Al Feldstein
Albert Bernard Feldstein was an American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satirical magazine Mad. After retiring from Mad, Feldstein concentrated on American paintings of Western wildlife.
Al Feldstein was born October 24, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Max, who made dental molds, and Beatrice Feldstein. After winning an award in the 1939 New York Worlds Fair poster contest, he decided on a career in the art field and studied at the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan. While in high school, he was hired by Jerry Iger to work in the S. M. Iger Studio, a packager of comicbook stories supplying outsourced content to publishers entering the new medium. He recalled,
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