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Mad (stylized as MAD) is an American humor magazine first published in 1952. It was founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines, [2] launched as a comic book series before it became a magazine.
Founder: “Mad”. William Maxwell Gaines (born March 1, 1922, New York, New York, U.S.—died June 3, 1992, New York City) was an American publisher who launched Mad magazine (1952), an irreverent monthly with humorous illustrations and writing that satirized mass media, politicians, celebrities, and comic books.
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Jun 4, 1992 · By MYRNA OLIVER. June 4, 1992 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. William M. Gaines, the iconoclastic founder and publisher of the 40-year-old satirical magazine Mad, died Wednesday. He was 70....
Wizard of Ecch William M. Gaines, who died June 3 at age 70, was the hairy forefather of several generations of gleefully disgusted cynics. From genial Jay Leno to fanged P.J. O’Rourke, there ...
Mar 1, 2016 · William Maxwell "Bill" Gaines was born in New York City on March 1st, 1922. His father, Max Gaines, was one of the pioneers of the American comic book, releasing one of the first color comic-strip reprint pamphlets in 1933, and founding and publishing All American Publications in 1938 (which would eventually merge with National Publications and become what we know as DC Comics).
Gaines, William Maxwell (b. 1 March 1922 in New York City; d. 3 June 1992 in New York City), founding publisher of Mad magazine and creator and publisher of EC Comics, including Weird Science and Tales from the Crypt.
Born: 1922 March 1 in New York, New York, United States. Died: 1992 June 3 in New York, New York, United States. Washington Post, "Publisher William M. Gaines Dies" by Claudia Levy, June 4, 1992. Gaines worked in support as a business consultant to DC from circa 1972 to circa 1992. Gaines was publisher and editor in chief of EC Comics from 1947 ...
