Showing posts with label Will Elder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Will Elder. Show all posts

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Spy vs. Spy: Antonio Prohias et al.

If one were fortunate enough to obtain an original "layout for a published project" (so we are told) illustrated by Mad's Antonio Prohias of an agitated White Spy sitting in a movie theater, should one have other artists and luminaries of the magazine also sign—and draw on—the page? Perhaps not, but it's hard to argue that a "jam page" fitting this description didn't turn out extremely well. Sergio Aragonés put his contribution (including a sketch of Alfred E. Neuman) on the projected screen. Kelly Freas, Marie Severin, and Peter Kuper added other faces: respectively, of Freas himself, of William M. Gaines, and of one of the spies. That's quite a coup: having spies drawn by both Prohias and Kuper, his successor, on the same page. As a bonus, there are signatures by Jack Davis, Will Elder, Mort Drucker, Kyle Baker, Al Feldstein, Angelo Torres, Annie M. Gaines, Al Jaffee, and Paul Peter Porges. Is it any wonder the eBay seller is asking $1,600 for this? 






The usual gang of idiots
eBay listing accessed July 1, 2022

The usual gang of idiots
eBay item description






Note:  I'd love to hear from anyone who can identify the published source of this Spy vs. Spy layout drawing.



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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Will Elder Plays Ball

In honor of the coming World Series, we're having a look at some signed baseballs here on the blog. To be sure, they're signed by cartoonists and not by ballplayers, but you can't have everything.

Besides bearing signatures, they also have drawings. Little Annie Fanny appears in color on this baseball signed by Will Elder. The ball is available right now on eBay. Buy it today before the Baseball Hall of Fame gets wind of this.





EBay Item Description


Note:  Enjoy more posts about baseball to welcome in the World Series.

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