Pete C Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 I think we're misspelling it. (; Wasn't it Crack'd? So many brain cells ago...Then the 'lost decades'. I'm sure you can relate! Nor should we forget that other wannabee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 I can't make out that 2nd flat image on my cell phone's tiny sceen-but that Cracked cover is pretty amusing-and well-drawn. The Netherland's own Alfrood de Neumannstraat? Too weird... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Pomea Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Things you could say about your political opponent that sounded scandalous but really weren't (outdated) "His sister is a well-known thespian." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) That sounds like a throwaway of Cyrano's.. Edited June 14, 2012 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Things you could say about your political opponent that sounded scandalous but really weren't (outdated) "His sister is a well-known thespian." IIRC, Nixon used that against a female opponent, calling her a thespian, with what was considered a shady connotation in those times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 It didn't hurt Reagan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 It didn't hurt Reagan. Or Bonzo. Nancy, arguably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 The one thing I remember really liking about Mad was the inside back cover where one drawing folded over to reveal the real story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 The one thing I remember really liking about Mad was the inside back cover where one drawing folded over to reveal the real story... Al Jaffee's mad Fold-in. If he's still alive it's still on the back cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 John Severin did a lot of art for Cracked. Earlier, he was an EC Comics artist -- he did a lot of war comics IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 My favourite was the cartoon where the Lone Ranger and Tonto are surrounded by a horde of Indian braves. The Lone Ranger says to Tonto "It likes we're finished" and Tonto replies "What do you mean we?" http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/08/26/comic-book-legends-revealed-329/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 The one thing I remember really liking about Mad was the inside back cover where one drawing folded over to reveal the real story... Al Jaffee's mad Fold-in. If he's still alive it's still on the back cover. I just became aware of this. Had no idea such a collection existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 The one thing I remember really liking about Mad was the inside back cover where one drawing folded over to reveal the real story... Al Jaffee's mad Fold-in. If he's still alive it's still on the back cover. I just became aware of this. Had no idea such a collection existed. Doesn't surprise me. Classic Mad still turns a respectable dollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 I was an avid Mad reader from the mid-60's until the early 70's, at which point, around age 14, I switched to the National Lampoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 On the topic of Kurtzman creations, I picked up five issues of "Help", a mid-60s humor mag that Kurtzman did, at a recent comic book convention. Some pretty funny stuff, even though most of it was topical humor. One issue has some early Robert Crumb work and Woody Allen shows up in one of the fumettis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted June 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) I was an avid Mad reader from the mid-60's until the early 70's, at which point, around age 14, I switched to the National Lampoon. You naughty boy! They were great too. Too bad it ended badly (officialy they still publish. In terms of impact....). I remember the Foto Funny where a hippie's panhandling and someone in a suit, a very '70s straight-arrow guy, lectures him and tells him to 'get with the program. This is 1975'. 'It is?. Wow, man. Dynamite weed!!' Edited June 19, 2012 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cali Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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