Comments on: Will Elder and Harvey Kurtzman's "Goodman Goes Playboy" comic http://boingboing.net/2008/05/16/will-eder-and-harvey.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 10:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: monopole http://boingboing.net/2008/05/16/will-eder-and-harvey.html#comment-189216 monopole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-189216 Probably tame compared with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Poptart">Cherry Poptart(Wikipedia)</a> Probably tame compared with Cherry Poptart(Wikipedia)

]]> By: Bren http://boingboing.net/2008/05/16/will-eder-and-harvey.html#comment-189732 Bren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-189732 I used to have an old "Help" mag and a little "Help" paperback. I was facinated with the pictures of the staff ... one in particular looked very familiar. When I finally figured out that the lovely lady in the fetching black coctail dress and pearls - holding a drink and laughing gaily - was a very young Gloria Steinem (!!!) - I just got a big kick out of that. Alas, I sold all my inherited old Mad comix, magazines, and old men's mags like "Help" to a reseller that also took boxes and boxes of moldy, bug-ridden issues of Amazing and Astounding off my hands... I used to have an old “Help” mag and a little “Help” paperback. I was facinated with the pictures of the staff … one in particular looked very familiar.

When I finally figured out that the lovely lady in the fetching black coctail dress and pearls – holding a drink and laughing gaily – was a very young Gloria Steinem (!!!) – I just got a big kick out of that.

Alas, I sold all my inherited old Mad comix, magazines, and old men’s mags like “Help” to a reseller that also took boxes and boxes of moldy, bug-ridden issues of Amazing and Astounding off my hands…

]]> By: jaykinney http://boingboing.net/2008/05/16/will-eder-and-harvey.html#comment-189861 jaykinney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-189861 The irony, of course, about this satirical take-down of Playboy's hedonistic philosophy is that Kurtzman and Elder lived out their post-Help! days doing "Little Annie Fanny" for Playboy. Goodman Beaver was a kind of trial run male version of Annie (complete with Little Orphan Annie blank zero eyes). None of this negates the brilliance of Kurtzman and Elder throughout their careers, but I've always wondered what K&E would have been capable of if they'd not succumbed to the velvet trap of Playboy. Farewell Will and Harvey! Your work lives on. The irony, of course, about this satirical take-down of Playboy’s hedonistic philosophy is that Kurtzman and Elder lived out their post-Help! days doing “Little Annie Fanny” for Playboy. Goodman Beaver was a kind of trial run male version of Annie (complete with Little Orphan Annie blank zero eyes). None of this negates the brilliance of Kurtzman and Elder throughout their careers, but I’ve always wondered what K&E would have been capable of if they’d not succumbed to the velvet trap of Playboy.

Farewell Will and Harvey! Your work lives on.

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