Will Elder The Mad Playboy of Art SC (2003 Fantagraphics) 1-1ST VG+ 4.5

Will Elder The Mad Playboy of Art SC (2003 Fantagraphics) 1-1ST VG+ 4.5

1st printing. Edited by Gary Groth and Greg Sadowski. Introduction by Daniel Clowes. The definitive retrospective of the American satirist widely regarded as one of the most influential - and funniest - cartoonists of the second half of the 20th century. The Mad Playboy of Art includes representative samplings from Elder's best-known work from Mad, Panic, and Playboy's "Little Annie Fanny", and also: A 20,000 word biographical Essay by Gary VandenBergh tracing Elder's life and career, copiously illustrated with work from 1933 to the present; Over a hundred pages of comics and illustrations from such obscure magazines as Trump, Humbug, Help!, and Pageant; The legendary Goodman Beaver stories, reprinted for the first time in the same format in which they were drawn and originally published in 1961 and 1962; Paintings, portraits, still lifes, caricatures and sketches from Elder's personal collection. Softcover, 9" x 12", 392 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95. Grade: VG+ 4.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)