MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin (MAD's Greatest Artists Series)
"...fans of Don Martin's genius will rejoice in this double-decker omnibus." --Washington Post"Balm for the funnybone, bruising for the back." --Rocky Mountain News, November 24, 2007"Can't see enough of the magazine and cartoonist that kept you sane through your coming-of-age in the '60s and '70s? How about two volumes and more than 1,000 pages? ... Exquisitely brewed for the coffee table." --Philadelphia Inquirer, December 16, 2007"In short, it's a masterpiece befitting a genius." --The Sunday Star-Times, December 2, 2007"The Completely MAD Don Martin" by Don Martin (Running Press) THWACK! That's the sound of this 25-pound, two-volume laugh riot dropped from 25 feet up. It's filled with everything Martin drew for MAD, in his slapstick-y style, during his 30-plus years in the mag's subversive universe." --NY Post, December 16, 2007"The Completely MAD Don Martin" is gorgeously printed. For the MAD maven, it's the gift of the season." --The Houston Chronicle, December 2, 2007"This mammoth two-volume hardcover set collects every single piece of art that 'MAD's Maddest Artist' created from 1957 to 1987 - a 1,000-page body of work that displays astounding consistency, as well as provoking endless laughs. Illustrating absurdist gags that routinely bordered on the berserk, Martin's artwork featured a keen and detail-rich comedic sense. Terrific stuff: no wonder he's regarded as one of the all-time greats." --The First Post, October 5, 2007You can have your high-tone, filled-with-stunning-color-plates retrospectives of Goya and Picasso -- none come close to "The Completely MAD Don Martin" ("1,000 pages, 2 volumes, 1 slipcase, 25 pounds, $150 -- Cheap!"). This insanely special gift to the ages from Running Press has every piece of art that MAD's Michelangelo published during his 30-year run at the magazine, plus letters, sketches, photos and an intro by the "Far Side's" Gary Larson.The jokes still work, the visual cues are timeless, the artwork identifiable from a city block away. This is like watching Dimaggio, Hope & Crosby, Paul Robeson -- clips from our collective memory bank. Personal favorites: The "One Afternoon ..." and "Scenes We'd Like to See" panels.$150 is too much, you say? Genius has no price -- you'll get more benefit from this than that Starbucks habit. --The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 14, 2007 Sunday