From the new issue of MAD Magazine......

[Cheap_Trick]

For the rest, look for the issue on newsstands (and at finer comic book shops) now.

[NJCher]

1. OMD!

I burst out laughing immediately!!

One good reason to go out in the snow: get the rest of this issue.

BTW, my former neighbor is one of the writers who worked on this. I see him listed in the credits.



Cher

[Cheap_Trick]

6. I left out the 2 page "Obama's First 100 Minutes in Office" gag.

It's pretty funny, too.

[Chiyo-chichi]

2. I like that last panel. Some great caricatures there.

[Usrename]

51. How is that possible?

I can tell Tina Fay from Sarah Palin better than I can in real life. How did they do that with caricatures?

:)

[napoleon_in_rags]

55. I took a class on it once.

well, an art class that touched on it. The trick was to use comic stereotypes to emphasize personality traits. Like you might draw Bush with an excessive space between his nose and mouth which is associated with "stupid" comic characters to help people identify him. Here Tina Fey has her hair down and thicker glasses, which suggests she is 'hipper' and 'smarter', which is how we identify her in addition to having a thinner face, which she actually has. Kinda interesting. :)

[Usrename]

63. Thanks for that, it is fascinating.

I hadn't noticed the glasses, but I had noticed Tina Fey's eyes look much clearer and shinier or something. It's very well done.

[mikelgb]

3. LOL @ Rachel Maddow!

[tilsammans]

4. Thank you, Usual Gang of Idiots!

Brilliant! :yourock:

:kick:

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

5. There is some great stuff in there!

The writers are definitely extremely plugged in and with it! More than most, I would say.

[Occam Bandage]

7. The last panel is great. It's good to konw they've still got good caricaturists.

[Cha]

8. Oh they're mean!

Glad it's just the opposite. With bushits it was all too true.

[Leftist Agitator]

17. Hey! How did you change your username?!

:shrug:

[Flirtus]

21. see Skinner's note on the left side of the home page

[Cha]

104. Yes, I did

sweetie:)

[bbgrunt]

9. k n r. thanks. I'll be looking for it.

[Mist]

79. Except that it's on the right side of the page! ; nt

[kestrel91316]

10. I love Mad. Does Sergio Aragones still do cartoons for them?

I have an original Aragones cartoon of myself, done by him when he came in to the clinic where I was working years ago and I asked for a mere autograph. He was a really good client, and was happy to do it. I am in it with his dog and it's a wild scene of pandemonium in the waiting room, lol (his dog was a maniac), and he of course signed it.

[WinkyDink]

14. That is cool!! When I was 19, I walked into their NY offices (13th floor!), and asked for a job!

HAHA! Right!
I DID get a magazine signed by all the Gang of Idiots, though!

[FatDave]

25. I wonder what happened to my copy of the Star Wars issue.

It had an awesome Aragones piece where, among other things, Luke went into the bathroom in the Mos Eisley cantina only to find a bunch of crazy toilets designed for aliens.

[louis-t]

102. I remember the Lost in Space issue (the original)

1966 I think. Riding in the chariot, Will says "Dad, I have to go to the bathroom." "Son, the nearest bathroom is 20 million light years away." Gee Dad, I don't think I can wait that long." Well, it was hysterical when I was 10.

[Graybeard]

11. MAD magazine has been the best satire for over 50 years.

Consistently sharp and irreverent.

[progressoid]

12. I may have to buy one of those.

Haven't done that in more than a quarter century but might just have to.

[bdamomma]

13. how funny.

[mtnsnake]

15. Hillarious!

:rofl:

[On the Road]

16. Good to See They Have a New Generation of Illustrators

The original group really made that magazine -- Al Jaffee, Dave Berg, Sergio Aragones, Mort Drucker,
Basil Wolverton, Don Martin, all many others. Spread a good liberal Jewish worldview under the guise of being cool and satirical.

[Ken Burch]

61. Some of their first contributors, (back in the "paperback" days)

were actually antifascist refugees who'd barely made it out of Germany or other parts of Europe alive.

[Drunken Irishman]

18. LOL @ Maddow, FDR and Palin!

[asdjrocky]

19. Mad Magazine, still one of the smartest.

I have a theory that kids that grew up reading Mad are smart liberals today.

