Mad Magazine was Jon Stewart before Jon Stewart was born. It was snarky and meta before anyone knew what snarky and meta was. And it became a hit during the Eisenhower era, a time not particularly associated with subversive comedy.
You can read each issue published since Mad's inception in 1952 thanks to the Absolutely Mad DVD, which has compiled every Spy vs. Spy, every Don Martin contribution, every movie and television parody. They're preserved as PDFs, so you get the magazine exactly as it originally appeared -- 600 issues, plus extras such as video clips with MAD writers. Street price is $39.99.
written on Thursday Feb 22, 2007
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