Saturday, August 4, 2018

"It's A Mad, Mad World"


Founded as a comic book by Editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952, Mad and its gap-toothed mascot Alfred E. Newman pioneered populist satire and inspired many lesser imitators. One distinctive feature of the magazine for almost its entire existence was its ability to run without advertising, allowing it to tear apart materialist culture without fear of biting the hands that fed it. Instead, for decades, the magazine ran fake spoof ads and comic strips that inspired many artists of the future.

I hope you enjoy my small collection of Mad art pertaining to the Navy and Nautical Spoof ….




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(Early MAD 1960's Spoof Ad)



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