tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post208697938388156860..comments2024-03-23T23:46:29.024-07:00Comments on The Fabuleous Fifties: Ger Apeldoornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-14188372783032973332011-01-15T03:48:22.043-08:002011-01-15T03:48:22.043-08:00Last I knew, North was going back and forth betwee...Last I knew, North was going back and forth between England (where he was a citizen) and NYC, where he was banging (sorry; tasteless, just slipped out) a woman I knew and working on something cinematic -- maybe with the woman, IIRC. So maybe he just never returned from the UK. Also, the sense I got was that he was actually ambivalent about Mad in a way a lot of contributors were not; it was just a gig and the time passed.The Seditionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054750794702860380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-17807515747338608042011-01-13T22:54:37.053-08:002011-01-13T22:54:37.053-08:00Mark Evanier's book was well written, but it d...Mark Evanier's book was well written, but it did not have the illustrations of depth of Grant's book on the EC artists. I agree you can see it as a start, but I see it in the next in a long line of efforts to block any serious look into the life and art of people like Angelos Torres, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Mort Drucker, Don Martin and all the other unknown Mad artists.<br /><br />Did you know Harry North worked for the French Pilote magazine?Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-11611047455255866532011-01-13T16:54:54.491-08:002011-01-13T16:54:54.491-08:00Mark Evanier did a pretty good book called "M...Mark Evanier did a pretty good book called "MAD Art" which has bios on a lot of the artists -- sadly, not long enough (since you could write a book on each of 'em), but it's a start.<br /><br />Paul Coker, actually, had a big career at Rankin Bass, designing characters for most of their great specials (like Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty The Snowman). Jack Davis did a bit of that too. (Rankin Bass also put out the film Mad Monster Party written by Harvey Kurtzman). <br /><br />Jack Davis did a lot of advertising art, too -- he created the Raid bugs from those TV ads (I don't know if they ever went abroad, though, so you might not know what I'm talking about), and Bob Jones created the Exxon/Esso Tiger. <br /><br />Frank Kelly Freas, of course, has had a long career doing Sci Fi covers, which are pretty dang cool. <br /><br />The Mad Men are all really interesting, and I'd love to hear more about 'em. Like what DID happen to Harry North?Kittysneezes.com/Rev. Syung Myung Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277854263509531037noreply@blogger.com