Bruh it's still alive.

I want to start collecting issues of Mad but I don't know where to start.

@@GagsAnimation get a subscription and then buy bundles on eBay and mercury, go to comic book stores/websites and find rarer or cheap magazines

Fofao of mad magazine

Mad magazine Fofao vs patati patata Spongebob and Mickey mouse

same

Sadly they don't get it. I've got 5 kids from 14 to 21 and they just don't care like we did. The hazards of having children. I've tried.

the 1950s work was the best art and stories. i get up on mad in sth 1970s and 80s bu the 50s stuff was always reprinted and it was the best. Tkmeless stuff.

@@REPORTEVERYLIBERALCOMMENT I feel the same way... with the exception of perhaps my oldest daughter who is 41 now.. kids today for the most part.. do not "get".. the significance of MAD.. what a great piece of Americana...

@@jeffcarlson3269 Truth.

Sergio Aragones!

That's the beauty of its longevity. My mother and my uncles on my mothers side used to read it in the 60's and 70's and my late uncle on my dad's side remembers the 50's comics. I picked up the habit in 1996 and loved every minute of what I read up until the 2018 reboot

So did I around late 1969 until 1973, when I had my route.

Loved your thought ; "I'll be cremated with it." But then, you'd be reducing to ashes one heirloom that could be passed on. What if you made limited copies of that 1970 issue, and handed it out to all those who attend the service?

@@A0A4ful I’ll probably have a very lightly attended funeral. Plus, most of the people don’t understand satire. Especially in this woke society we are living in. Thanks for the idea though. It was a good one.

@@rancosteel Ha ha ha ! So true! - I sometimes wonder, if and when, this 'woke society' is complete in its fully evolved form, what will they do for a simple human need of laughter. Since we won't be allowed to laugh at each other anymore. Regarding the limited pirated copies of the 1970 issue, please don't forget to send copies to the families of all the contributing gang of idiots (living and/or dead) too.

@@A0A4ful It’s only Al Jaffee and Sergio Aragones still left I believe. Everyone else has passed away. Mort Drucker was my favorite hands down. I believe he was the finest character illustrator of all time IMO.

Cheap!

That makes Zero sense

mAd used to foster a sense of scepticism. The virus had a survival rate of 99.97%@@garyrossingtonfan1833 It was a scam that took many human rights away and brought our economy to a bad place while many rich people made record prophets. The sceptics were censored. The old mad would've mocked it but he later mad with advertisements was bought and gutless for the most part.

@mikesmith2905 what is a "tuck shop? if you don't mind me asking...

@@jeffcarlson3269 Old British term for a small shop, either on school premises or immediately outside school bounds where pupils could purchase things like pencils, ink and (most importantly) sweets or 'tuck' hence the expression 'tucking-in' (ie eating).

@@mikesmith2905 oh yeah... Now I understand... when I was a kid.. there used to be those about every two or three blocks or so.. usually on corners.. and many were just little brick buildings.. where one could go in and buy candy at the counter.. or trading cards... smokes..etc... they used to call those "mom and pop stores".. here... since mostly they were ran buy a family or just and elderly couple... I miss those antiquated shops for their simplicity... sadly when the larger grocery chains moved in.. it forced a lot of those smaller stores to close since they could not compete.. with the bargains the larger stores could offer.... kids of today.. will never know the joys.. of buying penny candies.. or even nickel candy bars.. right off the counter from a bin in front of the cash registers... or the fun of looking over the comics or magazines of the rack.. and huddling off somewhere in the store flipping thru the pages before deciding whether to buy it or not..

@@jeffcarlson3269 The 'tuck shop' appellation was specifically associated with schools (I believe it originated in the 'public schools', which in the UK are actually very expensive fee-paying schools). The family owned shop was the cornerstone of commerce and of local communities for several thousand years before the current trend for 'corporate socialism' took hold. In the UK the nearest to those you describe would be the small 'newsagents' (selling newspapers and magazines but with sidelines in just about anything you could think of), sadly those that remain are mostly merely 'chain stores' staffed by a minder who is given a 'Manager' badge but no authority. The supermarkets began stocking the newspapers, which were already a less common purchase, killing off any remaining independent newsagents. The kids today are offered the same set of items in the various chain stores (all of whom use similar algorithms) and for anything out of the ordinary they are condemned to 'click and pray' on-line shopping, which has had the knock-on effect of making quality toys very hard to find (there is plenty of 'merchandising' but that is designed to be put up in the attic along with the limited edition pet rock to be sold to a collector at some future date). The corporate socialist model cannot compete on quality (that is an on-going cost, and advertising blitz is a one-off expense) and has little room for niche products such as satirical magazines, so sadly Mad Magazine (and in the UK Punch magazine) are no longer freely available. I haven't seen any new 'superman' style comics out there either. Ideology has a lot to answer for, there again I am old and hence entitled to be grumpy.

