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

by Basil Wolverton, Greg Sadowski (Editor)

Collects, for the first time, the complete adventures of four of the influential Mad magazine cartoonist's more arcane comics 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.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2021

Reviews

[Victor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Utter slapstick genius in comic narrative form. The complete Scoop Scuttle, Mystic Moot, Bingbang Buster, and Jumpin' Jupiter stories written and drawn by Basil Wolverton, gloriously reproduced and colored, in a paperback edition. Wolverton's work is as formative to the vocabulary of American comics as Will Eisner, Jack Cole, or any other genius of the 40s Golden Age anyone could name. Halfway between Dr. Seuss and Harvey Kurtzman's work with Will Elder, Wolverton's characters are a struggling reporter, a Mandrake the Magician parody, a hilarious super-charged cowboy, and (best of all for Wolverton's freewheeling imagination) an interplanetary problem solver, all played for nonsensical humorous effect. Some of the best comic art ever produced flowed from his pen, for my money, and this is a collection of a lot of his peak work, rhymes, chicken fat, and "spaghetti and meatballs" and all.

[Al McCarty · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love everything Wolverton drew and even some of the stuff he wrote. Just kidding.