Mad art : a visual celebration of the art of Mad magazine and the idiots who create it / Mark Evanier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evanier, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American wit and humor, Pictorial.

Mad (New York, N.Y. : 1958).

Physical Description:

302 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, [2002]

Summary:

In 1952, publisher William M. Gaines assailed an unsuspecting public with the first issue of MAD Magazine -- the brainchild of writer-editor Harvey Kurtzman. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the genius of MAD Magazine's artists -- the "Usual Gang of Idiots" -- has been collected in this essential volume, MAD Art. MAD Art contains fascinating discussions with MAD's veteran contributors about their favorite pieces, stylistic influences, and the references they used to create their art. This official guide through MAD history also includes a treasury of MAD's infamous advertising parodies, classic front and back covers, and interior art, including dozens of rare and never-before-seen preliminary sketches, photos, and much more!

Contents:

Chapter 1 The "Usual Gang of Idiots" 14

Harvey Kurtzman 22

Jack Davis 28

Will Elder 36

John Severin 44

Wallace Wood 47

Chapter 2 How Artists Go Mad 54

Dave Berg 60

Bob Clarke 66

Mort Drucker 74

Frank Kelly Freas 82

Al Jaffee 86

Don Martin 94

Norman Mingo 102

Joe Orlando 106

Basil and Monte Wolverton 109

George Woodbridge 115

Chapter 3 The Chapter on How a Mad Article Comes to Be 120

Sergio Aragones 127

Paul Coker Jr. 136

Harry North 142

Paul Peter Porges 146

Antonio Prohias 149

Jack Rickard 155

Angelo Torres 177

Chapter 4 Making Mad (Some Assembly Required) 184

Tom Bunk 190

John Caldwell 194

Don "Duck" Edwing 198

Gerry Gersten 204

Tom Hachtman 207

Dave Manak 209

John Pound 210

Rick Tulka 211

Sam Viviano 216

James Warhola 222

Richard Williams 227.

ISBN:

0823030806

OCLC:

50339482