Warner communications don’t know what satire is.

@johnchandler1687 Not MY dad... he hated any of the groups from the 60's.. he was a WWII vet.. so Frank Sinatra was HIS speed.. he wouldn't have been caught DEAD with a MAD in his hands.. but my mom and I would often read them together as I sat on her lap.. I bought my first MAD when I was 8... she loved them.. I still remember how she would laugh at the humor and often times would have to explain it to my small child mind..

@@jeffcarlson3269 My father served on a cruiser in the Pacific. He liked all types of music and was an avid reader of anything. He bought a stereo in 1964 so we could buy records. The good old Zenith Surround Sound.

the 2010 one right

I have 435 out of 550 (before the reboot). Finding the rest of them may take me my whole life but it'll be worth it.

@@KHayes666 I was fortunate... I started buying them up in 1992 when I read William Gaines had died...they were on issue 314 or so at that time.. I immediately started buying them off of the newstands.. and then about 3 years later had a subscription for about 20 years.. within the first 2 years or so I was able to get every issue except the comics.. fairly cheaply... and then in 2020.. I bought the comic issues.. off E-bay.. AND the compete PANIC collection.. so Now I am fortunate enough to have EVERY issue.. of MAD.. andmost are in mint condition.. the fold-ins untouched.. the first month after Gaines died I stopped into a local comic shop here.. and they had 2 full boxes of MAD's in numerical order ..every issue.. from 88 - 250 or so... for Only 1 dollar each.. and ALL were sealed in protective bags with backings..so naturally I bought both boxes. .that was a big boost in helping me to get the complete set...of MAD's ... cuz when Gaines died I only had like 20 issues or less left from my childhood.. and they were like hit and miss.. issue wise.. back then MAD's I guess were Not that popular... the comic shop seemed glad to be getting rid of them..

RetrO_SpecTrum both fairly similar

@Tristan beaumont ...my mom said MAD was "BAD".

no comparison...... MAD was definitely worth more than Cracked... the material of MAD.. took a lot longer to digest... a person really got their money's worth with MAD.... whenever I bought Cracked.. and I was done reading it within 1/2 an hour... I felt I wasted my money... never felt that way with MAD...

@@jeffcarlson3269 Cracked's writing wasn't;t as good. It sort of seemed like it was written by old guys. I loved it still though. Shut ups were great always. Severin's art was great. Sometimes Cracked had better art. Mad;'s writing was more cynical and snide. Cracked was innocent and good natured. I loved them both but Cracked had this positive quality, perhaps it was made for younger readers than mad? Sylvester P smythe.

@@MicahMicahel perhaps...yes ..I think perhaps that is why.. I found Cracked so easy finish off in a short amount of time... besides less textual content.. the humor was easier to understand many times...probably as you stated... geared for slightly younger readers.. I read a lot of Cracked magazines over the years... and I still have a few.. but in regards to Cracked Shut-ups... which were quick to read thru... MAD countered with Jaffee's .."Snappy answers to Stupid Questions.." which seemed to offer More to read and digest.. I agree ...... John Severin... was one of the best.. in fact.. I dare say...Cracked would Not have lasted as long as it did... if not for Severin's tireless contributions to that Magazine..

