Dates
- Cover date
- April 1955
- On sale
- January 27, 1955
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Johnny Craiginks: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Johnny Craigcolors: Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severinscript: Harvey Kurtzman, Lyle Stuart, Charles Romanletters: Ben Oda
Stories
- The Child! · 3 pages
A humorous look at Bill's early life with some supposed early scribblings of his.
- The Boy! · 4 pages
Humorous bio of Bill's childhood, through photos supposedly showing his early artwork.
- The Young Artist! · 5 pages
Humorous look at Bill's early career, with photos of various items he supposedly painted.
- The Commercial Artist! · 6 pages
Humorous look at Bill's commercial art career, with samples of fake advertisements.
- The Old Pro! [Mole!] · 7 pages
Melvin is captured during a bank robbery and continually digs his way out of jail.
- Senility! · 1 pages
A few of Bill's most recent drawings, showing a regression to his earliest form.
Reprinted in
The Complete Color Mad (1986), Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (1997), The Mad Archives (2002), Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder (2015), Inside Mad (1955)