Will Elder Dies
May. 15th, 2008 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
filkertomSadness. Will Elder, one of the great early artists on Mad Magazine and co-creator (with Harvey Kurtzman) of Little Annie Fanny, has passed away at the age of 86. You'll recognize his style instantly.
What are some of your favorite bits in Mad? Yeah, yeah, I know, way too many. But list a few. I love the musical parodies, obviously (especially of Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings, Part 1), but I also have great fondness for Paul Coker, Jr., unbridled awe for the foldable back covers by Al Jaffee, immense love for the margin cartoons by Sergio Aragones, and absolute adoration for the works of Jack Davis and Mort Drucker. Head and shoulders above them all, however, is good ol' Don Martin. Two in particular stand out -- dunno the actual names, but you know 'em: Singin' In The Rain, and the Official Guide to Superhero Comic Sound Effects.
ETA: Fixed Paul Coker, Jr.'s name. Dunno why I thought it was Al, except maybe I had it momentarily confused with Al Roker....
What are some of your favorite bits in Mad? Yeah, yeah, I know, way too many. But list a few. I love the musical parodies, obviously (especially of Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings, Part 1), but I also have great fondness for Paul Coker, Jr., unbridled awe for the foldable back covers by Al Jaffee, immense love for the margin cartoons by Sergio Aragones, and absolute adoration for the works of Jack Davis and Mort Drucker. Head and shoulders above them all, however, is good ol' Don Martin. Two in particular stand out -- dunno the actual names, but you know 'em: Singin' In The Rain, and the Official Guide to Superhero Comic Sound Effects.
ETA: Fixed Paul Coker, Jr.'s name. Dunno why I thought it was Al, except maybe I had it momentarily confused with Al Roker....
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Poit.
Date: 2008-05-16 12:19 am (UTC)As I recall, it was the sound of a breast popping out.
The Completely Mad Don Martin (http://www.amazon.com/MADs-Greatest-Artists-Completely-Martin/dp/0762430508/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1HQVB2WPJ5ZV0&colid=2W19MN12Q6P6C) has been on my Amazon wishlist for a while, but so far nobody has been willing to shell out the $100 for it on my behalf. Cheapskates, the lot of ya!
Will Elder's work in Mad was mostly before my time, but I remember going back and devouring old issues full of the stuff after they did a reprint of issue #1 and I saw how different it usedta been. Great stuff. And, of course, LAF was there in the Playboys I used to sneak a peek at (other boys' dads' collections; my dad is way too straight-and-narrow for that stuff).
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Date: 2008-05-16 12:38 am (UTC)Re: Poit.
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Date: 2008-05-16 04:15 pm (UTC)