Post #1983206

2026-05-04 22:54 UTC

Remember Don Martin, whose bizarro, sick cartoons were always one of the best things about MAD magazine? I did a deep dive on him and his work for the latest issue of @flaminghydra@thelife.boats, on the first day of our soon-to-be-legendary MAD WEEK! https://flaminghydra.com/don-martin-mads-sickest-artist/

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@jeffzugale@mastodon.art 2026-05-04 23:51

@annaleen @flaminghydra I have that actual sticker sheet, unused, from the original issue! 🤩👍

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@JoshuaACNewman@xeno.glyphpress.com 2026-05-05 00:40

@annaleen @flaminghydra I had the same love for him, thinking that itch otherwise unscratchable. And then I discovered Basil Wolverton, and I realized that there was a whole arena of artistic expression over there.

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@Thad@brontosin.space 2026-05-05 01:19

@annaleen @flaminghydra Vweep. Zorp! Tktktktktk PWEEEEEET

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@jztusk@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 02:02

@annaleen @flaminghydra Fa-Plornt!!!

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@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 11:26

@annaleen @flaminghydra @NigelTufnel Just for those who thought Don Martin suddenly ‘came out of nowhere’, before Mad, Don Martin had worked illustrating ‘studio cards’ humorous all occasion greeting cards which were a ubiquitous craze in the late 50s, especially among the cocktail set. VIP Partch, who had been a visual gag writer in animation and had a tendency to give his characters extra fingers and toes was also in this illustration field of work.

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@zaivala@hostux.social 2026-05-05 20:57

@annaleen Paywalled

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