Born in New York City, Al Feldstein studied painting at the High School of Music and Art, and the Art Students League under a scholarship. After school and summers, he worked in a studio servicing the comic book industry. During World War ll, he was a Special Services artist. Upon his discharge, he returned to the comic book industry, packaging magazines for publishers.
At E.C.
Comics, he created, wrote, illustrated and edited a popular line of titles
which are now collectors' items. These included horror, 
such
as Tales from the Crypt (which was adapted for TV by HBO), science-fiction
and suspense, among others.
In 1955,
he became editor of MAD Magazine, one of E.C.'s titles. He took the
magazine's circulation from 375,000 to a high of almost 3 million by gathering
a staff of talented artist and writers; supervising every phase of its operation,
editing and re-writing every word; designing layouts and creating the format
that led to MAD's success, including adopting and christening its trademark,
the freckle-faced, grinning Alfred E. Neuman.
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EC Pub.
In 1984, Al retired from MAD, and returned to his first love, painting. He later moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and spent three years painting the Tetons and their wildlife, placing two paintings in the Top 100 Arts for the Parks.
In 2003, at the San Diego ComiCon, Al was inducted into "The Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame."
(from the www.alfeldstein.com
website)
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