[tilsammans]

60. And I am proud to be one of them!

:kick:

[Starry Messenger]

20. Right on!

I love the second page one the best. Some of the reasons are teh awesome!

[CitizenLeft]

22. ROTFLMAO!!!

Thank you for that! I have a MAD mag collection going back to the issue that parodied Brando's "Mutiny on the Bounty" in the early 60's. Great! :rofl:

[Phx_Dem]

23. Funny. Love the thought bubbles,

Is that Rachel Maddow next to Jon Stewart that is saying "I hate to be cynical, but I still see a way the GOP could steal this one?"

Spiderman's thought is funny.

[FatDave]

24. "He still hasn't said how he'd tax my nonexistant fantasy business!"

When did MAD get all glossy and color, anyway? Really can't imagine a color Spy vs. Spy.

[jmowreader]

83. It happened when they started running ads.

[eyepaddle]

86. That was my favorite too! I suppose I should read all the comments BEFORE I post.

Oh well, c'est la vie. :)

[Colobo]

26. I gotta get this issue quick!

[jillan]

27. Funny, funny stuff. Love Hannity crying.

[asdjrocky]

28. "To think, all this started with a five dollar bar bet."

:rofl:

[NobleCynic]

101. That one got me too.

You could almost believe there was a grain of truth to that too.

[Dr.Phool]

29. Buzzflash has a premium MAD issue of the dumbest things in 2008.

Including Boosh. Free for a donation.


www.buzzflash.com

[boomerbust]

30. Alfred E.

Is still the main star.

[Alcibiades]

31. I will buy this

Even though I only usually go to comic book shops to play Magic the Gathering with all the other nerds.

[Bette Noir]

74. Buy Marv Wolfman's magazines, too.

He's one of us.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

I must find this issue.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

33. please someone ask me about my dad and Alfred E newman...

MAD always gets me a little teary eyed...
so yeah, I had to put out a tease asking to get asked!!

:P


BUT aside from that----
I gotta have this edition!!

[Moosepoop]

38. OK, I'll bite...

What about your Dad and Alfred E. Neuman??:)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

91. YAAYY!!! OK-----

Hi Moosepoop :hi: thanks!! I'm glad you asked!! (I'll tell mine, if you tell where you got your name ;) )

OK, so:

My Dad came here from England around age 16, during the British children's evacuation, WW II...went right into Brooklyn Polytech, and ended up getting his PhD in Chemistry, age 21 (woa!!!)

anyway, at the time that he was a grad student/assistant, Bill Gaines (Originator of MAD) was a student too. I'm not sure if he was a Chem student, or what program they met in, my Dad is gone many years now, and our Bill conversations were a verrry long time ago...

anyhow, during those heady student days, my Dad, whose name was Alfred S Cummin, was well known among his fellow students for his reply anytime anyone said, "Hey Al, ya ready for the exam?" He always replied, "What, me worry?"

It was around this time that Bill Gaines became more aware that he wasn't into the scientist thing, and as he was creating the MAD Magazine idea, he took some inspiration from my Dad! My Dad also wore his hair at that time, in the way of Alfred E Newman's original hairstyle. (Or is that, Alfred E Newman's original hairstyle was designed after my Dad's?) And, my Dad did have a very round face, though that's where any physical similarities end.

I vaguely remember the night Bill Gaines came to our house, I was around 10 or something??, he gave me a signed copy of his book "MAD!", (he wrote inside, "Cindy, I'm MMMAAADDD about your mother, I'm MMMAAADDD about your father, I'm MMMAAADDD about you!!! I can still see that in my mind's eye) Haa, I remember, he was BIG, and HAIRY!! And funny! So friendly --- :D :D

sadly, I left that book at my parent's home along with a pic of my Dad, Bill, and some other guys, I think MAD staffers sitting together, as well as many other keepsakes, figuring one day I would gather everything I wanted to keep. Things ended up not exactly working out that way....but that's a story we needn't rehash!

There!!
:hi:
Blanche

[crispini]

105. What a neat story!

Thanks for sharing with us.

