[Groop] Mad's Greatest Artists:Sergio Aragones HC

[Gary Grossmann]

Hey Neil!

All very good questions.  The promo is somewhat confusing.

First of all, remember, Sergio owns the rights to the Marginals.  MAD owns 
the rights to the Non-Marginal work.  This is a compilation of Sergio 
Non-Marginal MAD work, which would be mostly "A MAD Look At..." "The Shadow 
Knows" and stuff like that.

I thought Sergio had said that he was not involved in choosing what would be 
in the book, so that part of the promo dosen't sound right.  I'll bet the 
mini-poster is the 500 marginals that appeared in MAD #500.  Those were 
selected by Sergio, so maybe that's where there is an error in the promo 
text.

Matt Groening is a big, big Sergio fan and obviously a bigger name than 
Patrick McDonnell.  So I'm guesssing they got Groening after the original 
description and probably commissioned the cooler looking cover as well.

Those are just my guesses.  Probably MAD Magazine would be a better source 
for the answers than Sergio, since it is their book.  Hey Mike Slaubaugh! 
Can Your connections at MAD clear any of this up?

Gary G.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Ottenstein" <neil.ottenstein at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 2:29 PM
Subject: [Groop] Mad's Greatest Artists:Sergio Aragones HC


> Any more information on this?  The Previews solicitation says:
> " Sergio Aragones Featuring a foreword by Matt Groening! For over five
> decades, MAD Magazine has kept devoted audiences in stitches with its
> consistently excellent and surprisingly relevant satire. From the
> witty, shameless writing to the amusing, colorful comic illustrations,
> MAD is a timeless American classic. For the first time ever, here is a
> 'greatest hits' collection of one of MAD's most popular and prolific
> artists - Sergio Aragones - hand-picked by the artist and featuring
> his greatest work from his debut with MAD in 1963 to the
> present.Assembled chronologically, it's packed with memorable
> cartoons, insightful interviews, new cover artwork commissioned
> exclusively for this tome, and a special pull-out poster of Sergio's
> 'Marginals,' the wildly popular mini-cartoons that have appeared in
> MAD's marginals for over 40 years."
>
> On the Amazon page it has a different cover with a forward by Patrick
> McDonnell and the same description otherwise.  Now has he said
> anything about hand-picking these?  Is this just a marketing preview
> before a complete collection?
>
> Neil
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