Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs #[nn]
In "Why I Left the Army and Became a Civilian," Frank Jacobs delivers a sharp, satirical take on the energy crisis through a clever collage of familiar nursery rhymes, reimagined with biting wit. Paul Coker’s expressive art, rendered with precision and humor, brings Jacobs’ wordplay to life, while Jack Davis’s iconic cover captures the absurdity with signature flair.
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The energy crisis is satirized using the following nursery rhymes: Little Miss Muffet; Hickory, Dickory, Dock; The Car-Makers Say; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater; As I Was Going to St. Ives; Freddie Siphons Gas Tanks; Jack Be Nimble; Little Boy Blue; Harry Has a Row of Pumps; and Exxon, Mobil, Gulf and Shell.
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