Mad #46
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "See the Difference Color TV Makes...," EC’s Mad #46 (1959) delivers a satirical tour through wildly distinct literary voices—each rendered in the style of a famous writer from Paddy Chayefsky to Tennessee Williams—through a series of sharp, stylized comic strips. Written by Frank Jacobs and illustrated with bold, expressive art by Wally Wood, the issue showcases a rare showcase of tonal range, all anchored in the absurdity of mid-century media. The cover, by Kelly Freas, captures the era’s fascination with television’s growing influence.
In this playful 1959 satire from Mad #46, the comic strips are reimagined in the voices of literary giants—Paddy Chayefsky’s sharp dialogue, Gilbert & Sullivan’s operatic flair, Rudyard Kipling’s imperial tone, Walt Whitman’s sweeping lines, Rogers & Hammerstein’s musical cadence, Tennessee Williams’ dramatic intensity, Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic gloom, and Mickey Spillane’s hard-boiled grit—all delivered through typeset letters that parody the original styles with deadpan wit.
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Reprinted in The Worst from MAD #3 (1960), More Trash from Mad #3 (1960), Mad Follies #1 (1963), The Worst from MAD #7 (1964), More Trash from Mad #7 (1964), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad #[nn] (1969), The Completely Mad Don Martin #[nn] (1974), Mad #64 (1974), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 (1981), Mad about Comic Strips #[nn] (2003), Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs #[nn] (2015), Mad #12 (2020)
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