Mad Art

Mad Art
Author: Mark Evanier
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780823030804

A fiftieth anniversary tribute to MAD Magazine celebrates famous cartoon figures from its "Usual Gang of Idiots," in a volume that features rare sketches and interviews with veteran MAD artists and writers. Original.

The Mad Artist

The Mad Artist
Author: Roger Keen
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2010-02-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0557136547

In the 1970s Roger Keen was a young art student, heavily under the influence of surrealism, the Beat movement and the wisdom of the East. Into the mix came LSD, cannabis, magic mushrooms and other drugs, which were seen as enablers in the pursuit of creativity and higher knowledge, fuelling a 'Quest for the Ultimate' that pushed out the boundaries of experience to extremes. This memoir examines those 'psychonautic adventures' in fascinating detail, and along the way also tells a more familiar story of youthful excess and exuberance, all set against a colourful background of hippy student life in the West Country, the South of England and London. In the tradition of Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception and Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Mad Artist not only explores a fascination with drugs, but also the awesome and sometimes frightening inner metaphysical landscapes through which the user journeys.

The Mad Art of Caricature!

The Mad Art of Caricature!
Author: Tom Richmond
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780983576709

MAD magazine illustrator Tom Richmond teaches how to draw caricatures, with an emphasis on aspects of the head and face.

Mad Clot on a Holy Bone

Mad Clot on a Holy Bone
Author: Asher Hartman
Publisher: X ARTISTS BOOKS
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2020-04
Genre: Experimental drama, American
ISBN: 9780998861678

"Mad Clot on a Holy Bone: Memories of a Psychic Theater is the first published collection of the work of playwright and artist Asher Hartman and his Gawdafful National Theater company. The book includes three plays by Hartman: Purple Electric Play (PEP!), Mr. Akita, and Sorry, Atlantis: Eden’s Achin’ Organ Seeks Revenge; as well as a full-color insert, contributions by Janet Sarbanes and Lucas Wrench, and a conversation between Asher Hartman and Mark Allen (who produced the three featured plays in collaboration with Machine Project) and Tim Reid (a playwright and performer who joined the Gawdafful company in 2018, as the assistant director of Sorry, Atlantis). Mad Clot on a Holy Bone is co-edited by Mark Allen and Deirdre O’ Dwyer and designed by Becca Lofchie"--Publisher's website.

Art of Jack Davis

Art of Jack Davis
Author: Hank Harrison
Publisher: Art of Jack Davis
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012-10-16
Genre: American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN: 9780985480721

Taking an early look at the work of one of comicdom's most esteemed artists, Jack Davis. This chronology of his earliest work reveals the incredible diversity of a master cartoonist. Here is a chance to see many rare pieces of art from Jack's early years. From his beginning days as a cartoonist to his role as one of the first cartoonists on Mad Magazine, this volume spotlights the earliest days of the legendary cartoonist. Note: This was originally released by Stabur Corporation and has been out of print for nearly 25 years. This edition has been updated by the author.

The Art of Harvey Kurtzman

The Art of Harvey Kurtzman
Author: Denis Kitchen
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-07-25
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1613122659

The definitive anthology of the pioneering cartoonist and creator of Mad magazine, featuring 100s of classic and never-before-seeen illustrations. It’s difficult to overstate Harvey Kurtzman’s influence on pop culture. He discovered Robert Crumb and gave Gloria Steinem her first job in publishing. Terry Gilliam also started at his side, where he met John Cleese, and the genesis of Monty Python was formed. And Art Spiegelman has stated on record that he owes his career to him. Harvey Kurtzman was an astonishingly talented and influential artist, writer, editor, and satirist. The creator of MAD and Playboy’s “Little Annie Fanny” was called, “One of the most important figures in postwar America” by the New York Times. Kurtzman’s groundbreaking “realistic” war comics of the early ’50s and various satirical publications (MAD, Trump, Humbug, and Help!) had an immense impact on popular culture, inspiring a generation of underground cartoonists and comedians. The Art of Harvey Kurtzman includes hundreds of never-before-seen illustrations, paintings, pencil sketches, newly discovered lost E.C. Comics layouts, color compositions, illustrated correspondence, and vintage photos from the rich Kurtzman archives.

Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein!

Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein!
Author: Grant Geissman
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-08-20
Genre: Authors
ISBN: 9781613776766

A look at the entire career of legendary artist, writer, and editor Albert Feldstein. Includes previously unpublished photographs, every Feldstein E.C. Comics comic book cover, six complete E.C. stories illustrated by Feldstein, nearly every splash page and house ad Feldstein did for E.C., and traces his thirty-year career as the editor of MAD. With text by E.C. historian Grant Geissman, this is both a full biography and a richly-illustrated art book.

Inside MAD

Inside MAD
Author: The Editors Of Mad Magazine
Publisher: Liberty Street
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781618930897

Go Inside MAD! It has long been assumed that anyone who wasted their formative years reading MAD must have wound up as a complete failure in life. But as it turns out, some readers actually went on to be...successful! For the first time ever, MAD asked some of these successful readers to share what reading (and appearing in) MAD meant to them. What they have to say may surprise you! Featuring essays with nouns, verbs, and punctuation by: Roseanne Barr Ken Burns Dane Cook Paul Feig Whoopi Goldberg Harry Hamlin Tony Hawk Ice-T Penn Jillette George Lopez David Lynch Todd McFarlane Jeff Probst John Slattery John Stamos Pendleton Ward Matthew Weiner But wait-there's more! (Regrettably.) MAD asked some of the aforementioned "complete failures in life" (MAD's editors, writers and artists to share their all-time favorite MAD articles. What they have to say will definitely disappoint you! Featuring the moronic mumblings of: Sergio Aragones Tom Bunk Tim Carvell Paul Coker Jack Davis Dick DeBartolo Desmond Devlin Mort Drucker Mark Fredrickson Drew Friedman Frank Jacobs Al Jaffee Peter Kuper Tom Richmond And many more! Plus, inside: a never-before-reprinted Alfred E. Neuman pop art poster! And, an all new fold-out poster: a specially commissioned look at the legendary MAD offices by Sergio Aragones!

MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragones

MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragones
Author: Sergio Aragones
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780762436873

For over five decades, MAD Magazine has kept devoted audiences in stitches with its consistently excellent and surprisingly relevant satire. From the witty, shameless writing to the amusing, colorful comic illustrations, MAD is a timeless American classic. For the first time ever, here is a “greatest hits” collection of one of MAD's most popular and prolific artists—Sergio Aragonés—hand-picked by the artist and featuring his greatest work from his debut with MAD in 1963 to the present. Assembled chronologically, it's packed with memorable cartoons, insightful interviews, new cover artwork commissioned for this book, and a special pull-out poster of Sergio's “Marginals,” the wildly popular mini-cartoons that have appeared in MAD's margins for over 40 years.

Against the Grain

Against the Grain
Author: Bhob Stewart
Publisher: Two Morrows Publishing
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Wood associate Bhob Stewart's long-awaited Against The Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood is the most comprehensive book ever produced on the career of one of science fiction and comics' finest artists! For his Mad magazine work alone, many have long regarded Wallace Wood as the world's greatest cartoonist, and this remarkable memoir of life at the Wood Studio includes a biographical portrait, tracing Woody's life while exploring the humorous spirit, dark detours and psychological twists of this gifted maverick who often went against the grain! Many artists and writers who knew Wood personally have also contributed articles and essays, making this book a huge compendium of imaginative art, insights and critical commentary! From childhood drawings and ambitious teenage samples to an endless parade of pages for a variety of publishers - Avon, EC, Fox, Marvel, Warren, and more - plus illustrations for Galaxy Science Fiction, this is the most stunning display of Wood art ever assembled! Bill Pearson, executor of the Wood Estate, has made available rare drawings directly from Wood's own files, while noted art collector Roger Hill provides a wealth of obscure, previously unpublished Wood drawings and paintings. Stand by to blast off! Spa fon! HC, 288pg, FC