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Mad

Classics/Williams · 1964–1979 · 107 issues
🌐 Dutch edition · descriptions in English
About the series

From 1964 to 1979, Mad (often tagged as the Classics/Williams era) delivered 107 issues of its signature satirical bite, with regulars like Anthony Prohías, Don Edwing, and Don Martin providing the scripts, while artists Norman Mingo, Don Martin, and Jack Rickard gave the humor its iconic visual punch. This period cemented the magazine’s role as a sharp, enduring mirror to pop culture and politics, with Martin’s wild, rubbery cartoons and Mingo’s classic Alfred E. Neuman covers becoming especially synonymous with the title. It matters as the stretch that defined Mad’s voice for a generation, proving that pointed parody could be both wildly entertaining and culturally essential.