词条 | Frank Jacobs |
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Jacobs appeared in the sixth chapter of PBS' comedy documentary, Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America singing "Blue Cross", his own 1961 parody of Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies". That lyric was one of 25 that comprised Berlin v. E.C. Publications, Inc., a precedent-setting case that was appealed to the Supreme Court and helped to define the boundaries of parody in American law.[5][6] Mad contributionsJacobs' first submission to the magazine, "Why I Left the Army and Became a Civilian," resulted in an immediate sale and a request for more material. It was one of five Jacobs pieces to appear in issue #33 (June 1957), marking a prodigious debut for the Mad contributor. His byline has since appeared in more than 300 issues of the magazine, second only to Dick DeBartolo among Mad writers who do not also illustrate their own work.[7] Jacobs has over 575 credits for the magazine, more than any other writer and second only to writer/artist Al Jaffee.[8] At his peak, Jacobs was writing a fifth of the magazine's content. "My top year, I sold 60 pages... so you get an idea of the roll I was on," Jacobs told an interviewer.[4] 165 separate issues of Mad include multiple articles written by Jacobs. Jacobs established numerous recurring features in Mad, including fabricated obituaries for fictional characters from various genres and the "Do-It-Yourself Newspaper Stories" which offer a series of fill-in-the-blank options.[9][10] Books and writingsJacobs wrote 13 paperback books under the Mad imprint, including Mad for Better or Verse, a collection of poetry parodies, as well as the biography The Mad World of William M. Gaines.[3] One of Jacobs' non-Mad-related projects was the 1965 Alvin Steadfast on Vernacular Island, a gentle spoof of post-Victorian boys' books. The titular hero is a ten-year-old boy, who joins an adult explorer on Vernacular Island, a place populated by bizarre and wonderful creatures such as the Standing Ovation, the Ill Omen, the Glowing Report and the Ugly Rumor. The two humans go in search of the Doubt, and as their adventure takes them into the jungle, even more fabulous creatures are encountered. The original Dial Press edition was illustrated by Edward Gorey, in a non-characteristic whimsical style unlike his usual gleefully dark drawings. Jacobs' writing is only lightly cynical, with more of an emphasis on wordplay, puns and gentle humor.[11] Jacobs contributed to other magazines, including Oui, Playboy, Town and Country, New York, Sports Illustrated, Saturday Review, Punch and Signature. At the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, Jacobs was a co-recipient of the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing.[3] Mad bibliographyJacobs' work appears in most of the Mad reprint compilations. A compendium of all Jacobs' work, "MAD Zaps the Human Race," was published in 1984. He also wrote new titles under the Mad brand name, and contributed scripts to Don Martin's original paperbacks. Jacobs provided the commentary for "'Mad' Cover to Cover," a 2000 book of the magazine's cover images.
Non-Mad bibliography
References1. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=4288260977 | title=Frank Jacobs : five decades of his greatest works| quote=Jacobs, Frank, 1929- | publisher= Toronto Public Library| accessdate= February 10, 2016 | archivedate= February 10, 2016 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160210204552/http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=4288260977| deadurl=no}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/84147779 |title=Mad zaps the human race and other horrors through the twisted mind of ... |quote=Jacobs, Frank, 1929- |publisher=United States Library of Congress |accessdate=February 10, 2016 |archivedate=February 10, 2016 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6fCVQXvct?url=https://lccn.loc.gov/84147779 |deadurl=no |df=mdy }} 3. ^1 2 Bill Finger Award {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050509000000/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger.shtml |date=May 9, 2005 }} 4. ^1 {{cite news| url = http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2009/02/18/entertainment/blr-madmag18.txt |title=What, Me Retire?| work= Burbank Leader | location =California| date=February 18, 2009|first= Joyce|last= Rudolph| archivedate= August 10, 2011 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810024829/http://articles.burbankleader.com/2009-02-18/entertainment/blr-madmag18_1_mad-magazine-pop-culture-verse}} 5. ^Irving Berlin et al. v. E.C. Publications, Inc. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124044816/http://cip.law.ucla.edu/cases/case_berlin_ec.html |date=November 24, 2010 }} 6. ^Rudolph, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120301075711/http://articles.burbankleader.com/2009-02-18/entertainment/blr-madmag18_1_mad-magazine-pop-culture-verse/2 p. 2]. 7. ^Mad Contributors 8. ^Mad Covers 9. ^Mad Covers 10. ^Mad Covers 11. ^SF Site External links{{col-begin}}{{Col-1-of-2}}
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