Mad Art : A Visual Celebration of the Art of Mad Magazine and the Idiots Who Create It
by Mark Evanier
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Author: Mark EvanierEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-01-30
ISBN: 0823030806
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
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Book Review: Artfully Mad!
Summary: 5 Stars
Take the arty 'usual gang of idiots' out of the confines of the magazine and show generous helpings of their work in the pages of a chunky oversize paperback and you realise what a rich vein of artistic talent the magazine has been working with, right from the first issue too.
Mark Evanier presents sixty-eight of these creative folk. He writes about them in a breezy style mixed in with examples of their work. You can find out how your favourites started at Mad and a lot of interesting background about the magazine. My faves are Jack Davis and Wally Wood, besides being very funny both are superb draughtsmen, Kelly Freas for his brilliant spoof ad paintings, his famous `Great Moments in Medicine: presenting the bill' is included in color, Paul Coker and Bob Clarke. Mad cover artist Richard Williams is special too, he and Norman Mingo have done the most covers over the years. Williams painted the cover to `Mad Art' (click on the cover above to see a larger version) based on a Norman Rockwell painting for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, February 13, 1960.
If you are a Mad fan you'll enjoy `Mad Art' but bear in mind that it is a showcase for the artists and of the hundreds of pictures included very few are of complete articles. There are thirty pages in color and I would have liked to see more, however Mad covers (issue 1 thru 400) are all in color in 'Mad Cover to Cover' by Frank Jacobs, a handy companion book to 'Mad Art'. I think both books are excellent.
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