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'Mad' Magazine

'Mad' is an American pop culture, humor monthly magazine, founded and published by William Gaines and editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1952, USA which also was published in England between 1959-1994.

Comic 1

Title:	'Mad'
Origins:	American pop culture, monthly publication
Issue 1:	No 24, Special 3rd Anniversary Issue, British Edition, 1962
Published:	by Thrope and Porter, LTD, British Editor: David Climie
On Display:	Front cover, contents page including list of stories and article on 'The Subtle Science of Packaging'.
Front Cover illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas
Quote:	'People go on holiday to forget things...and when they open their bags, they remember what they forgot!'
Source:	By Alfred E. Neuman, Quote futured Under the 'Mad' - title - image below in the Contents page
Contents Page: Top Top Top Top Top
Contents Stories	DON MARTIN DEPARTMENT Don Martin Looks At Doctors 'The Good Doctor In Africa' .... .... .... .... .... .... p28 'The House Call' ...... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p29 'In The Laboratory' ...... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p30 'The Veterinarian'.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p31 JOKE AND DAGGER DEPARTMENT 'Spy Vs. Spy' ..... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... p 9 'Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy' .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p37 KIDDIN' ON THE KEYS DEPARTMENT 'Typewrin-Toons' .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... p 3 LETTERS DEPARTMENT 'Random Sampling Of Readers' Mail ...... .... .... p 2 MARGINAL THINKING DEPARTMENT 'New Singers For Old Songs'... .... .... .... .... .... p POMP-ADORE DEPARTMENT 'Teenage' Magazine' .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p32 SELL-YOU-LOID DEPARTMENT 'If Hollywood Directors Staged Ad Photos'.. .... p25 SENT UP IN A BALLOON DEPARTMENT 'Who's In Charge Here?'.... .... .... .... .... .... .... p21 THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE PREPOSTEROUS DEPARTMENT 'Bonanaz' ...... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p16 TOO WEAK WITH PLAY DEPARTMENT 'The Lighter Side Of Summer Holidays'... .... .... p 5 WHO'S COVERING UP? DEPARTMENT 'Subtle Science Of Packaging' ..... .... .... .... .... p10 Various Obscure Places Around The Magazine

Comic 2

Title:	'Mad'
Origins:	American pop culture, monthly publication
Issue 2:	No 31. 'You will Get A Bang Out Of This Issue Of Mad', British Edition, 1962
Published By:	by Thrope and Porter, LTD, British Editor: David Climie
On Display:	Front cover, contents page and inside back page houmor advertising from this (31) issue.
Cover Page
Quote:	'Some minds are like concrete... all mixed up and permanently set!'
Source: Quote Under the Mad Title - page below	By Alfred E. Neuman
Contents Page:
Contents Stories	AUTO-SUGGESTION DEPARTMENT 'Wheelers And Dealers' ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... p22 BRAND X MARKS THE SPOT DEPARTMENT 'TV Commercials With Suspense' ...... .... .... .... p11 DON MARTIN DEPARTMENT 'The Masterpiece' .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p 6 'On The Beach' ... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p36 HITCHCOCK-A-DOODLE-DOO DEPARTMENT 'For The Birds'.... .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... p30 IT'S PHONY OLD WORLD WE LIVE IN DEPARTMENT 'MAD's Report On Progress' .... .... .... .... .... .... p 3 JOKE AND DAGGER DEPARTMENT 'Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy' .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p29 LETTERS DEPARTMENT 'Random Sampling Of Readers' Mail . .... .... .... p 2 LOOK OUT! POSTED A HEAD DEPARTMENT 'Psychoanalysis By Mail' .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p19 MAKING A BIG SPLASH DEPARTMENT 'Swimming Pools - A New Status Symbol'... .... p14 MARGINAL THINKING DEPARTMENT 'Drawn-Out Dreams' .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... p MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS DEPARTMENT 'New Opportunities For School-Levers' . .... .... p 8 RAMBLING ROSE DEPARTMENT 'Long And Pretentious Titles For TV Dramas'.... p17 THE CUSTOMER'S ALWAYS RIPE DEPARTMENT 'MAD'S 'Cut-Price Shopkeeper Of The Year'. .... p10 Various Obscure Places Around The Magazine
Inside Back page houmor Mad advert:
The text above read:	Does this ad look blurred to you? It should look blurred to you. Mainly because it really is blurred. We photographed it out of focus on purpose, and we're printing it exactly like this in million of magazines all over the country. Why we are doing this? So you'll strain your eyes to read it, that's why! We're also running ads with blurred pictures-so you'll strain your eyes on them, too! We figure if you strain your eyes bad enough on all our ads, you'll end up needing glasses. Pretty sneaky, ah? Well, it was the best way we could think of to get you to our offices and shops so we could take you for plenty by overcharging for lenses and frames and eye-drops and like that. We, being all the greedy Optometrists & Oculists in the Better Vision Business Aaaaa.

Links to other 'Mad' resources

Official Mad website .... more

Mad at Wikipedia ... more

Mad in UK .... more

Mad International .... more

Mad all covers .... more

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