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September 22nd, 1921, Bronx, New York, USA
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May 14th, 2008, Rockleigh, New Jersey, USA
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Bill´s Popular Contributions
Contributions by Bill Elder

MAD Magazine #5June 1953
- Cover Artist (with Marie Severin)
- Cover: Kane Keen (Artist with Marie Severin)
- Outer Sanctum! (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Horror
MAD Magazine #7September 1953
- If You Haven't Been Able To Find 'MAD' On Your Local Newsstand... (Artist)
- Shermlock Shomes! (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Crime ; Shermlock Shomes
MAD Magazine #8December 1953
- Frank N. Stein! (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Terror
MAD Magazine #9February 1954
- The Raven (Artist with Edgar Allan Poe, Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Classical Type Comics
MAD Magazine #10April 1954
- Woman Wonder! (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Heroine Worship
MAD Magazine #12June 1954
- Stoppit! (Artist)
Department: Panic - Starchie (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Teen-Age Comics
MAD Magazine #13July 1954
- Stoppit! (Artist)
Department: Panic - Robinson Crusoe! (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Classic-Type Comics
- Manduck the Magician (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Newspaper Cartoon
MAD Magazine #15September 1954
- Proof...Of 8 Brands Tested, Panic is best imitation of MAD (Artist)
- Gasoline Valley! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Newspaper Comics
- Proof... of 8 Brands Tested, Panic is Best Imitation of MAD (Artist)
Department: Panic; Mad - Shermlock Shomes in the Hound of The Basketballs! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin)
Department: Crime - Restaurant! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin)
Department: The American Scene
MAD Magazine #17November 1954
- Bringing Back Father! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Bernard Krigstein, Marie Severin)
Department: Newspaper Cartoon
MAD Magazine #19January 1955
- Artist
Department: Panic; Mad - Mickey Rodent! (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Animation - Puzzle Pages! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin)
Department: Filler
MAD Magazine #20February 1955
- No, I Said! You Can't Have My Copy of MAD! (Artist)
Department: Panic; Mad - Katchandhammer Kids! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin)
Department: Newspaper Cartoon
MAD Magazine #21March 1955
- Poopeye! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin)
Department: Newspaper Comics - Comic Book Ads! (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Cut Your Own Throat
MAD Magazine #22April 1955
- Special Art Issue (Artist)
Department: Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder - The Child! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin)
Department: Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder - The Boy! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder - The Young Artist! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder - The Commercial Artist! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder - The Old Pro! [Mole!] (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder - Senility! (Artist with Marie Severin, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder
MAD Magazine #24July 1955
- Are You Ever Lovely To Love? (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: MMboy - Comics Digest (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Newspaper Comics ; Brunette; Little Orphan Melvin; Smilin' Melvin; Lil' Ab'r; Dick Tracing; Popcorn; Manduck The Magician - Classy Crimes #138: Who Put The Strichnine In Mrs. Murphy's Husband? (Artist with Bernard Shir-Cliff)
Department: Crime - Is This Your Life? (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Television - Tom Swifft And His Electric Ping Pong Ball (Artist with Ernie Kovacs)
Department: Classics - Are You Walking Around Like A Human Queston Mark? (Artist)
Department: Rubbaban - Never Before A Bandage That Sticks Like This! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Bind-Aig
MAD Magazine #25August 1955
- What?...You Haven't Tasted New Ipuna? (Artist)
- Radiodetectiveland (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Radio - A Stirring Scene To Say The Least From MGMG's "Leave Me Or Leave"! (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
- Was George Washington "George"? (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Confidential Information - MAD Awards... (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Mad Award - Fozless Fooznick (Artist)
- Banish Body Aroma Problems and Like That (Artist)
- Your Voice of Wiseness Says Smoke Kennt (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
- A Picture History of Ol' Craw (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
MAD Magazine #26November 1955
- Armstronger Tire Knock-Down Punch Socko For Skids! (Artist)
Department: Armstronger Tire - Contents (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
- Davy Crockett Merchandising Ideas (Artist)
Department: Davy Crockett - Confidentially (Artist)
Department: Confidential Information - The Seven Itchy Years (Artist)
Department: Movie - Sanofranized (Artist with Thomas Nast)
Department: Sanofranized fabrics - It's High Adventure (Artist)
Department: Canadian Clubbed
MAD Magazine #27April 1956
- Cover Artist (with Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman)
- Cover: 1956 (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis)
- Marlbrando (Artist)
- Table of Contents (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
- Cartoon Digest (Artist)
Department: Newspaper Comics - Why Settle for Others When Beautydreamy Balances Drinking Glasses! (Artist)
