Original hand-inked two panel MAD magazine comic strip by Don Martin, 17.25 x 22.75, signed in the lower right corner with his artist signature, “D. Martin.” The comic is entitled "One Evening at a Cocktail Party,” and features two gentlemen conversing at a cocktail party, with one man in profile asking: “Say!! Aren’t you Fonebonski, the great Animal Trainer? Didn’t you used to lie on the floor and let an Elephant put his foot on your face??” The lower panel shows the trainer turning his body to reveal that his head is impressively flat, a surprise that has the other man losing his martini and the partygoers in the background, previously engaged in their own conversation, staring at him in apparent disagreement; the trainer’s response: “That’s right! But I don’t do that particular act any more!” Lower border notes the comic strip title and editorial felt tip notations: “Due Feb 15, 168.” Reverse of sheet bears an E. C. Publications copyright stamp. The title and two dialogue captions are present but no longer affixed to panels.
The comic strip includes its original mechanical layout from the “Don Martin Dept.,” which shows a final version of the strip affixed to an 11.5 x 14.25 MAD editorial sheet marked “Pg. 11,” with red felt tip notations directing the comic background to be a lighter gray. Upper portion features two title captions (one detached but present), and the comic now includes the finished dialogue. In very good to fine condition, with some light toning. This excellent Don Martin comic was first published in July 1974 as part of issue 168 of MAD magazine.
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