by Don Martin
First published 1983
Don Martin unleashes his arsenal of visual mayhem in this collection of cartoons from Mad Magazine. His characters stumble through absurd situations with bulging eyes and impossible anatomy. Bodies stretch, heads explode, and feet make ridiculous sounds as ordinary people encounter the extraordinary. A man's nose grows to impossible lengths. Another character's head inflates like a balloon before popping. Martin's world operates by its own twisted logic where cause and effect follow no natural laws. The humor comes from the unexpected visual punchlines and his invented sound effects that accompany each pratfall. These aren't gentle jokes but full-contact comedy where characters suffer spectacular mishaps for the reader's amusement.
Genres: satire, humor, 20th-century, comics
Vibes: absurd, whimsical
Tropes: exaggerated-anatomy, pratfalls
Period: 20th-Century
192 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Warner Books