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A sit down chat between Alex Grand and Mort Todd, on various key aspects of his life and career including his childhood in comics, teenage fanzines, Underground Psycho Comics in New York City, writing Superman for DC Comics, becoming the youngest Editor-In-Chief at Cracked Magazine in 1985, spearheading the Marvel Music brand, Charlton Arrow and beyond. Mort also discusses his interactions, anecdotes, and relationships with comic greats like Steve Ditko, John Severin, Bill Ward, Myron Fass, Carl Burgos, Dan Clowes, and Peter Bagge. Mort Todd is an American writer and media entrepreneur, best known as the editor-in-chief of Cracked magazine, and later, Marvel Music. He is the owner of Comicfix, a media company that has developed licensed properties.

🎬 Edited & Produced by Alex Grand, ©2021 Comic Book Historians

Sound FX - Standard License. Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders. Images used for academic purposes only.

Who is Mort Todd? or When Punk Rock "CRACKED" Comics with Mort Todd & Alex
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📜 Video Chapters
00:00:00 Intro to Mort Todd
00:00:55 Childhood
00:01:53 H.P. Lovecraft & Stephen King
00:02:27 Dad loved Plastic Man
00:03:50 Early NY Comic Con, Comics, TV
00:07:01 Discovered MAD with Playboy
00:07:35 Exposed to Bill Ward when 8
00:09:41 Childhood Comics
00:10:58 High School Publishing
00:14:26 Radioactive Sex & Punk Rock
00:15:37 Dr. Death & Mort's
00:17:57 Underground Comics
00:19:19 Harvey Kurtzman
00:20:08 Moved to New York 1979 - SVA
00:21:49 Psycho Comics w/ Dan Clowes, Peter Bagge
00:22:30 Phil Seuling - Famous Monsters Filmland
00:24:02 1973 Jim Steranko sighting
00:25:40 Art for Record Covers
00:26:25 Sold Screenplay to TV w/ Dan Clowes 1981
00:29:14 Myron Fass - Warren Mags
00:31:28 Meeting Carl Burgos & Jerry Grandinetti
00:32:20 Noticing Credits & Styles
00:33:17 Writing Superman for Julius Schwartz 1984/5
00:34:33 Vince Colletta 1974
00:35:31 Henry Boltinoff, Dick Ayers 1985
00:36:17 Hired at CRACKED magazine 1985
00:37:47 Former EIC Paul Laikin - Humorist
00:41:42 Became EIC at CRACKED
00:42:56 Steve Ditko at CRACKED
00:43:37 Steve Ditko's Favorite Films / Anecdotes
00:47:12 Frank McLaughlin - Charlton
00:48:23 Steve Ditko Practical Joke - Politics
00:49:54 John Severin Anecdotes - Politics
00:50:47 Gene Colan & Gray Morrow & Don Martin
00:54:37 Dan Clowes & Peter Bagge at CRACKED
00:55:34 CRACKED Monster Party
00:57:40 Fantagraphics / Independents - Dan Clowes
00:59:48 CRACKED Diverse Style
01:00:40 Trolling Bill Gaines & MAD 1987
01:06:53 Joker's Joke Book & Batman Film
01:10:29 Leonard Part 6 - Cosby
01:12:06 Skyman with Ditko 1987
01:13:45 Why Leave CRACKED 1990? - Digest
01:15:47 World of Bill Ward 1990
01:16:24 Al Hartley - Spire Comics
01:18:31 Worked with Globe Tabloid - Batboy
01:19:22 Bill Ward - Russ Meyer
01:19:54 Steve Ditko - Color Mr. A Never was
01:21:36 Start MARVEL Music 1994 - EIC
01:24:24 Also Atlas Reprints w/ Tom DeFalco
01:26:12 Marvel Music Covers & Band Parties
01:28:33 Alice Cooper & Neil Gaiman
01:30:58 End of Marvel Music - Regrets
01:32:41 Other Weird Marvel Projects
01:35:55 Marvel Music's Legacy
01:36:10 Mort's Religious Background
01:36:58 Animation & Advertising Career
01:38:31 Sebastian Bach Comic
01:39:00 Marvel Comic with John K from Ren & Stimpy
01:42:22 Vex Magazine 2012
01:42:53 Storyboarding Career & Animation Software
01:45:39 1960s Marvel Cartoons
01:47:14 Christopher Walken Cartoon
01:47:35 ComicFix for NY Post with John Severin 2000
01:50:59 Return to CRACKED in 2005
01:52:31 Sadistik Photo-Comic Rights
01:55:06 Co-Founding Station A 2011 - Advertising
01:56:47 Zeus Comics - Practical Joke 2013
01:59:27 Charlton Arrow - Charlton Neo 2014 - Present
02:03:05 Future - Power Comics
02:04:48 Rise Like a Phoenix

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