The MAD Art of Jack Davis: The Complete Collection of His Work from MAD Comics #1-23: MAD's Original Idiots

Davis, Jack

ISBN 10: 1401258999 / ISBN 13: 9781401258993

Published by MAD, 2015

About this Item

Box set of three volumes. Some minor water damage to one of the volumes that does not effect plates (pictured).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1755286979007

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The MAD Art of Jack Davis: The Complete Collection of His Work from MAD Comics #1-23: MAD's Original Idiots
• Publisher: MAD
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1401258999
• ISBN 13: 9781401258993
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

One of MAD's original "Usual Gang of Idiots," Jack Davis specialized in illustrated parodies of horror and western stories, all written by Harvey Kurtzman. This new title collects all his work from the original 23 issues of the MAD comic book, including hilarious takes on The Lone Ranger, Alice in Wonderland, movies High Noon and The Barefoot Countessa, TV game show "What's My Line," plus an adaptation of the poem "Casey at the Bat" and much more.
Collects stories from MAD #1-23.

About the Author

Jack Davis was born on December 2, 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia. After serving in the Navy, Davis enrolled in night classes at the Art Students League and began working on The Saint syndicated newspaper strip. It was in 1951 that he began working for E.C. on their horror, war and suspense titles. The juxtaposition of Davis's  "cartoony" style with the grim and at times gruesome E.C. scripts quickly made him one of the line's most popular artists. Shortly thereafter he began his decades-long association with MAD, where his humorous, over-the-top style meshed perfectly with MAD's zany irreverence. Davis has worked in virtually every area of commercial illustration, including movie posters, advertising campaigns, album covers, magazine covers and illustrations.