MAD (1952-2018) #5
CGC FN: 6.0
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low distribution; Wood and Davis art
Hidden Valley Collection
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low distribution; Wood and Davis art
Hidden Valley Collection
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crm/ow pgs
low distribution; Wood and Davis art
Hidden Valley CollectionPicking up where #4 left off, the savvy think tank over at MAD is employing some GGA on their cover again to help draw attention to their product and move some issues to older readers. The Bill Elder piece on this cover pretty much sums up the kitchen sink approach MAD was using in the early days as they were feeling their way through uncharted territory. Although there had been plenty of humor comics before MAD, they were generally geared towards children, with cutesy anthropomorphic animals, or the likes of Popeye, the Katzenjammer Kids, Blondie, or Mutt & Jeff. Never before had humor been used in comics in this manner, like all the best comedy, it had an edge and took aim at the pop culture at large. MAD was always keenly aware of the world outside, possibly thanks to the publisher being based out of New York City, and its staff having the cynical and hard-edged sense of humor the city tends to bring out of people. Taking on Blackhawk, Mounties, Private Eyes, and more, this is another crucial issue of MAD, to be honest, if you are serious about collecting MAD you should own all of the pre-magazine issues, as they are the foundation of the phenomenon that launched a million laughs.
Artists Information
Will Elder is an American Cartoonist and comic book artist who was part of the team that made up Harvey studios. Will's art style described as wacky panels with humorous details on top of humor. Elder's most notable works include Mad, Little Annie Fanny and Humbug.
Wally Wood is an American comic book artist/ writer who is also one of the founding artist for Mad comics. In addition to penciling numerous comic book pages, Wally also ventured into product illustration, music album covers, and trading cards. Wally's most notable works include the aforementioned Mad comics, Marvel's Daredevil, and Weird-Science Fantasy for EC comics.
Harvey Kurtzman was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and illustrating the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988.
John Burton Davis, Jr. was an American cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories. He was one of the founding cartoonists for Mad in 1952.
John Powers Severin was an American comics artist noted for his distinctive work with EC Comics, primarily on the war comics Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat; for Marvel Comics, especially its war and Western comics; and for his 45-year stint with the satiric magazine Cracked. He was one of the founding cartoonists of Mad in 1952. Severin was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2003.
low distribution; Wood and Davis art
Hidden Valley CollectionPicking up where #4 left off, the savvy think tank over at MAD is employing some GGA on their cover again to help draw attention to their product and move some issues to older readers. The Bill Elder piece on this cover pretty much sums up the kitchen sink approach MAD was using in the early days as they were feeling their way through uncharted territory. Although there had been plenty of humor comics before MAD, they were generally geared towards children, with cutesy anthropomorphic animals, or the likes of Popeye, the Katzenjammer Kids, Blondie, or Mutt & Jeff. Never before had humor been used in comics in this manner, like all the best comedy, it had an edge and took aim at the pop culture at large. MAD was always keenly aware of the world outside, possibly thanks to the publisher being based out of New York City, and its staff having the cynical and hard-edged sense of humor the city tends to bring out of people. Taking on Blackhawk, Mounties, Private Eyes, and more, this is another crucial issue of MAD, to be honest, if you are serious about collecting MAD you should own all of the pre-magazine issues, as they are the foundation of the phenomenon that launched a million laughs.
Artists Information
Will Elder is an American Cartoonist and comic book artist who was part of the team that made up Harvey studios. Will's art style described as wacky panels with humorous details on top of humor. Elder's most notable works include Mad, Little Annie Fanny and Humbug.
Wally Wood is an American comic book artist/ writer who is also one of the founding artist for Mad comics. In addition to penciling numerous comic book pages, Wally also ventured into product illustration, music album covers, and trading cards. Wally's most notable works include the aforementioned Mad comics, Marvel's Daredevil, and Weird-Science Fantasy for EC comics.
Harvey Kurtzman was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and illustrating the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988.
John Burton Davis, Jr. was an American cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories. He was one of the founding cartoonists for Mad in 1952.
John Powers Severin was an American comics artist noted for his distinctive work with EC Comics, primarily on the war comics Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat; for Marvel Comics, especially its war and Western comics; and for his 45-year stint with the satiric magazine Cracked. He was one of the founding cartoonists of Mad in 1952. Severin was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2003.