The mad files : writers and cartoonists on the magazine that warped America's brain
Abrams, Nathan2024
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Edited by David Mikics, The MAD Files celebrates MAD magazines impact and the legacy of the Usual Gang of Idiots who transformed puerile punchlines and merciless mockery into an art form. Twenty-six essays and comics present a varied, perceptive, and often very funny account of MAD's significance, ranging from the cultural to the aesthetic to the personal. Art Spiegelman reflects on how he "couldn't learn much about America from my refugee immigrant parents-but I learned all about it from MAD"; Roz Chast remembers how the magazine was "love at first sight. MAD made fun of stuff that I thought needed to be made fun of. . . . It was one of my first inklings that there were other people out there who found the world as ridiculous as I did." David Hajdu and Grady Hendrix zero in on MAD's hilarious movie spoofs, Liel Leibovitz delves into the Jewishness behind the magazine's humor, and Rachel Shteir amplifies the often unsung contributions of MAD's women artists. Several essays are admiring profiles of the individual creators that made MAD what it was: Mort Drucker, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Jaffee, Antonio Prohias, and Will Elder.
Main title:
The mad files : writers and cartoonists on the magazine that warped America's brain / edited by David Mikics.
Author:
Abrams, NathanMikics, David, editorAndersson, Max 1962-, illustratorChast, Roz 1954-, illustratorLeibovitz, Liel 1976-, authorFleener, Mary 1951-, authorAltucher, Bonnie, authorLethem, Jonathan 1964-, illustratorAllen, Mark, illustratorThompson, Clifford, authorShteir, Rachel 1964-, authorKreider, Tim, author
Imprint:
New York : Library of America, 2024.
Collation:
196 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781598537925 ((paperback))
Dewey class:
741.59
Language:
English
BRN:
506146
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 741.59 MAD | Available |