Sing Along with Mad #88-852
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "My Square Lester," Frank Jacobs and Al Jaffee deliver a sharp, satirical twist on the crime genre, following Louie Lasagna’s return from a fifteen-year prison stretch only to be double-crossed by the slick corporate mobster J. B. Tortoni. With Al Jaffee’s signature visual wit on full display in both the story and the cover, this 1977 issue offers a uniquely absurd take on justice, greed, and the prison-industrial complex—delivered with the kind of deadpan humor that made Mad a staple of countercultural satire.
In "My Square Lester," rock impresario Henry Headman takes on the challenge of turning the perpetually square Lester Doobetter into a rock star—using a mix of showmanship, a little weed, and the unpredictable charm of groupie Marigold Shapiro. The result is a delightfully absurd satire of fame, image, and the lengths one might go to for a hit.
In "The Sound of Murder," fifteen years after his last prison stint, Louie Lasagna returns to crime with his old gang—only to be double-crossed by the sleek, suit-wearing J. B. Tortoni and his corporate mob, who frame him for a crime he didn’t commit and send him away for 99 years. The story’s sharp satire takes aim at the absurdity of power, justice, and the mob’s evolving tactics, all delivered with the deadpan humor of a classic Mad parody.
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