[Redstone]

34. I've been wondering since I was a kid, what the "ind" in the MAD logo means...

I assume it's short for "independent," but if that really is the case, what are they independent of?

Anyone know?

[Occam Bandage]

40. It's an acronym for "Independent News Distribution."

Their publishing house or something or other.

[Redstone]

54. Aha! Thank you for that information.

Redstone

[SKKY]

35. I love Tiger's comments!!!

Brilliant!

[FlyingSquirrel]

36. "There's ten seconds left before he's sworn in. I still have time to capture Bin Laden!"

:rofl:

I liked Rachel Maddow too...

"I hate to be cynical, but I still see a way the GOP could steal this one!"

(I love ya Rachel, but really.)

[Ken Burch]

62. Dubbikins' "thought" is even funnier considering that, from the way picture's drawn

Barack has ALREADY been sworn in and is about to deliver his inaugural address.

[BootinUp]

37. Funny stuff, I like that they have Joe the Plumber there

tlkaing about his fantasy business, lol.

[Moosepoop]

39. I do have one quibble with this.

At least one of the writers apparently finds Cindy McCain "hot-looking" and "foxy-looking. ;(

Unless I missed the satire within the satire?? :dunce:

[Occam Bandage]

41. That would be Sarah Palin, not Cindy. nt

[Moosepoop]

43. Ah -- yep, you're right on the one about

"Sitcom lovers, already used to watching the exploits of a dumpy, bumbling schlub paired up with a foxy-looking mate."
I interpreted "mate" in the personal way, not thinking of running mate. Even so -- Sarah Palin, foxy-looking? Maybe compared to McCain, but still... :P


The one about "Dumped divorcees who hate any man who has a hot-looking second wife" can only be about Cindy McCain (though she may indeed have been hot way back when he dumped his first wife for her). :)

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

42. I see the MAD crew is still telling kids the truth:

not to necessarily believe what they see and hear. More than 40 years ago MAD, more than anything else, installed my bullshit detector. They're still doing excellent work, judging by this,

[Mist]

81. "Installed my bullshit detector." Maybe that's why I always enjoyed them. How many

magazines are there that you love when you're eight, and still love when you're 50? I didn't "get" most of MAD at the tender age of eight, but rapidly grew into it. So it sped up my education!

[greguganus]

44. Are the girls flashing gang signs? n/t

[Hekate]

68. No, no, no. That's "paper, stone scissors". nt

[greguganus]

45. Spiderman: "Oh no it's the Green Goblin!...no wait... it's just Harriet Miers" LMAO n/t

[bigwillq]

46. Awesome!

:bounce:

[hay rick]

47. "26%

Churchgoers who couldn't understand how Obama could pal around with a minister who hates all of America instead of just its gays, feminists, and liberals."... AMONG PEOPLE WHO VOTED AGAINST OBAMA/BIDEN...

Great. Takes me right back to 6th grade. Amazed MAD is still around. And to think I "outgrew it" all these years...

[Kaylee]

48. I see Keith and Billo fighting...who are the two women

fighting in the bottom right corner? And is that Kucinich in his wife's arms?

[madamesilverspurs]

57. Hasselbeck v. Behar?

[Beacool]

77. Yep, that's them.

They fought like crazy for months.

:7

[corkhead]

49. now I KNOW that Rachel Maddow has hit the big time.

Her caricature has made it to Mad Magazine. (see 2nd picture, bottom left corner)

[malletgirl02]

50. The cover is funny because it's true

However, I think the "Who's thinking what" comic is the best out of the three comics.

[underpants]

52. Tiger Woods

:rofl:

[pleah]

53. ROTFLMAO!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ZombieHorde]

56. Mr. and Ms. Kucinich are hilarious. (3rd panel, upper left) nt

[glowing]

58. Condi has a mini-Bush doll.. LOL.

[Number23]

59. Joy is kicking Elisabeth's BUTT in the bottom right corner!

And that Leering Bill in pic #3 is just PRICELESS... :rofl:

[MimiSkitty]

64. Hmmmn...

I don't know.....

I never liked MAD Magazines, because they just make fun of people. I'm not for that kinda stuff...

But I DO like the artwork!

