Frank Jacobs (1929–2021)
Autore di Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities
Sull'Autore
Franklin Jacobs was a writer and satirist, well-known for his work in Mad magazine. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on May 30, 1929. He was a graduate of the University of Nebraska and was editor of the campus humor magazine. He served in the Army, working as an editor and reporter for the mostra altro military newspaper Stars and Stripes. His early career included working for a public relations firm, secretary to a press agent, and writing for Fish Gazette magazine. In 1957, Jacobs began writing for Mad magazine. His first pieces were published in the June 1957 issue. He stayed for 57 years. He mocked popular culture and politics, producing nearly 600 pieces, paperback books, and a biography of the founding publisher entitled, The Mad World of William M. Gaines. His last piece was published in 2014. Frank Jacobs died on April 7, 2021 in Tarzana, California. He was 91. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Frank Jacobs
ANWB Campinggids 2012 Nederland 1 copia
Fun with Hand Shadowd 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Jacobs, Franklin
- Data di nascita
- 1929-03-30
- Data di morte
- 2021-04-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Tarzana, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Burbank, California, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Nebraska (BA|1951)
- Attività lavorative
- Writer
Satirist - Organizzazioni
- Mad Magazine
United States Army - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing (2009)
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Strange Maps di Frank Jacobs
Maps of mythical places (Oz, Utopia). Strange maps of real places – India with south at the top. Maps of geographically interesting places – the Kentucky bubble, Cooch-Behar, Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog. Unsettling maps – Europe if the Axis had won World War II. For that last, there are whole websites devoted to hypothetical maps of various Nazi victory scenarios; I don’t know if it’s because the possibility was scary or if there are swarms of neoNazis mourning their lost cause. Good coffee table book, might provoke some discussion, hopefully about the complexities of the Dutch-Belgian border rather than Nazis.… (altro)
This was a fun trip down memory lane.
A great art book filled with the cover art of Mad magazine from the first edition all the way to December 2000. Many of the covers had me laughing!
A worthy pickup for any Mad fan.
A great art book filled with the cover art of Mad magazine from the first edition all the way to December 2000. Many of the covers had me laughing!
A worthy pickup for any Mad fan.
Entertaining, imaginative and educational!
Una buena recopilación de las primeras tapas de la revista norteamericana MAD
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- Opere
- 30
- Opere correlate
- 23
- Utenti
- 982
- Popolarità
- #26,223
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 11
- ISBN
- 58
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 1