{"id":4044,"date":"2008-05-16T00:05:43","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T22:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2008-05-16T07:33:43","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T05:33:43","slug":"legendary-mad-magazine-artist-will-elder-passes-away-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/legendary-mad-magazine-artist-will-elder-passes-away-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary MAD Magazine artist Will Elder passes away at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/willeldera.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/legendary-mad-magazine-artist-will-elder-passes-away-at-86\/attachment\/willeldera\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/willeldera.jpg?fit=350%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"willeldera\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/willeldera.jpg?fit=350%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4045\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"willeldera\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/willeldera.jpg?resize=100%2C122\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a>[ENGLISH] <strong>DC Comics tells us<\/strong>: William \u201cWillie\u201d Elder, the successful cartoonist and commercial illustrator whose work helped launch MAD Magazine, died Thursday morning, May 15th, 2008. He was 86. Born Wolf William Eisenberg in the Bronx, New York, Elder changed his name after returning in World War II. During his time of service, Elder was part of the map-making team that was instrumental in the<!--more-->\u00a0invasion of Normandy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Harvey Kurtzman launched MAD Magazine in 1952, he hired Elder along with Wally Wood, Jim Severin, and Jack Davis to produce content for the first issues.\u00a0 \u00ab\u00a0Willie Elder was one of the funniest artists to ever work for MAD. He created visual feasts with dozens of background gags layered into every MAD<br \/>\nstory he illustrated,\u201d says John Ficarra, Editor of MAD Magazine, \u201cHe called these gags \u201cchicken fat.\u201d Willie\u2019s \u201canything goes\u201d art style set the tone for the entire magazine and created a look that endures to this<br \/>\nday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWillie&rsquo;s passing saddens all of us here at MAD,\u201d says Sam Viviano, MAD Magazine Art Director, \u201cEveryone who has attempted to draw a funny picture over the course of the last fifty or sixty years owes an enormous debt to Willie, who taught us all how to do it &#8212; and no one has ever done it better than he did.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ENGLISH] DC Comics tells us: William \u201cWillie\u201d Elder, the successful cartoonist and commercial illustrator whose work helped launch MAD 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