I remember when Nintendo Power bit the dust because I had a subscription and then it just stopped for no reason. Then I walk into 7-11 and I see "Final Issue" and was like "oh, that's why it stopped". Of course I bought the last issue lol

Remembering the issue with the two-sided smb 1-1 map on 1 side and Mario jumping with a super mushroom held within either his left hand or pocket, and his right arm stretched out to his fist, like a power symbol, his trademark determined, focused, strong, ready, excited, energetic, adventurous, open-mouthed, confident, mischievous smile, [where you can just hear him saying things like "oh, yeah", "let's do this", "here we go!", "get ready, dude!", "mushroom: check, attitude: check, focus: check. Sure, I'm all set here", ... "adventure, danger, excitement, etc!" or anything like that. Under nintendo's trademark red-and-blue, mustachioed, childlike, multi-talented, playful, plus-sized, powerful plumber, against a neat light-blue background, those 10 words every true Nintendo fan has read at least a few times by now, ..."Thank you, Mario, but our princess is in another castle." What if a giantess princess just ate the mushroom kingdom. That could make for quite the zany spin from normality. Just contemplate such a wacky thing. Many adventures could arise from that. Daisy thinking she just ate some form of castle-shaped marshmallow? Rosalina being exhausted from her giant manner of universe responsibility, ... hungry for anything just at this current time, and thinking she had entered a galaxy where foods looked like monuments, buildings, places, areas, lands, zones, etc. Peach accidentally being knocked out [either by mistake, herself, accident, in a fight, a drop-in guest, a kidnapping, a failed prank, or like by a cow, safe, piano, ball, tranq dart, toy gun, book, Pow-block, toy, or sporting equipment ] Then, somebody notices that she has been knocked unconscious, but quite thankfully still has a pulse.] The person or character [either Prof. E. Gadd, Toad, Geno, a Koopa kid, Bowser, Kamek, etc] makes her into giant-sized. Then, either the same character or a different character decides to have wacky fun with Peach, while she's still either just conscious to move [but not fully aware of her actions], ko'ed, asleep, half-asleep, etc. They have her exercise, work-out, body-build, do cardio, weightlift, gymnastics, aerobics, acrobatics, self defense training,, practice, and more, while she was either asleep, ko'ed, half-awake, etc. This way, she worked up more of an appetite than ever before. [Goku Naruto, luffy, lupin, black star, etc would even be surprised at how hungry, fit, strong, muscular, cheerful, excited, and social that she had become from such an odd transformation, workout, combat, training, exercise, practice, chores, etc]. Then,, after a few minor alterations to enhance her slightly dumb [or bragging, cocky, etc] "Oh, did I win?" personality to a more friendly, thoughtful, compassionate, generous, enthusiastic, understanding, empathetic, relatable personality, ... Upon waking her up,, whoever caused the transformations would convince her that she had simply begun dreaming, [after she told them about the weird things that she could have sworn just happened to her], and tell her that she has been asleep for weeks by now, and that whatever she sees herself as now really still happens to be a weird dream. She understands the explanation here, but tells them she certainly has become quite noticeably hungry. Either A. Bowser [in disguise, voice, body, behavior, etc] [with a plot of warped revenge for her] or B. Kamek, Bowser Jr, or any of the kids or any other bosses B1. [with a chance to get back onto their lord Bowser's good side [after many failed missions, attempts, plots, etc] or B2. in an attempt to rise in his ranks, or using this as a bid to become a favorite, preferred, #1 guy, a go-to, etc, or B3. just to make Bowser feel happy, calmer, nicer, more confident, tougher, mightier, stronger, etc]] or C. either E. Gadd, Mallow, Toad, Daisy, Pauline, DK, or any other character on the good side C1. (Maybe trying to either test her gullibility, intellect, thought, mind, logic, sense, understanding, etc, C2. or play an extreme April Fool's Day prank, C3. or just to be mischievous), ... try fooling her into eating the Mushroom Kingdom, and somehow, she grabs the castle, juggles it around, and tosses it up in the air, catching it in her mouth, swallowing it with a gulp. The other problem is, each of the other princesses have also become giants. This includes newly-appointed Princess Wendy O' Koopa, Rosalina, Daisy, Pauline, and the princess of the Koopa troops, the Goomba, and newly appointed Princess Kamek, [or random 8th princess, to round out for 8 princesses [King K. Rool's daughter, Kong Princess, etc]. Toad, Luigi, the chancellor, the king, DK, and random other characters would tell Mario about this rather horrible disaster, using a letter, e-mail, text, fax, carrier message, telegraph, etc [one of these]. The heading, first sentence, title, theme, prompt, or stamp says the title of the game "Our Castle is in a Princess". Mario would need to read the whole thing before he