Mad #147
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 12," Arnie Kogen delivers a sharp, satirical take on the oddities of everyday life, spotlighting the absurd with a mix of humor and deadpan wit. Bob Clarke handles every aspect of the interior art, from pencils to inks, colors, and lettering, crafting a visually cohesive and delightfully exaggerated world that turns the mundane into the bizarre.
In "Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 12," Mad magazine skewers the bizarre with a satirical take on Ripley’s Believe It or Not, spotlighting the Tommy Sands Fan Club and a quirky tidbit about consumer advocate Ralph Nader—proof that truth is stranger than fiction, and funnier.
In "Little Dull Man," a 121-year-old man recounts his absurdly unimpressive life in the Old West to a bemused interviewer, delivering a satirical twist on the mythos of frontier legend. With deadpan humor and a parade of ridiculous misadventures, he proves that being the biggest schmuck was his most defining achievement.
In a satirical take on "All In The Family," a bigoted family patriarch vents his opinions to anyone within earshot while waiting for a reunion with an old army buddy—his grating rants punctuated by the sharp, typeset letters of Mad’s signature style.
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Reprinted in Mad #34 (1972), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #11 (1973), Mad #162 (1973), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #16 (1975), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #17 (1975), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 (1975), Mad Clowns Around #48 (1978), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #34 (1981), Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade #14 (1982), A Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] (1984), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #79 (1992), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #82 (1992), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #104 (1995), Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] (2010), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin #[nn] (2014), Mad #19 (2021), Mad #24 (2022), Mad Magazine Special Edition 2024 #[nn] (2024), Mad #44 (2025)
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