tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post211560929298478126..comments2023-10-12T03:49:21.321-06:00Comments on Insomnia Notebook: Get well quick to my fellow Madman, EddiePostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-82295433677706169122013-06-20T05:25:46.632-06:002013-06-20T05:25:46.632-06:00Thanks, Kirk. I also dared to remove the comics fr...Thanks, Kirk. I also dared to remove the comics from the magazine, and at least one of them was damaged. Years after the fact I found a couple of the Mad Specials with the comics still intact, and by then was smart enough to leave them alone.<br /><br />The reason Frank Jacobs mainly mentioned Gaines is that he wrote a book, The Mad World of William M. Gaines, which I believe is a source of the material used in the Totally Mad book (I don't have the book, so I'm guessing.)Postinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-31093690809691131502013-06-19T09:02:03.749-06:002013-06-19T09:02:03.749-06:00I had that Mad Super-Special as a kid. I grew up w...I had that Mad Super-Special as a kid. I grew up with Al Feldstein's version of Mad, and so only found out about Harvey Kurtzman through those super specials. I always tried, unsucessfully, to pull those comic book inserts out intact, even though the magazine itself warned me not to. I believe they said I'd end up with a handful of torn paper, which is exactly what happened.<br /><br />The recent hard cover compilation TOTALLY MAD has several chapters inspersed throughout the book written by the great song parodist Frank Jacobs, where he describes, in mostly straightforward fashion, the inner-workings of the magazine. Curiously, he barely mentions Kurtzman and Feldstein and focuses almost entirely on William Gaines. Not sure what to make of that.<br /><br />All this comes as a bit of a coincidence, as I have a Harvey Kurtzman post rolling around in my brain, that I hope to bring to fruition sometimes before this summer ends.<br /><br />Hope your friend Eddie gets better. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.com