The Mad Archives

This second volume collecting the early issues of MAD featuresclassic material from issues #7-12, including "Shermlock Sholmes," "DraggedNet," and "Little Orphan Melvin"!

Collects MAD #19-24! Hoo hah! Written by Harvey Kurtzman, withspectacular art by Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Will Elder, and others, this Archivecollection includes "Mickey Rodent," "Sounds Effects," and a tribute to WillElder, because why not?

Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots This new hardcover collects MAD #13-18 from the 1950s, as originally published by E.C. Comics. In it, the Usual Gang of Idiots takes on: * "Robinson Crusoe" * Sherlock Holmes * "Julius Caesar" * The movi

This biography reveals the true story of Mad creator Harvey Kurtzman―the man who revolutionized humor in America; it features new interviews with his colleagues Hugh Hefner, Robert Crumb, and others. Harvey Kurtzman created Mad, and Mad revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original editor, artist, and sole writer of Mad, one of the greatest publishing successes of the 20th century. But how did Kurtzman invent Mad, and why did he leave it shortly after it burst, nova-like, onto the American scene? For this heavily researched biography, Bill Schelly conducted new interviews with Kurtzman’s colleagues, friends and family, including Hugh Hefner, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, and many others, and examined Kurtzman’s personal archives. The result is the true story of one the 20th century’s greatest humorists: Kurtzman's family life, the details of the FBI's investigation during the McCarthy Era, his legal battles with William M. Gaines (publisher of Mad), are all revealed for the first time. Rich with anecdotes, this book traces Kurtzman’s life from his Brooklyn beginnings to his post-Mad years, when his ceaseless creativity produced more innovations: new magazines, a graphic novel, and Little Annie Fanny inPlayboy.

"Vol. 1 originally published in single magazine form as MAD 1-6, Vol. 2 originally published in single magazine form as MAD 7-12"--T.p. verso.

Called "a feminist classic" by Judith Shulevitz in the New York Times Book Review, this pathbreaking book of literary criticism is now reissued with a new introduction by Lisa Appignanesi that speaks to how The Madwoman in the Attic set the groundwork for subsequent generations of scholars writing about women writers, and why the book still feels fresh some four decades later. "Gilbert and Gubar have written a pivotal book, one of those after which we will never think the same again."--Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Washington Post Book World

An illustrated compilation of humor published in the 1960s in the popular magazine includes movie parodies, political satire, memorable "MAD" covers, and classic features