Brought on-line August 16, 1997. Last update July 29, 2010. Sad to hear of the passing of Dick Hanchette, who created collectmad.com/collectibles/ in 1997. Some thoughts at Madmumblings.com Completing back cover scans. Latest: #132 - Knight-Fall Still need to scan and paint out fold lines and other garbage on 16 back covers: #133, #137, #141, #142, #147, #148, #155, #156, #159, #161, #162, #164, #167, #169, #170, #174 Revising contents pages because it seems like the thing to do. For those following along, #1 through #91 and #504 are done. Latest: #91 - (about 18% of the way there) only 413 issues to go. Thumbing through old Mads page by page, figuring out who the responsible artists and writers are for all that junk can be more fun than cleaning up after the cat. If you care about the research progress(?), follow the thread over at MadMumblings.com These may be what you're really after: Don Martin Dictionary / 43-Man Squamish / Christmas Carols If you haven't seen what Bradford's been up to lately, check out his page featuring 211 signatures on 99 Mads. Recently added "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Bud Luckey, Steve Garvey, Maury Wills, and Jim Fregosi. I twitter now and then. If you're new to MAD or somehow missed it growing up, |
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Hey Doug: Holy cow, what an amazing site you have. Time, prepare to be wasted, is all I can say.  Back when I was in seventh grade, I guess I must have been 13 or 14, I sent a big envelope stuffed with cartoons to Mad Magazine  A friend of mine and I wrote them and I drew them, since at the time my style was a blatant rip-off of Sergio Aragones. In fact our pitch was that Mad Magazine was more than welcome to utilize our brilliant, lethally funny cartoons in any way they would  like, but that they were specifically tooled to be used by Mr. Aragones himself. Visions of fame and fortune danced in our hollow little heads. We were headed for the big time, no doubt about it.About a month later I got a large envelope in the mail from the MADison Avenue offices.  Apparently they needed the large envelope to contain all of the cash and accolades the MAD editorial department had showered upon us. On opening the package, however, I found all of my original cartoons and a personal letter on MAD stationery from Nick Meglin, complete with Alfred E. Neuman watermark. I wish I still had it but it's long gone...but I can paraphrase:"Dear Marc: Thanks so much for the cartoons submission. I'm afraid we cannot use them at this time. Sergio Aragones is quite a talented artist and has no need for cartoon ideas. Keep working on your cartoons and give the magazine business another try after you've finished with college." So that deflated our plans a bit but what the hell? We treated that letter as a hallowed shrine. I really wish I hadn't lost it during my Dazed and Confused years. Marc See other Odd and Not So Odd Questions and Observations |
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QUESTION OF THE MOMENT A woozy feeling has been known to overtake Mad readers. How many times have Barf Bags been featured on regular issue Mad covers?  |
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Hello Doug, I've always found it hard to choose a favourite. All of the covers have a special place in my heart. I've been collecting MAD for the past couple of years and I've been gradually getting into them. I really love Norman Mingo's MAD Covers from Issue #30-#37, and my eyes widen up when I see Kelly Freas' art. Like I said it's really, really hard to choose but I'd have to say that the artists whose work I look at the most is Jack Rickard. I like how his art is kind of a combination of Norman Mingo and Richard Williams. Some examples of his best work are: #127 #186 #187 #188 #193 #196 #200 #203 #208 #220 and #226. Declan See other Favorite (favourite) Covers |
Doug, greetings from New Yawk ...
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