Make-Believe Old pals, Eddie Hunter and Al Felstein
Happy Labor
Day and Dragoncon Weekend.
About 18 or
19 years ago my son Adam and I went to the annual Dragoncon Convention in
Atlanta. To name drop, we were on the
free list of being helpers of the late cartoonist Skip Williamson.
There, we
met Al Feldstein, retired editor of MAD Magazine for over 30 years. In fact, when Al took over he changed its
style and increased sales. With Harvey
Kurtzman at the helm it attracted people with a sophisticated humor and
Feldstein changed it to attract the average pre-teen with not so sophisticated humor.
I resented
him for that.
But after
meeting Al, and we talked and talked I told him how I felt and he looked
apologetic, and it turned out he was a good old guy after all. I told him I forgave him.
Now, he
could sleep at nights.
Denis Kitchens (publisher and collaborator with Harvey Kurtzman)
Skip Williamson
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