understood. However, knowing that he is an adventurer, they would list eight princesses and would not tell him which princess ate the castle. Each species / princess' land / place would happen to be its own world. Either that or each princess would.be their own world. Maybe each princess would have dreamed about, designed, drawn, traced, detailed, colored, measured, graphed, planned, and built their own palace. Their palace may be dedicated to their people,, themselves,, their servants,, subjects,, and more). The princesses would each have gotten to a point, after becoming giantesses, where they decide to eat their own castle. Luckily, [as far as they knew], nobody happened to b in the palace at the point in time,, [...but they were wrong, but the people weren't really harmed, and weren't put within any true danger [but still needed for the castle and residents to be rescued from the princess as soon as they could]. Each palace needed.to be explored, conquered [of its enemies], saved, cleaned, organized, and returned to its original majesty before you could finally grow powerful, large, mighty, strong, confident, brave, forceful, and resourceful enough to somehow either throw, drag, kick, blow, jump, blast, surf, run, hit, spin, launch. bounce, swing, bash, or otherwise eject the palace from inside the princess to wherever it belongs. [Maybe as soon as you finished the palace, made your way to the exit,, and then out of the castle, something random would happen that would eject Mario, the palace, residents, and any sickness, illness, malady, depression, drama, puzzle, or problem from the princess' insides. You might have to solve disputes, disagreements, issues, problems, puzzles, worries, messes, mix-ups, and more based on the character's behavior, mind, heart, spirit, soul, personality, ego, feelings, environment, and characters. Some problems may be social, legal, environmental, ethical, moral, societal, mental, personal, mathematic, or logic. Nothing time-based, too intellectual, educational, overly difficult, sexual, [too] ridiculous, or anything like that. Some innuendo, entendres, references, memes [only a few per each world, and only related to the specific characters]. Also, jokes for fans of random Mario stuff, & some humor, references, quotes, puzzles, phrases, jokes, riddles, wordplay, puns, props & more that might either A. go over the heads of younger players, B. refer to things from Mario's long journey [movies, shows, anime, manga, drafts, concepts, designs, history, costumes, cameos, etc], C. or that would either have 2 or more meanings, have a slightly adult [or more mature] tone, meaning, behavior, spirit, or fashion, or be tongue-in-cheek, cheeky, silly, or naughty. Nothing that would need higher than from E10+ to a T rating, [at the highest, whatever is a step under M, because Mario and M-rated don't match] Any characters who have taken romantic feelings for other characters, these feelings would be addressed. This would be a game which explores Mario's world on a slightly deeper level. Mixture of platforming, point n' click exploration, puzzle, riddle, logic, problem-solving, feeling, historic [about Nintendo], social, game show, trivia, 4th wall, meta, etc. [Maybe some simulater [romance, work, job, character, life, etc]. Maybe throw in some elements of quest & side games, along with Persona-style and games where closer friendships, partnerships,, & relationships & more action brings higher rewards]. Combine Double-fine style,, telltale style, LucasArts, Virgin Interactive, Sierra, Cyan, Psygnosis, and humor adventure games, but along with the game having its own style]. Combine SM RPG, paper M, Odyssey [without the Harder side-missions]. Fully-voiced, with captions for all characters [especially those who just make sounds in place of talking, so you can understand what they're saying]. Use voice of game characters, [Not movie characters, although also bringing some voices that sound like the old cartoons' voices, and some of the characters' voice.actors from past eras. These old voice-actors could either A. mix in with the game actors, (to voice clones / copies / altered versions), B. or to act as the characters' brain, conscience / inner child / feelings / sides, C. or as a sidekick [kid version, teenage, baby, fan, creator, parent, etc] of the character [who either is always with them, pops out of their head, jumps from their pocket, or otherwise is like their [2nd] best friend], giving them advice, suggestions, help, fun, mischief, facts, thoughts, motivation, etc]. Rescue all 8 castles to beat the game. Sorry this stared short and grew, but I simply got an idea and ran with that.

Acsalvador _01 I feel ya

@@CINEMATTOX i related to the vid a lot i first saw mad through the cartoon network show and recognized the logo on a magazine in a supermarket, ive got a collection now.

He was so great at drawing women and capturing body postures. Amazing stuff.

All Jaffee died a year ago. He was drawing a nd making the folding until the end. he was about 99 years old I think.

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Nah, without Dick, Al and the original Gang of Idiots it's not the same. Let it rest in peace