The Mad Sampler

A brief, two-issue oddity from Warner Books in 1973, The Mad Sampler collects a selection of cartoons and features from the pages of Mad magazine, offering a digest-sized sampler of the publication's signature satirical humor. Though it never continued past its initial pair of issues, it stands as a curious archival artifact, repackaging the work of Mad's usual stable of artists and writers for a potential new audience.