I'm new here, btw.... I don't know much about Politics at all, so forgive me. I'm learning.

I'm also full blooded German.

[MrScorpio]

67. Willkommen zu DU!

Wie gehts?

[TechBear_Seattle]

65. "So we are getting a puppy...."

"Looks like Barak and I are BOTH going to spend the next few years getting barked at and cleaning up horrible messes."

Michelle does not look happy at the prospect. :rofl:

[Hekate]

66. "Who's thinking what" has me roflmao. I love this--must get a copy.

I just picked up the Spiderman second print today; never thought I'd be buying comic books again at my age. :rofl:

Hekate

[Politicalboi]

69. Me either

I have all 3 of the Spiderman Obama comics and the 4th is coming out next week. They are all the same story I believe. I want this one too. John Edwards with lipstick on his face and Tim Russert looking down from heaven. LOL! Mad is great. I remember the "JAW'D" issue in 75 I think it was.

[orleans]

70. yesterday i thought: "wow--he's done so much already on his first

day--this guy's really smokin'" i wasn't thinking in literal terms...

[BrklynLiberal]

71. MAD is fantastic!!!! Notice Kucinich being carried like a baby by his wife??

Top right of center..Olbermann and OLIEly fighting..

[skyounkin]

72. That's freaking awesome!!!

LMAO!!

[Bette Noir]

73. The sad part is that I've watched so much TV news this year

That I could identify all the caricatures.

[4lbs]

75. Me too.

:D

[Beacool]

76. Thanks, I'm going to have to buy this issue.

It's way too funny. Who's the guy with the blush on the upper right hand corner of the second pic? I don't recognize him. The crowd scene is hilarious. Kucinich is held by his wife, Rev Wright and William Ayres are there and so is Monica. This is a collector's issue. LOL!!!!

:rofl:

Forgot to add, Tweety is wearing an appropriate t-shirt for someone whose legs tingled when Obama spoke.

:7

[mikelgb]

87. Blush Boy is Shep from Faux

[Beacool]

88. Thanks!!!!

I hadn't recognized him.

:hi:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

78. Love it!!

:rofl: :rofl:

I've been reading MAD since it was "25 cents, CHEAP"!!! That was quite a long time ago!!
:D

Funny as hell but not malicious. What a refreshing change.

[Eurobabe]

80. Bwahaha!! Love the Lame Attemps

and of course the cover.

I wonder if Barack ever had an "oh shit" moment...

[stlsaxman]

82. I'm definately buying one this morning on my way to get my Library Card...

:bounce:

[onehandle]

84. How DARE he not wear a suit jacket in the Oval Office!... Oh, wait... It's a cartoon.

Phew!

Good thing he won't do that in real life.

That would be an embarrassment and very significant.

[eyepaddle]

85. My god, that was unbelievably funny.

I don't think there is a flat joke in there. :rofl:

When will poor Joe/Sam find out how Obama will tax his non-extisten fantasy business? :)

[shagsak]

89. What, me worry?

I'm getting this today, an instant classic!

[deutsey]

90. Wow...good stuff! Just like the old "MAD" I grew up reading!

I may have to buy this issue...

:thumbsup:

[SIMPLYB1980]

92. LOL! Got to get this one.

[ThatsMyBarack]

93. I haven't read MAD in years!

I gotta get me one of these! :rofl:

[NinetySix]

94. Another historic moment! One of the very few covers without Alfred E. Neuman!

Remember Irving Pac, Man of the Year from the early '80s?

[Hekate]

100. Alfred E Neuman is upside down on the Trib, in 3 monkeys mode (see/hear/say no evil). nt

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

95. Great Stuff.

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

96. Cheaptrick, what is up with the avatar?

Is that true?

[Occam Bandage]

97. There used to be Simpsons avatars, most notably Principal Skinner (used by Skinner, of course),

until a legal threat from Fox made DU take them down. That avatar replaced them.

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

98. thx

[ananda]

99. I've always thought that Bush looked..

.. like a cross between Alfred E Neuman
and Howdy Doody.. literally.. with
the mentality of The Joker.

[wryter2000]

103. To quote LLoyd Bridges

"I picked the wrong week to give up smoking."