I used to think that Mad became a magazine to escape the comics code, and this nice documentary does nothing to say otherwise, but the truth is a little more complicated. Harvey Kurtzman, Mad's original editor, had always wanted to publish a magazine instead of a comic and had been approached by Pageant magazine to become its new editor. With the pressure on Mad's publisher, William M. Gaines, to retain Kurtzman, Gaines allowed the transformation of Mad from comic to magazine to take place.
@TnseWlms Boy, Beaver, you really BLEW it, THIS time! Now we gotta put this stupid SEAL on all our books! You wait 'til MOM finds out!
talochIV 3 months ago
I used to think that Mad became a magazine to escape the comics code, and this nice documentary does nothing to say otherwise, but the truth is a little more complicated. Harvey Kurtzman, Mad's original editor, had always wanted to publish a magazine instead of a comic and had been approached by Pageant magazine to become its new editor. With the pressure on Mad's publisher, William M. Gaines, to retain Kurtzman, Gaines allowed the transformation of Mad from comic to magazine to take place.
droflig 4 months ago
Wally Cleaver: I've got this real neat new English teacher. Yesterday he read the class a whole article out of MAD Magazine.
Ward: Oh? As an example of a modern satire?
Wally: No, because he thought it was funny.
TnseWlms 5 months ago
Shame they don't mention Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder and the others. Shame!
RetroToledo 6 months ago
Very interesting
nobrainer345 1 year ago
wow today i got a mad magazine spy VS spy i love it what a classic
TheMajorRP 1 year ago