Mad #45

MAD #45 from March 1959 turns Valentine's Day on its ear with a cover by Kelly Freas that frames Alfred E. Neuman and a gap-toothed, curly red-haired female counterpart inside an elaborate lace heart doily — all set against MAD's signature bold red. The pair beam their carefree, slightly dopey grins beneath the magazine's ornate yellow logo and the cheerful reminder, "What — Me Worry?" It's a warm, wonderfully absurd send-up of sentimental romance from one of the sharpest humor magazines of 1959.