Scoop Scuttle and His Pals: The Crackpot Comics of Basil Wolverton

Product Description
Collects, for the first time, the complete adventures of four of the influential Mad magazine cartoonist's more arcane comics creations: Scoop Scuttle, Mystic Moot, Bingbang Buster, and Jumpin' Jupiter - restored, as they've never been seen before! In this rip-roaring retrospective of the influential
Mad magazine cartoonist, Basil Wolverton's often-warped imagination combines with his outlandishly wacky visual humor to fascinate and delight. It collects the ultra-rare treasures
Scoop Scuttle,
Mystic Moot,
Bingbang Buster, and
Jumpin' Jupiter - as they've never been seen before! Due to the rock-bottom printing methods of ten-cent comic books, Wolverton’s intricate line work was routinely obscured, and often obliterated. In this collection, every effort has been made to restore the art to its original splendor, and to at last present the uniquely detailed graphics of this justly revered comic book master. Full-color illustrations throughout.
Review
"Wolverton infused a humming, frenetic energy into his
Scoop Scuttle stories. There is much enjoyment and some enlightenment to gain from these stories, as a more complete picture of Wolverton emerges in which it becomes clear he was one of the most gifted, inspired, and resilient screwball artists (in any medium) of his time."
―
The Comics Journal
About the Author
Basil Wolverton was born near Medford, Oregon in 1909 and died in 1978. His Fantagraphics-published books include
Basil Wolverton's Culture Corner and
The Wolverton Bible, and his work is featured in
Supermen!: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941.
Greg Sadowski is a writer, editor, and designer (
Creeping Death from Neptune,
Brain Bats of Venus,
B. Krigstein,
Supermen!,
Four Color Fear) living on the Jersey shore.