Mad #101
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Mad Suburban Primer," EC's signature satire takes a delightfully absurd turn as a parody of 1960s laundry soap commercials, complete with a surreal twist: the Jolly Green Giant’s hand erupts from a washing machine clutching a can of corn instead of a detergent bottle. Cover by Norman Mingo, whose bold pencils and inks bring the absurdity to life, this 1966 issue delivers a sharp, offbeat slice of mid-century consumer culture with a laugh that still lands.
In this madcap parody from Mad #101, two bumbling naval officers aboard a hamster-powered submarine scramble to solve the mysterious death of a crew member—because nothing says "deep-sea mystery" like a tiny rodent powering the vessel. With deadpan absurdity and a perfectly timed satirical edge, the story skewers the over-the-top drama of '60s sci-fi adventure, all in just six pages.
In a satirical twist on *The Sandpiper*, a married priest finds himself drawn into a secret, wordy affair with a carefree single mother—two people whose conversations buzz with idle chatter and quiet tension, all set against a backdrop of suburban pretense. Written with a sharp, tongue-in-cheek edge, this five-page parody from *Mad* #101 (1966) turns romance into a farce of empty profundity, where the real sin may be the silence between the words.
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Reprinted in Svenska Mad #5/1966 (1966), The Recycled Mad #32 (1966), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad #[nn] (1969), Mad #55 (1973), Mad #61 (1974), The Completely Mad Don Martin #[nn] (1974), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #45 (1983), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin #[nn] (2014), Mad #33 (2023)
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