Comments on: Will Elder, RIP http://boingboing.net/2008/05/15/will-elder-rip.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 23:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2008/05/15/will-elder-rip.html#comment-188684 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-188684 Oh, God. Starchie Frank N. Stein Superduperman "Restaurant" looks like the Raft of the Medusa, only funnier. And I like the little HMV doggy in the foreground. Like the Klingons say, he will be remembered with honor! By the way, if any BoingBoing readers are in Amsterdam, the Jewish Historical Museum there has an exhibit, for another two weeks, called Supermen and Schlemiels, about Jewish cartoonists Siegel & Schuster, Will Eisner, pretty much everybody at Mad, Jack Kirby, Art Spiegelman and others. Oh, God.

Starchie
Frank N. Stein
Superduperman

“Restaurant” looks like the Raft of the Medusa, only funnier. And I like the little HMV doggy in the foreground.

Like the Klingons say, he will be remembered with honor!

By the way, if any BoingBoing readers are in Amsterdam, the Jewish Historical Museum there has an exhibit, for another two weeks, called Supermen and Schlemiels, about Jewish cartoonists Siegel & Schuster, Will Eisner, pretty much everybody at Mad, Jack Kirby, Art Spiegelman and others.

]]> By: geech http://boingboing.net/2008/05/15/will-elder-rip.html#comment-188180 geech Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-188180 ugh. A little piece of me just died as well. I can't tell you how many hours I have spent poring over his work and just laughing my arse off. If any of you are unfamiliar with his work in the early run of Mad, go and get any of the great reprints available. They do not disappoint and hold up as some of the best comic artworks ever. No hyperbole. Long Live Chicken Fat! ugh. A little piece of me just died as well. I can’t tell you how many hours I have spent poring over his work and just laughing my arse off. If any of you are unfamiliar with his work in the early run of Mad, go and get any of the great reprints available. They do not disappoint and hold up as some of the best comic artworks ever. No hyperbole.

Long Live Chicken Fat!

]]> By: David Leffler http://boingboing.net/2008/05/15/will-elder-rip.html#comment-194106 David Leffler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194106 I'll certainly miss the guy. As I said in my blog, "Like a child growing strong bones from drinking milk every day, the subconscious development of my humor and creativity grew strong from regular doses of Will Elder's work." http://staringatstrangers.typepad.com/staring_at_strangers/2008/05/from-the-deepes.html I’ll certainly miss the guy.

As I said in my blog, “Like a child growing strong bones from drinking milk every day, the subconscious development of my humor and creativity grew strong from regular doses of Will Elder’s work.”
http://staringatstrangers.typepad.com/staring_at_strangers/2008/05/from-the-deepes.html

]]> By: CopyrightMe http://boingboing.net/2008/05/15/will-elder-rip.html#comment-187982 CopyrightMe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-187982 Bill Elder had some of the absolute best panels ever seen in Mad Magazine. "Restaurant" was an all-time favorite, as was his take on Tarzan and Popeye. Bill Elder had some of the absolute best panels ever seen in Mad Magazine. “Restaurant” was an all-time favorite, as was his take on Tarzan and Popeye.

]]> By: Tony Moore http://boingboing.net/2008/05/15/will-elder-rip.html#comment-188239 Tony Moore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-188239 Elder's work definitely made a huge impression on me in my formative years. From Mad to Playboy, he helped steer my young mind and creative outlook. He and John Severin teamed up on those Two-Fisted Tales stories still give me goosebumps. if you aren't acquainted with his stuff, do yourself a favor and remedy your situation post-haste. -T Elder’s work definitely made a huge impression on me in my formative years. From Mad to Playboy, he helped steer my young mind and creative outlook. He and John Severin teamed up on those Two-Fisted Tales stories still give me goosebumps.

if you aren’t acquainted with his stuff, do yourself a favor and remedy your situation post-haste.

-T

]]> By: ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive http://boingboing.net/2008/05/15/will-elder-rip.html#comment-187987 ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-187987 I just posted a great trio of Kurtzman and Elder Little Annie Fanny stories at the <A HREF="http://www.animationarchive.org/2008/05/will-elder-1921-2008.html">ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive</A> I just posted a great trio of Kurtzman and Elder Little Annie Fanny stories at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive

]]> By: stratojoe http://boingboing.net/2008/05/15/will-elder-rip.html#comment-187996 stratojoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-187996 He had the best panels in -any- magazine in which his work appeared. He was a genius and an inspiration. This news makes me very sad.. rest in peace Will Elder. He had the best panels in -any- magazine in which his work appeared. He was a genius and an inspiration. This news makes me very sad.. rest in peace Will Elder.

]]> By: Bionicrat2 http://boingboing.net/2008/05/15/will-elder-rip.html#comment-188012 Bionicrat2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-188012 That is a fabulous panel. I can't believe I've never seen it before. Thanks for posting. That is a fabulous panel. I can’t believe I’ve never seen it before. Thanks for posting.

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