MAD to the Bone

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Cartoon Art Museum

655 Mission
San Francisco, CA 94105

Category: Museums

Region: South of Market

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This may be the best year for MADmagazine since it debuted 1952. Not only is it MAD’s 60th anniversary, but there have been a great number of new publications and events in the last year that finally give serious thought to the vast influence of this un-serious publication. They include a beautiful four-volume collection of Al Jaffee’s legendary MADfold-ins, a hardcover portfolio of contributing artist Jack Davis’s work, the relaunch of DC’s MADArchives series, and a retrospective exhibition of original MADartwork going on now. Tonight, the museum hosts master cartoonist Tom Richmond for a discussion and demonstration to celebrate the release of his latest book, The MAD Art of Caricature. The winner of the National Cartoonists Society’s 2011 “Cartoonist of the Year” Reuben Award, Richmond has been a contributor to MADfor over a decade, where he carries on the publication’s long tradition of celebrity caricature as practiced by artists like Davis, Mort Drucker, and Angelo Torres. Tonight's event includes Richmond’s own tips on cartooning, plenty of behind-the-scenes MADstories, and a book signing.
Fri., Aug. 3, 7 p.m., 2012