ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY Volume 8 Snafu

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. This collection features a full color illustrated introduction by Dr. Vassallo and color Snafu covers, but the stories themselves are in b&w, just as  the original Snafu stories were. When Mad went to magazine format it was also entirely in b&w, except for the color covers. Production was  supervised by EC colorist Marie Severin. Seen here is some of the most eye-popping work of Joe Maneely’s short life, including great Hollywood caricatures done in a wash style. For the first time, Fantagraphics presents the complete Snafu collection. Includes a history of Martin Goodman’s humor publications in all genres such as Riot, Crazy, Melvin the Monster, Wild, Homer the Happy Ghost, Showgirls, Sherrie the Showgirl and much more, by editor Dr. Michael J. Vassallo.