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Loading... MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin (original 2007; edition 2007)by Don Martin (Author)
Work InformationMAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin by Don Martin (2007)
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These are joyously disreputable cartoons. When a restaurant customer complains that there’s a hair in his soup, he’s talking about a beanstalk-size affair boldly sprouting from the soup bowl. Martin’s sight gags go beyond simple cleverness, often shooting into the stratosphere of dada brilliance. A secretary sits at her keyboard, tapping away, her industriousness illustrated by Martin’s ever-present sound effects (“TIK-TIKATAK TIKKIK TIKKIK ...”). The final panel shows the letter itself, which begins, “Tikka tik tikka, Tikkak tikkak tikkik. ...” In the world of Don Martin, there’s no such thing as business as usual... Martin’s women have the same long chins and bulbous noses, their hair piled in towering Marie Antoinette-style confections or sprouting from the scalp into a bicone of curls. Pneumatic princesses plant smooches on bug-slurping frogs; a bearded caveman, dressed only in tiny fur underpants, rejoices over the invention of fire; a mustachioed man in a pinstripe suit passionately kisses a comely, bosomy blonde — only to pull away, in the last panel, to reveal that the mustache actually belongs to her. Notable Lists
Presents every cartoon, comic strip, poster, and sticker created by the artist over the course of his thirty-year career with MAD Magazine, organized chronologically and interspersed with sketches, letters, photographs, and tributes. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)741.56973The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Drawing & drawings Cartoons, Caricatures, Comics Cartoons, Caricatures, Comic Strips Collections North American United States (General)LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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