Essential Kurtzman Volume 2: Playboy: Trump: The Complete Collection

Various illustrated by Various

ISBN 10: 1506701027 / ISBN 13: 9781506701028

Published by Dark Horse Comics, 2016

About this Item

Hard Cover. Dark Horse Comics 2016. Unrivalled satire from some of the world's greatest comic artists Book condition: VF - Very Fine. Part Colour illustrations. TRUMP was a lavish colour satire magazine Harvey Kurtzman created for Hugh Hefner after leaving MAD magazine acrimoniously in 1956. The legendary satire magazine with top talent - Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Wallace Wood, Al Jaffee, Russ Heath and even Mel Brooks is collected for the very first time. With a star-studded cast and Playboy's money and clout, TRUMP should have been huge. But for complex financial reasons, Hefner pulled the plug while the third issue was in production. For six long decades, the legendary TRUMP has never been collected… until now. With never-before-seen art, including the surviving contents of the third issue, this long overdue collection will blow the minds of fans of Kurtzman, satire, and 1950s American pop culture 168 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (240mm x 310mm). ISBN: 9781506701028. (1.3 PLAYBOYTRUMP).

Seller Inventory # PLAYBOYTRUMP

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essential Kurtzman Volume 2: Playboy: Trump: The Complete Collection
• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1506701027
• ISBN 13: 9781506701028
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Various
• Condition: Fine
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Synopsis

--Nominated for a 2017 Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project--

TRUMP was a lavish color satire magazine Harvey Kurtzman created for Hugh Hefner after leaving MAD magazine acrimoniously in 1956. With a star-studded cast (Mel Brooks, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Al Jaffee) and Playboy's money and clout, TRUMP should have been huge. But for complex financial reasons, Hefner pulled the plug while the third issue was in production. For six long decades, the legendary TRUMP has never been collected . . . until now. With never-before-seen art, including the surviving contents of ithe third issue, this long overdue collection will blow the minds of fans of Kurtzman, satire, and 1950s American pop culture.

About the Author

Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) was a cartoonist, writer, editor and comics genius. He is probably best remembered for MAD, which he founded in 1952. He created 28 revolutionary issues for E.C. publisher Bill Gaines (for whom he also created Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat) with such talent as Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood before leaving in 1956. Kurtzman then created the short-lived satire magazine Trump for Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner in 1957. He followed with the comic-size Humbug in 1958, then Help! magazine. During his Help! tenure he discovered such diverse talent as Terry Gilliam, Gloria Steinem, Gilbert Shelton, and R. Crumb. In 1962 he and collaborator Will Elder began producing the long-running and elaborate Little Annie Fanny comic for Playboy. In the '70s he became known as the "father-in-law of underground comix" for inspiring a new generation of media-bending cartoonists. He passed away in 1993.