Mad magazine’s take on “Casey at the Bat” to hit auction block

jack-davis-mad-artThe original art from an iconic story re-told in an iconic magazine will hit the auction block next month via Heritage Auctions.

It’s a six-page story from MAD magazine issue No. 6 and it’s Jack Davis‘ art re-telling “Casey at the Bat” in visual form.

“From the classic poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer,” the auction description reads, “the saga of the Mudville Nine and the mighty Casey are depicted in this story that was reprinted at least five times in other MAD publications. (Proving they were too cheap to pay for new material.) One of the finest stories ever produced by the Usual Gang of Idiots at America’s premier low-brow humor mag.”

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Star Wars Galaxy art collected in new book from Topps & ABRAMS

STAR-WARS-GALAXY-Book-1The art of a galaxy far, far away can now be found in a new book nearby.

Topps’ Star Wars Galaxy trading cards have been reproduced in a 224-page book that arrived in stores this week.

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