The Story
ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY HC NO 8 SNAFU (MR)
(W) STAN LEE, JOHN SEVERIN, BILL EVERETT, JOE MANEELY (A) JOHN SEVERIN, BILL EVERETT, JOE MANEELY (C) JOE MANEELY
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 164144 SKU: 1025FB0730
When Harvey Kurtzman and Bill Gaines launched EC’s Mad comic book as a warmly received satirical magazine- a flood of imitators soon filled newsstands- but the first and best to follow in Mad’s footsteps (coinciding with the second issue of Mad magazine) was Snafu- edited and written by Kurtzman’s former boss: Stan “The Man” Lee! Snafu was packed with Marvel/Atlas’ top humor creators and- following the Mad playbook- filled pages with ad and news spoofs- alongside film- television- and book parodies like “The Blackboard Forest” by Russ Heath- “Pete Kelsey’s Booze” and “Bleed- You Bum!” by Joe Maneely- “Drugnet” by Howie Post- “Emily Toast’s Etiquette Page” by John Severin- and “Snafu’s Lovely Ladies” by Bill Everett- with production supervised by Marie Severin. Seen here is some of the most eye-popping work of Maneely’s short life- including great Hollywood caricatures done in a wash style. In this new volume in our Atlas Library collaboration with Marvel- Fantagraphics is tickled pink to present for the first time- the complete Snafu collection along with a history of Martin Goodman’s humor publications in all genres by editor Dr. Michael J. Vassallo.
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ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY HC NO 8 SNAFU (MR)
(W) STAN LEE, JOHN SEVERIN, BILL EVERETT, JOE MANEELY (A) JOHN SEVERIN, BILL EVERETT, JOE MANEELY (C) JOE MANEELY
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 164144 SKU: 1025FB0730
When Harvey Kurtzman and Bill Gaines launched EC’s Mad comic book as a warmly received satirical magazine- a flood of imitators soon filled newsstands- but the first and best to follow in Mad’s footsteps (coinciding with the second issue of Mad magazine) was Snafu- edited and written by Kurtzman’s former boss: Stan “The Man” Lee! Snafu was packed with Marvel/Atlas’ top humor creators and- following the Mad playbook- filled pages with ad and news spoofs- alongside film- television- and book parodies like “The Blackboard Forest” by Russ Heath- “Pete Kelsey’s Booze” and “Bleed- You Bum!” by Joe Maneely- “Drugnet” by Howie Post- “Emily Toast’s Etiquette Page” by John Severin- and “Snafu’s Lovely Ladies” by Bill Everett- with production supervised by Marie Severin. Seen here is some of the most eye-popping work of Maneely’s short life- including great Hollywood caricatures done in a wash style. In this new volume in our Atlas Library collaboration with Marvel- Fantagraphics is tickled pink to present for the first time- the complete Snafu collection along with a history of Martin Goodman’s humor publications in all genres by editor Dr. Michael J. Vassallo.
