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Parodies in Mad, 1954-2017

Posted on September 5, 2017 by

Wikipedia helpfully lists all of Mad’s movie and TV-show spoofs, but I believe this is the first attempt to catalog parodies of publications. Real, identifiable publications, that is: I’m not counting the fake lifestyle mags for groups like beatniks and hippies and mobsters … Continue reading →

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Online: National Lampoon’s “Mad,” 1971

Posted on August 25, 2016 by

Parody Of: Mad. Title: “Mad.” Parody In: National Lampoon. Date: October 1971. Length: 15 pages. Contributors: John Boni, Sean Kelly, Henry Beard (writers); John Romita, Joe Orlando, Ernie Colon, Al Weiss, Babi Jeri, John Lewis, Stuart Schwartzberg, Ralph Reese. Availability: Online here. Reprinted in National Lampoon Comics (1974) and National Lampoon’s Magazine … Continue reading →

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Harvey Kurtzman’s “Daily Poop,” 1954

Posted on July 2, 2016 by

Parody Of: The New York Daily News. Title: “Daily Poop.” Parody In: Mad comics #16. Date: October 1954. Pages: 6. Contributors: Harvey Kurtzman (writer), Jack Davis (art). Availability: Findable. Reprinted in The Mad Reader (Ballantine, 1954), Mad, Vol. 3, No. 13-17 (Russ Cochran, 1987), Tales Calculated to Drive You … Continue reading →

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