Humbug (1957) 7
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Issue #7
Published Feb 1958 by Humbug Publications.Auction opens December 15- Cover coming loose at one staple.
$20.00
View scan$72.00
View scan- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4459865015
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Arnold Roth. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, R. O. Blechman, Howie Schneider, Paul Rosner, Larry Siegel and Russ Heath. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. A young readers' version of Hamlet, and a parody of the TV Western show Have Gun Will Travel. Satirical looks at product packaging, Frankenstein, and the 1950s space race. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. The cover is a parody of the famous 1912 painting September Morn. Galcream; Frankenstien and His Monster; 1957 in Revue; Rocket to the Moon; Ingenuity in Packaging; Misleading Columns; The Grand Humbug Award: Orval Faubus, Humbug Hero of 1957; Indoor Track; Sputniks!; Crime in the U.S.A.; The Unrecognized Aspirin War; Fun with Hamlet & His Friends; Have Gun You Better Travel. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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