The Completely Mad Don Martin
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few cartoonists have ever matched the anarchic genius of Don Martin, the self-proclaimed Maddest Artist of MAD Magazine, and The Completely Mad Don Martin stands as the definitive compendium of his singular, slapstick universe. Edited by Al Feldstein and Jerry DeFuccio, this oversized anthology chronicles decades of Martin's most iconic work, collecting full-page strips bursting with rubber-limbed protagonists, absurdist catastrophes, and the gloriously invented sound effects — FWADDAPP!, KABOOM, SKLISHE — that became as much a part of his comedic identity as the characters themselves. Martin's art is an institution unto itself, a style so distinctive it borders on its own visual language: bulbous noses, hinged feet, and expressions of pure, magnificent idiocy rendered with a master cartoonist's confident line. This collection is a testament to the power of visual comedy, illustrating how a single artist can reshape an entire medium's sense of the absurd. For anyone who grew up dog-earing MAD Magazine pages, this is a joyous, raucous homecoming — and for the uninitiated, it raises one urgent question: where has this been all your life?
Author: Don Martin
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few cartoonists have ever matched the anarchic genius of Don Martin, the self-proclaimed Maddest Artist of MAD Magazine, and The Completely Mad Don Martin stands as the definitive compendium of his singular, slapstick universe. Edited by Al Feldstein and Jerry DeFuccio, this oversized anthology chronicles decades of Martin's most iconic work, collecting full-page strips bursting with rubber-limbed protagonists, absurdist catastrophes, and the gloriously invented sound effects — FWADDAPP!, KABOOM, SKLISHE — that became as much a part of his comedic identity as the characters themselves. Martin's art is an institution unto itself, a style so distinctive it borders on its own visual language: bulbous noses, hinged feet, and expressions of pure, magnificent idiocy rendered with a master cartoonist's confident line. This collection is a testament to the power of visual comedy, illustrating how a single artist can reshape an entire medium's sense of the absurd. For anyone who grew up dog-earing MAD Magazine pages, this is a joyous, raucous homecoming — and for the uninitiated, it raises one urgent question: where has this been all your life?