tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post4671756561669727566..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB: THE COMPLETE HUMBUG edited and originally published by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Arnold Roth, Al Jaffee and Jack Davis, with annotations and interviews conducted by John Benson and Gary Groth (Fantagraphics Books 2009)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-31369133103484818582016-04-23T09:35:44.286-04:002016-04-23T09:35:44.286-04:00Thanks, Elgin. it might also amuse you to learn th...Thanks, Elgin. it might also amuse you to learn that George Delacorte and co. disdained the notion of the comics code, perhaps seeing it as attempt at bullying on the part of the Archie Comics folks particularly (as well as not being joiners previously)...the code forbade horror comics...while Dell Comics mostly ran to funny animal and media licensed titles in the '50s...and guess which large comics company introduced the first post-code horror comics to US newsstands, GHOST STORIES in 1962, after launching a TWILIGHT ZONE comic the previous year?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-87294234755239300222016-04-23T08:59:19.470-04:002016-04-23T08:59:19.470-04:00Super post, Todd. Government intrusion, codes, and...Super post, Todd. Government intrusion, codes, and mobbed-up partners – a great story. Thanks. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-23008266790282552312016-04-22T20:33:19.952-04:002016-04-22T20:33:19.952-04:00...and I was thinking Marvel's CRAZY ran earli......and I was thinking Marvel's CRAZY ran earlier than it did...a very short run among the early MAD comics imitators in the mid '50s, then a revival for some time starting in 1973. Also not among my favorites. NATIONAL LAMPOON had already lunched by the time of the CRAZY revival...the LAMPOON I liked a fair amount as a kid, not least for the explicit sexuality and the crudeness of some of the humor it allowed itself, as Not Aimed at children. But also for some clever absurdism, even if the magazine was rarely subtle.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-56542217498584648472016-04-22T14:26:05.826-04:002016-04-22T14:26:05.826-04:00HUMBUG reminds me of another similar humor magazin...HUMBUG reminds me of another similar humor magazine: CRACKED. Of course, MAD is the king of this genre.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-22756092176431903482016-04-22T11:14:19.680-04:002016-04-22T11:14:19.680-04:00I almost picked up a scraggly copy of an issue whe...I almost picked up a scraggly copy of an issue when I bought Donald Westlake's magazine collection some years back, but I rather picked up on the notion that there might be a desire to gather up a scattered set, if possible, and sell them together. They do tend to fetch a decent price.<br /><br />THE REALIST, and PUNCH as it was in the late '70s/early '80s, might rank as my favorite humor magazines so far (Arnold Roth very much enjoyed working with PUNCH), though all the Kurtzman projects have something to recommend them.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-59892265258221663052016-04-22T11:01:00.937-04:002016-04-22T11:01:00.937-04:00I still have a few issues of HUMBUG that I bought ...I still have a few issues of HUMBUG that I bought back in the '50s. I miss the old days.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com