MAD’s Al Feldstein subject of new release from IDW Publishing

Get MAD by the guy who was probably the maddest of them all.

Coming from IDW Publishing and out today is a new coffee-table book called FELDSTEIN: The MAD Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. According to the IDW site:

This Deluxe Limited-Edition features a deluxe slip-case complete with signatures from Feldstein and author/book designer Grant Geissman, and is limited to 500 copies.

FELDSTEIN: The MAD Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein! takes a long-overdue look at the entire remarkable career of this legendary artist, writer, and editor. Both a full biography and a coffee-table art book, we begin with the earliest surviving Feldstein artwork from the High School of Music and Art, present his very earliest comic-book work, and follow his development from the 1940s Victor Fox shop (including the titillating “headlight” comics Junior, Sunny, and Meet Corliss Archer). And we examine his highly visceral work for the classic E.C. comic book line. Along with rare and previously unpublished photographs, the book pictures every E.C. Feldstein comic book cover (many placed alongside the original artwork), presents several complete E.C. stories, plus nearly every splash page and house ad Feldstein did for E.C. We trace his thirty-year career as the editor of MAD, and present his post-retirement work as a “fine” artist, including his prize-winning Western canvases and his many commissioned paintings “revisiting” his classic cover images from the 1950s. We examine every aspect of Feldstein’s long career and fascinating personal life, not all of it sweetness and light.

Take note, kids. This is a SIGNED edition from Al Feldstein and author Grant Geissman and its available now for $125 from IDW Limited. For thsoe that don’t know Al was a part of MAD magazine for almost 30 years taking the once struggling publication to some of its BIGGEST circulation numbers. MAD has gone on to spin-off numbers television shows and is a house-hold name for sure and as such this should be a great addition to any collection.