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MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin (MAD's Greatest Artists)
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Don Martin
Just about everyone who came of age during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s was influenced by MAD MAGAZINE, and no one at MAD was more influential than "MAD's MADdest Artist," Don Martin. His immediately recognizable style--featuring bulbous noses, wild sound effects, and the legendary "hinged feet"--was filled with broad and daring slapstick and routinely broke new ground. A surpr
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Hardcover, 1200 pages
Published
October 23rd 2007
by Running Press Book Publishers
(first published 1976)
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Feb 02, 2013
Krysi
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Mad fans, Humor enthusiast. anyone who needs to smile!
Mad's Greatest Artists is a great collection of the best Mad art/comics. This set is packed full of witty sarcasm and humor. If you enjoyed Mad Magazine and Mad's numerous books, you will absolutely love this collection. The 2 books are over twice the size of normal coffee table books, in a nice heavy duty box they fit snugly to keep them protected. This is a must have for anyone who needs a good laugh. It's best to have a good deal of free time when you start into them, as it'll be hard to put...more
Nov 18, 2011
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Don Martin taught me the art of "static animation"... and has directly informed my own art style in a fundamental way.
Don's material in Mad Magazine was as grossly "physical" as could be had in the flat 2D realm of print media, and the range of "sound effects" opened all manner of possibilities for my own work.
This compilation shows the best of the best, and I highly recommend it for any budding visualizer, cartoonist, graphic recorder or anyone who deals in the visual depiction of emotion, acti...more
Don's material in Mad Magazine was as grossly "physical" as could be had in the flat 2D realm of print media, and the range of "sound effects" opened all manner of possibilities for my own work.
This compilation shows the best of the best, and I highly recommend it for any budding visualizer, cartoonist, graphic recorder or anyone who deals in the visual depiction of emotion, acti...more
Not enough great things can be said about Don Martin and this comprehensive 2-volume set. In the mid to late-70's, as a kid of about 8 years old, I spent countless hours thumbing through MAD magazines and it was ALWAYS the Don Martins I went to first. Sergio? Jaffee? Yes, geniuses! But Don Martin?! He was the king!
I used to cut or tear out all of the Martin pages and paste them into a homemade scrapbook of sorts. Then I'd trace the goofy figures for hours -- with their bizarrely bent feet and o...more
I used to cut or tear out all of the Martin pages and paste them into a homemade scrapbook of sorts. Then I'd trace the goofy figures for hours -- with their bizarrely bent feet and o...more
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Feb 14, 2008
Todd Jenkins
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone whose broom goes "fwisk, fwisk"
When I was a kid in the 70s, Don Martin so completely warped my personality that, to this day, I still hear "ging, ging, ging" in my mind when I see something bouncing on a spring. The man who gave us Fonebone and flappy feet receives long-overdue homage in this enormous collection, which preserves every single Martin creation that ever ran in the pages of Mad Magazine. It's expensive as the dickens -- even Costco was charging 80-odd dollars for it at Christmastime -- and worth every red cent.
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As Bertrand Russell said you have a book cause you enjoy reading it or can brag about it. This book (s) weighs 16 pounds and looks attractive on the book shelf and gives you bragging rights. And it will not easily run away.
Don Martin was MAD magazine’s quintessential Mad artist. You read or thumb through to the end of your life. Regret the book is too heavy to hold on hand. So bedtime reading is out.
Don Martin was MAD magazine’s quintessential Mad artist. You read or thumb through to the end of your life. Regret the book is too heavy to hold on hand. So bedtime reading is out.
I had no idea how much of Martin's material was not published by MAD. This book (s) weighs 16 pounds and does not contain National Gorilla Suit Day. It is still a treat to have 16 pounds of Don in the bookshelves, not scattered in 30 different pocket books.
Of all the Mad Magazine artists and writers no one was as hysterically funny as Don Martin. This humongous box set is a veritable gift from the comic gods. Guaranteed chuckles and chortles from start to finish.
Oh, by the way: THWACKA THWACKA THWACKA!!!!
Oh, by the way: THWACKA THWACKA THWACKA!!!!
I see that some people have this marked as "to read"... and I am greatly moved and saddened by the idea that we live in a world where some people don't own this.
I grew up on MAD magazine, and Don Martin was always my favorite artist! His bent outlook on life and the way those feet had hinges!
This guy warped my world. I love the art style and the demented stories. Owning this book is a treat so classy looking.
Every page is a gem. I can think of no-one funnier than Don Martin.
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When it was good it it was very, very good. when it was bad it was just plain not funny. a lot of outdated male 1960's humor with the old bag wife, battle ax wife, and alot of cartoon style violence. a lot of insensitivity. stupid people get it real bad.the cartooning is so, so great, though. and many pieces are funny.the cartooning itself, was enough for me to bump it up to 4 stars.
5 star guilty pleasure. not something to read cover to cover in one go at 1200 pages, but a perfectly assembled deluxe omnibus--over-sized, glossy, great essays and remembrances. I hope the publisher goes on to make new volumes with other Mad artists--I would particularly like seeing Dave Berg or Al Jaffee.
My copy is a shorter pre-release copy and not the complete edition. It is also not hardbound. That said, it was quite entertaining. I read it in one morning, and enjoyed Martin's work more than I'd expected to.
Of course this was five stars - it was Don Martin's MAD cartoons! What was scary was how many of the cartoons I remembered from reading back in the day..
Everything Don Martin ever had printed in Mad Magazine in two hefty volumes. Over 1000 pages...17 pounds! Wonderful!
Oct 26, 2007
Khairul H.
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people with a sense of humour
Shelves:
graphic-novels
Huge, heavy and totally useless. I love it!
Apr 05, 2013
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Cartoonist and illustrator for MAD Magazine from 1956 through 1988. Known as "MAD's Maddest Artist."
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