Monday, August 1, 2011

"The Raven!" - Bill Elder - Mad Mondays!

Welcome to Mad Mondays, kiddoes. Issue #9 from 1954 of "Mad" the COMIC BOOK continues on with Bill Elder and Harvey Kurtzman's adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven".

Something seems to be up with Blogger so I hope you're able to see this. Yesterday's Sunday Funnies seems to be trapped in a limbo of sorts.

Until I get that all straightened out...Enjoy!




















Talk to you soon.
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousMonday, January 28, 2013 at 8:13:00 PM PST

    Thank you so much for posting this. We were talking about The Raven at dinner tonight and I remembered reading a Mad magazine adaptation. Imagine my delight at finding it online. You made my day.

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  2. Unca JeffyMonday, January 28, 2013 at 9:10:00 PM PST

    Glad you checked in!

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  3. Man OverboardSaturday, December 17, 2016 at 5:02:00 AM PST

    This is one of my favorite cartoons of all time. The weirdly shifting backgrounds, the goofy reactions of the character, and the hilarious interpretations of Poe's lines. Elder was just a flat genius.

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  4. mvdravidSaturday, July 29, 2017 at 12:15:00 PM PDT

    If you would be so kind as to resend the 1st page and the 3rd page of THE RAVEN please. They are not opening for some unknown reason

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    1. Unca JeffySunday, July 30, 2017 at 8:37:00 AM PDT

      They load ok on my phone, I will check on my desktop tonight.

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  5. Unca JeffySunday, July 30, 2017 at 10:09:00 PM PDT

    They open fine from here too. Please try again.

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  6. Miles O'NealTuesday, October 17, 2017 at 3:31:00 PM PDT

    This is an all time favorite. I have it in paper copy somewhere. I have it on CDROM. And now I have it handily on the net. Thanks.
    This brings tears (of insane laughter) to my eyes every time.
    Every.
    Time.

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  7. el_fleshThursday, October 26, 2017 at 7:48:00 AM PDT

    For the rollerskate panel, I noticed it looks ALOT like the style of Jack Davis!
    Does anyone know if this was an influence on his style or something?

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  8. Unca JeffyFriday, October 27, 2017 at 8:55:00 PM PDT

    Jack Davis was an artist at EC at the same time. Maybe he ghosted it? A greater scholar on these comics than I should answer this.

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  9. Mary FrancisFriday, November 13, 2020 at 2:15:00 AM PST

    The very first Mad Mag I ever saw. Must have been about 10 yrs old. I was mesmerized and memorized The Raven. Then I hunted for other Poe works. Thus started my love of poetry.

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  10. MaxfriedWednesday, February 2, 2022 at 9:45:00 PM PST

    So glad to have found your site and especially this!
    Pre-dates me, but one of the first comics I ever read.
    Not only set my sense of humor but made me into a lit junkie as well!
    To see this again was the best.

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