Boiling Mad

Don Martin, the master of cartoonish mayhem, helmed this three-issue series from New American Library between 1966 and 1971. As a showcase for his singularly absurd brand of slapstick, the book collects his wildly expressive, noise-filled gags from the pages of Mad magazine, where his characters' contorted faces and explosive physical comedy became legendary. Boiling Mad is a concentrated dose of Martin's genius, preserving the anarchic spirit of a cartoonist whose work defined an era of humor.