Lot 317
MAD Magazine Original Illustrated Panel 4: "The Lighter Side of Summer Hazards" by 50 Year Veteran of MAD, Dave Berg (1920-2002) Beloved American illustrator and cartoonist known for his celebrated career at MAD magazine after contributing to several comic books in the 1940s including two years with Stan Lee at Timely Comics (now known as Marvel Comics.) Berg contributed to Mad for 46 years beginning in 1957 until his death, appearing in 368 issues. Single panel, 24½ x 18½", with three funny strips: Top strip is college age son suffering from whiplash going to a nude beach, the second, a girl dressed in a skirt to walk around a pool and gets pushed in, but at least the young men "noticed her". The bottom strip was written during he oil shortage in the mid-1970s with a girl in the ocean proclaiming "there is no oil shortage as she lifts her foot to reveal it covered in oil. In excellent condition, signed Berg, 1975 5 0f 5. Estimated Value $400 - UP
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