I told you some time ago that this was coming out in October. Well, I lied by a week or so. It's out now. Folks tell me they're receiving pre-ordered copies of MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés: Five Decades of His Finest Works, a 272-page hardcover collection of (he guesstimates) about a third of all he's done for that magazine. If someone can do some more accurate math on that, we'd appreciate it.
It's quite a handsome volume…but then again, Sergio is quite a handsome man. It's also pretty funny, which is not true of very many cartoon collections these days by folks who are trying to be funny. Then again, the guy's my best friend and partner so I'm not exactly an unbiased voice and you already love his work so you don't need me to tell you to buy it. You just need me to supply this Amazon link. At this moment, it's on sale and unlike that big Don Martin book, not likely to ever get much cheaper. So go for it…and you'll see how wonderful Sergio can be when he doesn't have some clown slapping stupid dialogue on his pictures.