Poor helpless comics!, Ed Subitzky
In English, 176 pages in color, softcover, 23.04 x 1.63 x 27.99 cm, New York Review Comics - NYRC, October 2023
The first comic book collection by Ed Subitzky -- comedy writer, National Lampoon legend, Atari spokesperson, "The Impostor" on The David Letterman Show, and a lasting influence on an entire generation of cartoonists and humorists.
A comic book that hypnotizes you. A comic book that goes through puberty. A comic book that covers the history of the universe in a few dozen panels. A comic book that is a crossword puzzle.
Throughout National Lampoon's existence, Ed Subitzky distorted, broke, and reimagined what a comic book could do, creating some of the funniest and most enduring work of the time.
In this first collection of his work, Subitzky's variety as a cartoonist and humorist is displayed in all its fullness, including not only his cartoons and his writings, but also glimpses of his work in television and advertising: collaborating on a humor album with John Belushi, appearing as "The Imposter" on The David Letterman Show and acting as a spokesperson for an Atari video game. In these pages, Subitzky can finally be seen for what he really is: a cartoonist who makes you laugh.