Department: Beautydreamy Matresses - Ed Suvillan Show (Artist)
Department: TV - Nightwatch (Artist with Arnold Hayne)
Department: Radio & TV - What Makes a Glass of Beer Taste So Good? (Artist)
MAD Magazine #28July 1956
- Cover: Spring Issue (Artist with Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman)
- They Wanted To Call It Partners Pick (Artist)
Department: Billows Cotton Pick - Triumph Over Tooth Decay (Artist)
- Children's Primer (Artist)
Department: Education - Your Income Tax (Artist with Bernard Shir-Cliff)
Department: Do It Yourself - Medical (Artist)
Department: TV - She'll Love You If You Buy Her a Glob of Silly Putty (Artist)
Department: Silly Putty - Paper Doll Page (Artist)
Department: Things To Make & Do
MAD Magazine #29September 1956
- Cover Artist (with Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman)
- Cover: 3-Ring Circus of Fun (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood)
- Artist with Harvey Kurtzman
Department: Mad Magazine - Gringo (Artist with Ernie Kovacs)
Department: Games - This One Has the Urp! (Artist with Al Feldstein)
Department: Padst Red Ribbon Beer
MAD Magazine #30December 1956
- Cover Artist (with Harvey Kurtzman, Norman Mingo)
- Cover: Alfred E. Neuman Says "What - Me Worry?" (Artist with Norman Mingo, Harvey Kurtzman)
- What's Happened to the...Pulp Magazines? (Artist with James Blish)
Department: Literature - Artist with Al Feldstein, Norman Mingo, Harvey Kurtzman
Department: Alfred E. Neuman
MAD Magazine #31February 1957
- The MAD Window Test (Artist with Jack Davis)
Department: Mad Magazine - MAD's Ink Blot Test (Artist with Frank Kelly Freas)
Department: Psychology
MAD Magazine #34July 1957
- Now...MAD Pocket-Sized Books Fight Misery Four Ways (Artist)
Department: MAD books
MAD Magazine #35October 1957
- Now! In Full Color (Artist with Norman Mingo)
Department: Alfred E. Neuman
MAD Magazine #36December 1957
- Now! In Full Color (Artist with Norman Mingo)
Department: Alfred E. Neuman - Start Your Day Off Right! (Artist with Larry Maleman)
Department: Mad Magazine
MAD Magazine #41September 1958
- If You're A New Fan You're Lucky! (Artist)
Department: MAD For Keeps - How To Put Out An Imitation of MAD (Artist with Jack Davis, Norman Mingo, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Free-Loading
MAD Magazine #53March 1960
- Now...The Chislers At MAD Present A Real Bust! (Artist with Lester Krauss)
Department: Alfred E. Neuman bust
MAD Magazine #54April 1960
- Here's Your Chance To Get A Head (Artist with Lester Krauss)
Department: Alfred E. Neuman bust
MAD Magazine #256July 1985
- Mad's Goetz Mask (Idea with Harvey Kurtzman, Allan Tannenbaum)
Department: A Face Only A Mugger Could...
MAD Magazine #259December 1985
- Cover Artist (with Harvey Kurtzman)
- Front Cover (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
MAD Magazine #260January 1986
- Traveler's Blues (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Frank Jacobs)
Department: Frey the Unfriendly Skies
MAD Magazine #261March 1986
- Cover Artist (with Harvey Kurtzman)
- Front Cover (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
- Camouflage Tricks of City Animals (Artist with Rurik Tyler, Harvey Kurtzman)
MAD Magazine #263June 1986
- Back Cover: The Day AT&T Went Too Far (Artist with John Prete, Harvey Kurtzman)
MAD Magazine #265September 1986
- How To Pick Up Guys (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Arnie Kogen)
Department: Women's Glib - Back Cover: Garbage Pail Adults (Artist with John Ficarra, Charlie Kadau, Nick Meglin, Sara Fowler, Harvey Kurtzman, Joe Raiola)
MAD Magazine #266October 1986
- We'll Make A Fortune (Artist with Dick DeBartolo, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: DICK DePARTMENT
MAD Magazine #267December 1986
- Mad's Fearless Forecast For the Upcoming TV Season (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Barry Liebmann)
Department: E.S.P.-U
MAD Magazine #268January 1987
- Cover Artist (with Harvey Kurtzman)
- Front Cover (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman)
MAD Magazine #269March 1987
- Fund Raisers That Never Made It! (Artist with Dick DeBartolo, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: DICK DePARTMENT - Back Cover: Mad Celebrity Madballs (Artist with John Prete, Harvey Kurtzman)
MAD Magazine #270April 1987
- Banana Republic Dictator of the Year (Artist with Lou Silverstone, Harvey Kurtzman)
Department: Military Coup-Coos
MAD Magazine #271June 1987
- Back Cover: A TV Commercial We'd Like to See (Colorist, Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, John Prete)
MAD Magazine #272July 1987
- Mad Visits an Organ Transplant Hospital (Artist with Harvey Kurtzman, Lou Silverstone)
Department: Dunkin' Donors
MAD Magazine #500June 2009
- MAD issues 1-100 "Murmurs and Mumblings" (Author with Bob Clarke, Joe Orlando, Don Reilly, Dave Berg, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Irving Schild, Norman Mingo, Basil Wolverton, Phil Hahn, Margaret Szep, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Rickard, Nick Meglin, Antonio Prohias, Frank Frazetta, Lester Krauss, Jack Davis, Frank Kelly Freas, George Woodbridge, Don Martin)
- MAD issues 201-300 "Snatched glory and bruised knuckles" (Author with Angelo Torres, Greg Theakston, George Woodbridge, Sergio Aragonés, Tom Koch, Jack Rickard, Arnie Kogen, John Ficarra, Russ Cooper, Desmond Devlin, Gerry Gersten, Harvey Kurtzman, Antonio Prohias, Bob Clarke, Richard Williams, Stan Hart, Joe Raiola, Irving Schild, Paul Coker, Jr., Rick Tulka, John Pound, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Paul Peter Porges, Sam Viviano, Larry Siegel, Charlie Kadau, Harry North, Don Edwing, Dave Berg, Phil Hahn, Carolyn Abram, Frank Jacobs, Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Thomas Hachtman, Don Martin)
Department: MAD issues 201-300 "Snatched glory and bruised knuckles"














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