[Hollywood] [Disney] Wood, Wally. (American, 1927-1981)
"Disneyland Memorial Orgy."
The realist Magazine no. 74, irreverence is our only sacred cow. 32p., very good. Bears subscriber's mailing address on back wrap. Includes Wally Wood's infamous X-rated lampoon of all the famous Walt Disney Studio's animated characters. Krassner comments editorially that "The first free-lance article I ever sold was to Mad magazine a dozen years ago. It was illustrated by Wally Wood. Now Wally has completed the cycle with his after-Disney orgy." In the lower left corner Minnie is doing it missionary style with Goofy, she's pillowed on a cash register and currency litters their mattress. Mickey is shooting up; that's about as conventional as this ensemble gets. Find about 60 characters, all Disney, all diddling or defecating. Coincidentally another exceedingly famous Realist parody appears this issue, "The Parts Left Out of the Kennedy Book," which lampoons the Jackie/Bobbie suit brought against official William Manchester, to force him to omit material he was at first assured was OK. In the Krassner reprise we learn why it was that the hole in JFK's neck was small in Dallas, large in DC, it has rather a lot to do with LBJ..."One of the original Mad Magazine illustrators, Wally Wood published this poster in The Realist, an underground newsletter, in 1967. An inside source at Disney told Realist editor Paul Krassner that the company chose not to sue to avoid drawing attention to what could ultimately be a losing battle. However, Disney was not so reluctant when an entrepreneur pirated the drawing and sold it as a black light poster. The blatantly commercial nature of the bootleg--as well as its potential to reach an audience far larger than the Realist--prompted Disney to file a lawsuit, which was ultimately settled out of court.
The present issue is sold together with a poster on thick paper of the famous illustration, one of a limited number issued by Wood himself, shortly after the original magazine publication. 23 x 14.25 inches. Central horizontal and vertical folds, else fine. (5097)
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