Mad #163
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Early One Morning in the Near Future," Stan Hart and Mort Drucker deliver a wry, satirical take on post-adolescent ennui, turning the nostalgic haze of high school into the drab routine of college life. With sharp humor and Drucker’s expressive, deadpan illustrations, this Mad classic skewers the myth of youthful promise through the mundane lives of three former high school students—now just another trio of underachievers in a world that’s already forgotten them.
In a deadpan satire of *The Class of '44*, three unremarkable high school graduates from *The Summer of '42* trade their summer nostalgia for the dull routine of college life—where the only thing more predictable than their schedules is their lack of ambition.
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Reprinted in Mad #60 (1974), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #22 (1977), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #23 (1977), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #24 (1977), Mad for Kicks #54 (1980), The Uncensored Mad #55 (94-462) (1980), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #38 (1982), Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade #14 (1982), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #45 (1983), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #42 (1983), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #47 (1984), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #48 (1984), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #82 (1992), Mad #501 (2009), Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] (2010), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin #[nn] (2014), Mad #19 (2021), Mad #22 (2021)
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