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1953 - Mad #8 - Harvey Kurtzman cover … Batman parody by Wally Wood

u/OCguy2026 — 4 days ago
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All hail Discordia! (Daughter art)

This is something that my daughter drew. You might get the reference. Or you might not.

u/alanpdx — 6 days ago
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[TOMT] old cooking magazine cover

i remember seeing a magazine as a kid that scared the crap out of me. i’m not even sure it was a cooking magazine but that seems right for the context? it was this young guy or kid chopping food but the chops went up his arm if that makes sense. like he’d chopped his own arm. i believe it was drawn but i could be wrong. he was smiling in it too from what i remember… that’s all i got 😭 idk if this is the right sub but im hoping someone knows what im talking about

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u/hyperfixation_go_brr — 7 days ago
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Jack Davis artwork spotted at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum

I was at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum (on the campus of UT-Austin) today with my son when I noticed that some artwork in a temporary exhibit (Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats) had a familiar style. Sure enough, these beautiful pieces were indeed the work of Jack Davis himself.

Masters of the Night is a traveling exhibition leased out by a San Antonio-based company called Evergreen Exhibitions. They seem to create exhibitions for museums and science centers, and this one has been featured across the country, though it’s unclear when and where it debuted.

My 4-year-old son, who loves bats, absolutely loved this exhibit, and it seemed to be very positively received while we were there, thanks in no small part to Mr. Davis’ delightful artwork.

u/TronBlaster — 8 days ago
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Recently inherited issues #1-28

I recently inherited the first 28 issues of MAD. They are in decent condition showing wear but no abuse.

I am hoping to sell them and in order to do so have been researching what similar issues go for. The prices vary wildly. Stores low-ball and Ebay seems like they ask way too much. It's all over the place.

Is there one place that provides accurate info on what the magazines are worth? I know the selling price will be much lower but I need a base line to determine what to ask for.

u/Global_Recover_6636 — 10 days ago
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Here is a wish for Mad...

When I started with Mad, issue No. 216 July 1980, (oh where did the time go?), the magazine was publishing eight times per year (pretty sure about that). That's how it had been for a while. Then at some point it was quarterly, and now bimonthly.

I definitely appreciate bimonthly and the slow return to new content. And I love the collections we get at B&N and supermarkets (our current version of the awesome Super Special).

But I have a wish: why not go back to eight times per year? Here's the kicker though: for the extra two issues, why not reprint, in total and exactly, the contents of two past issues...in other words, re-release them?

Here's the advantage to that (I would think, anyway): presumably there would be little cost to putting that together, either in terms of time or money. It would seem to be like the collections I mentioned: many of them are almost identical to previous versions.

Consider next year, 2027. That will be the fiftieth anniversary of Star Wars. Why not re-release issue No. 196 that contained the satire of that film, Star Roars? This year we could have had No. 200 with Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind to celebrate Steven Spielberg's new movie Disclosure Day.

If there was a presumption that doing that wouldn't do well at the comic shops, what about doing it just for subscribers?

Anyway, am I Mad for making such a wish? I'd be interested too in Doug's thoughts and whether this would be feasible at all...thanks...

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u/Usr7_0__- — 11 days ago
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MAD Magazine #602 unveiled!

Taken from DC Connect #74, June 2026, we received a preview of what would be a holiday issue, with the new content still ongoing.

The placeholder cover is done by Kelly Freas (MAD #44).

u/SketchIwerks — 13 days ago