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The Madcap History of Mad Magazine Will Unleash Your Inner Class Clown
Mad magazine had its beginnings in 1947, when publisher Maxwell Gaines’ death in an upstate New York boating accident left ...
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How MAD magazine, family ghosts and censorship made Art Spiegelman an anti-fascist artist
It was through MAD, Spiegelman says, that he learned “the whole adult world is lying to you.” That lesson helped him to create the consumerist sticker parodies Wacky Packages and the Garbage ...
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How Mad Magazine's humor created a revolution
He'd think this was fantastic." These hallowed halls are now home to the world's largest exhibit of artwork from Mad Magazine, co-curated by Brodner. "I was formed by Mad," he said. "My idea of ...