It’s cool, though, that all of the back issues… all of them… are available on playable media. Just last week I re-read the classic parody of the movie “Gone With the Wind” as a “Reader’s Digest Condensed Book.” They reduced the entire Civil War to one word.
Looks like war Miss Scarlett, said the Tarleton twins.
The inside of the back cover was always fun to figure out. You trad one thing, the folded it according to the dotted lines and it read something completely different. The one that always stuck with me was the one of the soldiers, and when you folded it over, the soldiers all had hypodermic needles, instead of guns, over their shoulders. The caption was “When Johnny Come Marching Home.” Simple, but powerful.
Mad Magazine’s demise reminds me of the beloved dog of our youth who we later ignored. We grieved over its death, weeping bitter tears. But it died of starvation and neglect.
Lio has always exemplified one of my favorite Mad techniques, few or none at all, word balloons. You’re given credit for being smart enough to figure out the gag without them.
Favorite Mad Magazine memory, The Way We Were parody. Scene ballroom Robert Redford is dancing with Barbra Streisand and observers are commenting, “What do they remind me of? Beauty nd the Beast? Don’t be silly, he not that attractive.”
For some strange reason, I remember MAD magazine’s illustration of the poem “Wreck of the Hesperus!” Maybe because my father used to recite it so it rang a bell when I saw it in MAD. You can find MAD’s version of it online.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
It’s out of print?
Strawberry Hellcat: Gair I gall, ffon I’r anghall over 5 years ago
Guys, you got room for a third unhappy person missing MAD? Another childhood delight gone… :(
chris_weaver over 5 years ago
Now, worry!
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 5 years ago
It’s cool, though, that all of the back issues… all of them… are available on playable media. Just last week I re-read the classic parody of the movie “Gone With the Wind” as a “Reader’s Digest Condensed Book.” They reduced the entire Civil War to one word.
Looks like war Miss Scarlett, said the Tarleton twins.
Fiddle-dee-dee, said Scarlett O’Hara.
BOOM!
What a bloody war that was, said Rhett Butler.
lordrunningclam over 5 years ago
I feel ya. I grew up reading Mad.
Calvin Nelson Nelson Premium Member over 5 years ago
To be honest it’s been dying a slow death for years.
RonnieAThompson Premium Member over 5 years ago
I miss MAD Magazine. It was one of my favorites.
sarah413 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Spy vs. Spy.
The inside of the back cover was always fun to figure out. You trad one thing, the folded it according to the dotted lines and it read something completely different. The one that always stuck with me was the one of the soldiers, and when you folded it over, the soldiers all had hypodermic needles, instead of guns, over their shoulders. The caption was “When Johnny Come Marching Home.” Simple, but powerful.
Display over 5 years ago
Mad Magazine’s demise reminds me of the beloved dog of our youth who we later ignored. We grieved over its death, weeping bitter tears. But it died of starvation and neglect.
sparkle 13 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Yes Lio, I feel your pain. Hope SOMEONE will adopt Alfred…..
8francesco over 5 years ago
i remember being a little kid and seeing this bumper sticker on a car in san francisco. that’s when i first heard of mad magazine.
https://picclick.com/alfred-E-Neuman-For-President-Original-1968-Mad-123031996535.html
Ermine Notyours over 5 years ago
Al Jaffee and Sergio Aragonés are (likely) going to out-live Mad.
bobdingus over 5 years ago
I have a theory that MAD magazine was responsible for the counter-culture movement of the sixties.
Durak Premium Member over 5 years ago
Lio has always exemplified one of my favorite Mad techniques, few or none at all, word balloons. You’re given credit for being smart enough to figure out the gag without them.
Pharmakeus Ubik over 5 years ago
https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/MAD
morningglory73 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Awwww, father and son together at last.
vanaals over 5 years ago
As a kid, I always looked forward to visiting my cousin. My mother forbade me from reading Mad. His mother didn’t.
shdon over 5 years ago
Just noticed the hole in dad’s sock switches from his left foot to his right foot between panels 2 and 3.
sergioandrade Premium Member over 5 years ago
Favorite Mad Magazine memory, The Way We Were parody. Scene ballroom Robert Redford is dancing with Barbra Streisand and observers are commenting, “What do they remind me of? Beauty nd the Beast? Don’t be silly, he not that attractive.”
tad1 over 5 years ago
A real tragedy. :(
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
Me too, Dad and Lio! Sob!
comic4matt over 5 years ago
They got woke and went broke… So sad…
geneking7320 over 5 years ago
Does anyone remember “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions”?
tabby over 5 years ago
For some strange reason, I remember MAD magazine’s illustration of the poem “Wreck of the Hesperus!” Maybe because my father used to recite it so it rang a bell when I saw it in MAD. You can find MAD’s version of it online.
poopsypoo Premium Member over 5 years ago
I hear ya, guys!!!