Comments on: RIP Will Elder http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:05:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Jimmie Robinson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1581753 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:19:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1581753 A brilliant man, with ideas bursting from his work on every page. I salute you, sir. A brilliant man, with ideas bursting from his work on every page.
I salute you, sir.

]]> by: René Huixtlaca http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1581044 Fri, 16 May 2008 12:23:19 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1581044 It´s very sad news for me, read all the tchatkies in the panels is follow clues of pure humor, all the jokes never put me sad, Will always be with us, good luck Willy! It´s very sad news for me, read all the tchatkies in the panels is follow clues of pure humor, all the jokes never put me sad, Will always be with us, good luck Willy!

]]> by: Ed http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1576498 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:15:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1576498 Sad news indeed. Another charter member of the "Usual Gang of Idiots" leaving to join Gaines in that great MADhouse in the sky... His Wonder Woman parody was a textbook distillation of all the visual puns you could cram into a page. I count myself fortunate to have met and spoken to him at SDCC back in the 90s. Sad news indeed. Another charter member of the “Usual Gang of Idiots” leaving to join Gaines in that great MADhouse in the sky… His Wonder Woman parody was a textbook distillation of all the visual puns you could cram into a page. I count myself fortunate to have met and spoken to him at SDCC back in the 90s.

]]> by: Lew Stringer http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1576229 Thu, 15 May 2008 23:43:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1576229 That's sad news. I first discovered Will Elder's work in the black and white Mad paperbacks in the mid 1970s. His off-the-wall humour was an inspiration, and laugh out loud funny. Parody is an art form and Will Elder was its master. That’s sad news. I first discovered Will Elder’s work in the black and white Mad paperbacks in the mid 1970s. His off-the-wall humour was an inspiration, and laugh out loud funny. Parody is an art form and Will Elder was its master.

]]> by: Lew Stringer http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1576223 Thu, 15 May 2008 23:42:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1576223 That's sad news. I first discovered Will Elder's work in the black and white Mad paperbacks in the mid 1970s. His off-the-wall humour was an inspiration, and laugh out loud funny. Parody is an art form and Will Elder was its master. That’s sad news. I first discovered Will Elder’s work in the black and white Mad paperbacks in the mid 1970s. His off-the-wall humour was an inspiration, and laugh out loud funny. Parody is an art form and Will Elder was its master.

]]> by: Scott Dunbier http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1575581 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:27:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1575581 A very sad day. Only met him once, came off like a genuinely nice guy. He seemed nearly gleeful to be in San Diego and his famous sense of humor was very evident. A very sad day. Only met him once, came off like a genuinely nice guy. He seemed nearly gleeful to be in San Diego and his famous sense of humor was very evident.

]]> by: Rick Tucker http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1575345 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:46:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1575345 The curse of living continues. Will Elder was a comic genius and his generation of of witty creators is dwindling down to a final sigh. To his talent, he inspired too many to list. To his humor, he left many people grinning from morning to night. He is missed. There's no grinning, now. The curse of living continues. Will Elder was a comic genius and his generation of of witty creators is dwindling down to a final sigh.
To his talent, he inspired too many to list.
To his humor, he left many people grinning from morning to night.

He is missed. There’s no grinning, now.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1575305 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:39:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/15/rip-will-elder/#comment-1575305 I started reading MAD around the time they were reprinting the comics as inserts in the Fall Super Specials. His "chicken fat" method of tossing everything into the background has become part of the DNA of MAD artwork (and has influenced my writing as well). Much later I discovered his work in Playboy, and avidly collected as many issues as I could. (Of course, this was before the internet, so I had to thumb through each issue to find the rare gem. Sometimes more than once.) The Dark Horse reprinting of Little Annie Fanny is highly recommended, especially for the annotations in the back. I started reading MAD around the time they were reprinting the comics as inserts in the Fall Super Specials. His “chicken fat” method of tossing everything into the background has become part of the DNA of MAD artwork (and has influenced my writing as well).

Much later I discovered his work in Playboy, and avidly collected as many issues as I could. (Of course, this was before the internet, so I had to thumb through each issue to find the rare gem. Sometimes more than once.) The Dark Horse reprinting of Little Annie Fanny is highly recommended, especially for the annotations in the back.

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