →
The Goon Concept Art is Glorious
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DMc wrote 9 months ago: Haven’t read The Goon. Looks fun, in an EC comics/Little Annie Fannie/Harvey Kurtzman meets zo … more →
Interview: Al Jaffee Pt. 2 [of 3]
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bheater wrote 9 months ago: Before accepting a full-time gig at Harvey Kurtzman’s Mad Magazine, Al Jaffee kicked around the comi … more →
Interview: Al Jaffee Pt. 1 [of 3]
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bheater wrote 9 months ago: “I was trying shut the radio off and had type flying in the air,” Al Jaffee laughs, taking the call … more →
Harvey Kurtzman's "Help" Covers
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The Genius of Harvey Kurtzman
scottbrothers wrote 1 year ago: Harvey Kurtzman was not only the founder and editor of Mad magazine (as well as Help!, Humbug and … more →
Interview: Jews and American Comics Editor, Paul Buhle
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bheater wrote 1 year ago: Released earlier this week by The New Press, Brown professor Paul Buhle’s Jews in American Comics co … more →
