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Will Elder was the founder of what Harvey Kurtzman referred to as “The Chicken Fat School of Art.” In addition to telling each main funny story in Mad, Elder thoroughly peppered his panels with what Harvey called “eyeball kicks”—dozens of little visual jokes, gags and humorous signs, some corny, most subtly hilarious. This set a template for the other Mad artists and even eventually influenced the later movie poster art of E.C. alumni Jack Davis and Frank Frazetta, as well as the Firesign Theatre comedy record albums and the Zucker brothers’ films (such as Airplane!).

Will Elder was the founder of what Harvey Kurtzman referred to as “The Chicken Fat School of Art.” In addition to telling each main funny story in Mad, Elder thoroughly peppered his panels with what Harvey called “eyeball kicks”—dozens of little visual jokes, gags and humorous signs, some corny, most subtly hilarious. This set a template for the other Mad artists and even eventually influenced the later movie poster art of E.C. alumni Jack Davis and Frank Frazetta, as well as the Firesign Theatre comedy record albums and the Zucker brothers’ films (such as Airplane!).