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The Mad World of William M. Gaines

by Frank Jacobs

Mad (New York, N.Y. : 1958)

Bill Gaines was in his senior year at NYU working to become a chemistry teacher when his dad died in a boating accident. He then changed course and took over the family business, which was EC Comics. Horror, picto-fiction, old New York and American humor would never be the same.

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Book data: Open Library