Heart of the City by Steenz for January 10, 2015

Keep in mind that this strip was done weeks before thetragic event that happened this past Wednesday in Paris, France.

Of course there’s also an instant cartooning, but I don’t think it exists.

Even when I was a kid, I would skip over all of the big picture strips and look for Sergio’s work in the margins and corners. The big stuff was always there, but his works could easily be overlooked. I was not happy when they started ads. Still love MAD, and I still miss CRACKED (with Sylvester the Janitor). Both were influential on my choice of written satire. Oh, and female/51 here.

Thanks to Mad’s illustrated version, Edgar Allen Poe’s “the Raven” is my favorite poem. I had to cross check that the words were unaltered (they were true). It took a very long time to read because of the tears of laughter blurring my vision.

Satire forever, never surrender! Remember Charlie.

Sergio was a nice person when I met him in 199, too. He’s always a nice person…. Jesuis Charlie….

I have some of Sergio’s original artwork in my collection. He’s a great cartoonist with a remarkable imagination.I used to read Mad faithfully, until there was an overabundance of “barf” jokes in the mid-nineties. I still miss it.

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I always liked Aragones’ “Shadow” cartoons.(Al Jaffee did the fold-ins.)

Agreed Dean.

Nice tribute to Senor Aragones!

Thanks for remembering one of the best, still look for his stuff in every MAD i get in the mail

Missed that joke.

im glad they brought groo the wanderer back ………