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A feature documentary on the life & career of seminal MAD Magazine cartoonist, Will Elder; The best known, unknown artist of his time.

Chicken Fat is a feature length documentary about the legacy of MAD Magazine's seminal artist Will Elder. It is on it's way to being completed in 2011. We already have interviewed an impressive array of artists, writers, publishers and pop-culture experts which you can see by visiting www.ChickenFat.tv . Your donations will be used to complete our production interviews with Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner; American author, screenwriter and artist, Daniel Clowes; Film Director, Joe Dante and William Stout, one of the few artists who worked with Will on Playboy's Little Annie Fanny. To date this project has been funded using a generous grant from the Laurie Foundation and my own hard-earned cash! Once these interviews are complete we hit the edit room and plan to have a completed documentary by year's end. Any donation, no matter how small, is very much appreciated!

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Funding period
Jan 10, 2011 - Mar 1, 2011

  • Pledge $30 or more

    30 backers

    A dvd of the finished documentary

  • Pledge $60 or more

    5 backers

    A dvd of the finished documentary and a copy of Chicken Fat, the book.

  • Pledge $101 or more

    8 backers

    DVD, Chicken Fat book and The Mad Playboy of Art - coffee table art book of Will Elder's life.

  • Pledge $150 or more

    1 backer

    DVD, two books and an "I Love Chicken Fat" T-shirt.

  • Pledge $200 or more

    2 backers

    All of the above and a framed 8 x 10 print of a rare Elder work of art

  • Pledge $500 or more

    1 backer

    All of the above and an Elder poster.

  • Pledge $2,000 or more

    0 backers

    All of the above and a credit in the film.