Kurtzman, Elder, Roth et co: Humbug, Fantagraphics, 2009

Hienokuntoinen ( K4 + ) 2-osainen kirja vielä aukaisemattomassa myyntikotelossaan ( folio )
ISBN 978-1-56097-933-3
englanninkielinen ;
Hardcover, 476 Pages, Published 2009 ( 2008 ? )by Fantagraphics
kustantaja sanoo sivuillaan, että " colors duotone/full color " ja julkaisuvuosi 2008 ( ota noista selvää aukaisematta pakkausta )

Myyntipuheita :
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MAD s early years have been justly lauded for their japing assault on postwar American culture, but this outstanding two-volume boxed set reflects the history of comedy in the period after staff stars like Kurtzman jumped ship in 1956. Humbug , whose mere 11 monthly issues published in 1957 and 1958 are all collected here, was a refreshing if little-noticed seat-of-the-pants hybrid of MAD -style buffoonery and a tony wit that sadly never found its place.

Read today, Humbug seems a time capsule from when comedy was entering its drier, postvaudevillian period; comedians still wore ties and were expected to if not attend college at least have read a book or two. The magazines mix of chaos and controlKurtzmans Cecil B. DeMillesized comedic crowd scenes set against Larry Siegels pitch-perfect literary satirescreates an uneasy balance that almost necessitated a short shelf life, much in the same manner as National Lampoon (which years later briefly picked up the mantle that Humbug threw down).

The set might not be best for end-to-end reading (11 issues is a heavy dose, with all those Sputnik and Have Gun, Will Travel references) but for dry cocktail laughs and low schoolboy snorts, its hard to think of a better pair of books to have at your nightstand. (Mar.)
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Lisää:
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As I'm not long out of short trousers, I'd never heard of Humbug, and I suspect there's a fair few of you who never have either. During the mid-fifties the successful creative team of Mad magazine were tempted away to the Playboy offices to begin work on a brand-new humour mag called Trump. It lasted two issues. However, Hugh Hefner felt so dreadful he let them have free use of the offices, so they decided to pool their cash and produce their own funny book, doing just whatever the heck they liked in it. It was called Humbug. It lasted twelve issues.

If you've ever looked at Mad you'll have a fair understanding of what this collection contains. An awful lot of it is based around events of the time so sometimes, as a 21st Century reader, you're left floundering a bit, but there's still plenty to appreciate, not least the sterling artistic efforts of its creators. Towards the beginning of the first book is a lovely parody of Around The World In 80 Days with the running gag of the characters not being able to find one another in the new 'wide-screen' format that the movie was shot in.

It's a two-volume hardback, slipcase edition containing everything, cover-to-cover, plus interviews and articles to give a very rounded insight into how the magazine was created and, ultimately, failed. It's expensive, but a bit of a treasure.

And if you liked that: In a similar vein, try Don Martin's Droll Book.
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