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In the ‘70s, when MAD was at its peak readership, the magazine’s targets were clearly defined: Hollywood phonies, political crooks, and, of course, people who failed to see the lighter side of things.

#Alfred mad movie#

There’s also a “Make America Greet Again” line of Trump-written greeting cards a guide to “marketing chick flicks to the dude bro demographic” that turns Pitch Perfect into a baseball movie and several pages of stand-alone single-panel strips that spoof on everything from Tide Pods to gentrification. 1 is heavy on comics, with contributions from writer-artists like Luke McGarry and Bob Fingerman, and a Ready Player One riff written by comic (and comic fan) Brian Posehn. Spy” is still here, as well, with its shoulda-seen-that-coming double-crosses and (literal) eye-popping violence.īut the new MAD also looks and feels very different than the one you grew up with. The magazine’s redesigned logo is a nod to the one it launched with in 1952, and the issue features such writer-artists as Sergio Aragonés and Al Jaffee-both original members of MAD’s “usual gang of idiots,” and both as scampish and clever as ever (it’s a genuine delight to be reminded that Jaffee, now 97, can still stump you with one of his fold-ins). The first new issue of MAD is bookended by two peevish parodies: “Star Bores: Half-Assed Jedi” and “Riverdull,” both spoofs of decades-old entities that, in recent years, have strived to forge connections between their past and their future. There’s so much pop culture now, and so much commentary about that culture, that a six-times-a-year spoof-filled digest almost feels like a relief: a safer, saner vantage point from which to view the world.īesides, it’s a good time to get into the reboot business. But to succeed in 2018, maybe it doesn’t have to. The new MAD-which will be published bimonthly, and goes for $5.99 an issue (kinda cheap!)-will never be able to compete with online comedic first-responders (though the magazine does have plans to launch a Twitch channel, as well as a new podcast). A few years ago, the demise of MAD seemed inevitable-the sad end of an already drawn-out drama. That’s like The Simpsons being canceled in favor of Fish Police!). Meanwhile, the magazine couldn’t up with the rapidly metastasizing appetite of the internet, where users demand their satire be as swift and severe as possible (in the early ‘00s, MAD was even lapped online by its long-time imitator Cracked. For decades, the magazine has endured a stuck-in-limbo ecch-istence: Circulation numbers steadily declined over the years, and along the way, MAD’s cultural impact was dulled by such comedy progeny as The Simpsons, The Onion, and The Colbert Report-all of which paid homage to MAD, while siphoning away its satirical urgency and shtick-it-to-the-man heterodoxy. In fact, it’s been years since MAD incited anything approaching controversy.

1, the first issue since its publisher, DC Entertainment, announced a much-needed relaunch. Don't fret though, I'll keep you posted.It’s hard to imagine a similarly outraged reaction to the just-released MAD No. Though you'll have to wait to find out what that is. I'm also excited to announce I've done something with this piece that I've NEVER done with any other piece of artwork. But a consistently peculiar subject, I'll give him that. From the his well-known smirk & freckles to his slightly less obvious off-center eye. Having never illustrated Al prior the more I studied him the more character features began to emerge consistently from cover after cover of MAD. One can loosen the grip on the brush more and allow the brushstrokes to just paint it themselves.

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And skin that's, we'll say, not quite so fresh? Even better. And having the request to 'zombify' him made it all the more enticing.īeing that he's a zombie I found the consistency of paint, and in this case acrylic paint, can coincide rather well with the texture of skin. This is in fact the first time I've ever illustrated the infamous character from the long-running and just as infamous, MAD Magazine. Because of this I'm that much more excited to post this piece - a birthday commission for the son of a good friend of mine. Leaves are changing, a brisk chill is in the air and, of course, there's Halloween. We've begun our journey into easily one of the best times of the year.