MAD #31 — February 1957
"Mad, a short-lived satirical pulp." — Time Magazine (Sept. 24, 1956)
Contents
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MAD Subscription Ad — Make Your Own Window Test!Jack Davis and Will Elder artC2
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Contents PageSummary written by Al Feldstein1
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Purloined Proverbs Ascribed to Popular PeopleMisdirected Quotes Dept.(various obscure places around the magazine)
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2–3
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Letters Dept.
Notes
- Real Ads: Leslie Creations' Record Cabinet / Critics Panel — Registered Critic Kits / "What, Me Worry" Kid portrait (MAD ad)
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Field & Scream (magazine satire)Call of the Wild Magazines Dept.Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Jack Davis
Reprinted in 3 collections
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Scenes We'd Like to See — One Against FourHollywood Dept.
Reprinted in 1 collection
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12–14
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Why I Write Poetry and Ode to Stanley's Pussycat by Percy DovetonsilsErnie Kovacs Dept.Written by Ernie Kovacs / Art by Jack Davis
Reprinted in 1 collection
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18–19
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20–21
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22–27 sample
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Future TV AdsSoft-Sell Advertising Dept.
Reprinted in 2 collections
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30–31
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A Cultural Look at Comic Opera — featuring Mozart's Don GiovanniCulture Dept.
Reprinted in 2 collections
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Future TV AdsSoft-Sell Advertising Dept. Part II36–37
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Why the 35mm Camera Replaced the Box CameraNegative Thinking Dept.Written by Arnie Rosen / Art by Bob Clarke
Reprinted in 3 collections
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Orson Bean Opens His Family AlbumOrson Bean Dept.41–47
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Real Ad — The Dollar Mystery GuildC3
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