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William Maxwell " Bill " Gaines (/ ɡeɪnz /; March 1, 1922 – June 3, 1992) was an American publisher and co-editor of EC Comics. Following a shift in EC's direction in 1950, Gaines presided over what became an artistically influential and historically important line of mature-audience comics.
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.
Dec 31, 2022 · On top of the bookcase were two grainy black-and-white photos, one of a man, the other of a woman. A visitor would assume (wrongly) that they were Gaines’s parents. In fact, they were photos of Fatty Arbuckle and Virginia Rappe, the silent actress Arbuckle was accused of killing.
- John Ficarra
William Gaines had stopped taking ads in 1957. Gaines, who passed away in 1992 shortly before Kurtzman, felt that Mad couldn’t parody consumerism if they were profiting from advertising.
New Trend. Following Max Gaines' death in 1947, EC was taken over by his son William M. Gaines, who took the company in an entirely new direction. In 1950, the younger Gaines began...
“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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