“Forgotten Hollywood”- What Me Worry…

Posted on July 4, 2019 by raideoman1 | No Comments

Manny P. here…

“`MAD Magazine, the long-running periodical that influenced everybody from Weird Al Yankovic to the creators of The Simpsons, will be leaving newsstands after their August issue. This illustrated satirical magazine — instantly recognizable by the gap-toothed smiling face of mascot Alfred E. Neuman — will still be accessible in comic book shops and through mail to subscribers. But after its fall issue, it will just reprint previously published material.

“`The magazine set itself apart as a cultural beacon for decades with its unabashed tendency to make fun of anything and push conventional boundaries. One of MAD’s best known comic series, Spy vs. Spy, featured two spies with beak-like faces and big eyes. They also parodied Playboy, with its fold-In feature that appeared in nearly every issue. But instead of featuring scantily-clad models, the fold-In printed — what else? — another joke.

“`MAD was a venue for cartoonists to grow artistically and shape national conversation. Well-known names such as Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, and Mort Drucker were associated with the magazine for decades.

“`DC Comics, a division of Warner Brothers that publishes the magazine, said MAD will pull from nostalgic cartoon strips and parodies published over their entire sixty-seven-year run. DC will keep publishing MAD special collections and books.

“`As Alfred E. Neuman would say… What, me worry?

Until next time>                               “never forget”

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