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Mad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952.
The last surviving title from the notorious and critically acclaimed EC Comics line, the magazine offers satire on all aspects of American life and pop culture, politics, entertainment, and public figures. Its format is divided into a number of recurring segments such as TV and movie parodies, as well as freeform articles. Mad's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, is typically the focal point of the magazine's cover, with his face often replacing a celebrity or character that is lampooned within the issue.
Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Magazine
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Certainly the addition of ads could not help but be a huge Bone Moment, violating as it did every principle Bill Gaines stood for. I'd place the beginning of Mad's downhill slide a little earlier, though: 1987, when the brilliant Don Martin left the magazine under less than friendly circumstances (a dispute over royalties Martin felt he was owed). -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on April 9, 2011, 6:16 pm - (0 votes)
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I agree. Mad Magazine is something you outgrow. -- Submitted By: (MCS) on March 20, 2010, 10:09 pm - (0 votes)
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When they added ads. And Mad isn't as funny as it used to be. I think it's because the movies and TV shows it parodies are worse than ever. -- Submitted By: (timdub70x) on February 14, 2010, 2:26 pm - (0 votes)
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I grew up at a time when Mad went from 8 a year to 12, I was cool with it, because at least every middle of the month, I knew I could go to the store to pick up the magazine. I still like it to this day, however, going to a quarterly, I just forget about it unless I run into it at the magazine rack. -- Submitted By: (PYLrulz) on December 7, 2009, 7:50 pm - (0 votes)
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Chubby: I agree that Mad is best enjoyed by a younger crowd, and I'm sure it's designed that way. I just wonder if they will be able to convey the disrespect of advertisers to their readers with the same effectiveness in a magazine that actually accepts advertising. In classic Mad, they could tear advertisers to shreds in good conscience because they didn't have to worry about the potential finacial impact of scaring off non-existant advertising from the publication. -- Submitted By: (Eugene) on September 2, 2009, 11:21 am - (0 votes)
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I have boxes of MAD magazine in my basement, and I used to love and treasure them, I havent seen one in a while. MAD is best enjoyed by the younger folks to learn those lessons you just mentioned! -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on August 10, 2009, 7:39 am - (0 votes)
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It could be argued that adults aren't supposed to 'get' youth culture. The whole point of publications like Mad originally was that Adults hated them, thought they was subversive, etc. That said, Mad classic tought me a lot of useful lessons - A healthy disrepect for advertisers, awareness of cliches in entertainment, and even an understanding of contemporary history (through reading reprints of issues from the 1950s). I haven't really seen much of the magazine since the late eighties, but the fact that they now carry advertising doesn't sound good. -- Submitted By: (Eugene) on August 10, 2009, 5:45 am - (0 votes)
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