Gavin
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“The Apartheid police claimed, following Steve Biko’s death on September 12, 1977 (after being tortured and beaten while in police custody) that Biko had flown into a rage and "banged his head against a wall," inflicting fatal injuries upon himself.”
February 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
“The Apartheid police claimed, following Steve Biko’s death on September 12, 1977 (after being tortured and beaten while in police custody) that Biko had flown into a rage and "banged his head against a wall," inflicting fatal injuries upon himself.”
His biography is amazing. I read it years ago.
February 3, 2026 at 11:49 PM
His biography is amazing. I read it years ago.
What an absolute privilege to visit that legend and see his studio.
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
What an absolute privilege to visit that legend and see his studio.
It never got reprinted but it was deemed important enough to be the cover? A list of never reprinted content will be very interesting.
February 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
It never got reprinted but it was deemed important enough to be the cover? A list of never reprinted content will be very interesting.
There was a very controversial mad bonus in a MAD magazine special, possibly in the early 70s, that bluntly pointed this out. It’s too controversial for me to upload it.
#Mad #madcoversite #aljaffee
#Mad #madcoversite #aljaffee
February 1, 2026 at 3:17 AM
There was a very controversial mad bonus in a MAD magazine special, possibly in the early 70s, that bluntly pointed this out. It’s too controversial for me to upload it.
#Mad #madcoversite #aljaffee
#Mad #madcoversite #aljaffee
I learned more from “MAD” than I did from “SCHOOL”!
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
I learned more from “MAD” than I did from “SCHOOL”!
I remember this reprinted in a special. Years later I learned the art was a tribute to “American artist Charles Allan Gilbert’s All Is Vanity (1892), the drawing employs an illusion in which the scene changes to a human skull when seen from a distance.”
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I remember this reprinted in a special. Years later I learned the art was a tribute to “American artist Charles Allan Gilbert’s All Is Vanity (1892), the drawing employs an illusion in which the scene changes to a human skull when seen from a distance.”
Was there a cover of a paperback that was replaced for the same reason?
January 31, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Was there a cover of a paperback that was replaced for the same reason?
I suspect it wouldn’t physically fit very well into a paperback? I’ve seen it reprinted in a couple of full-size mad books and mad specials. I need to go back and read it again. It may have become more relevant as the UN descends into open partisanship.
January 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I suspect it wouldn’t physically fit very well into a paperback? I’ve seen it reprinted in a couple of full-size mad books and mad specials. I need to go back and read it again. It may have become more relevant as the UN descends into open partisanship.
Fascinating, and disturbing.
January 29, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Fascinating, and disturbing.
Really! I thought we were an exclusive group that was too small to warrant pretending to be part of.
However, I think that if every American had been given a federally funded subscription to MAD Magazine as they were growing up, America would not be in the unfortunate situation that it is in now.
However, I think that if every American had been given a federally funded subscription to MAD Magazine as they were growing up, America would not be in the unfortunate situation that it is in now.
January 25, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Really! I thought we were an exclusive group that was too small to warrant pretending to be part of.
However, I think that if every American had been given a federally funded subscription to MAD Magazine as they were growing up, America would not be in the unfortunate situation that it is in now.
However, I think that if every American had been given a federally funded subscription to MAD Magazine as they were growing up, America would not be in the unfortunate situation that it is in now.
“Print Run: Only 25,000 copies were originally produced.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:34 AM
“Print Run: Only 25,000 copies were originally produced.”
I once read that the print run for the ridiculously expensive MAD was something like 20,000. Most of those will be gone by now, and almost all will have had at least one of their inserts used!
January 24, 2026 at 6:32 AM
I once read that the print run for the ridiculously expensive MAD was something like 20,000. Most of those will be gone by now, and almost all will have had at least one of their inserts used!
Crazy! Will it be one of the regular numbered issues, or a special issue?
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Crazy! Will it be one of the regular numbered issues, or a special issue?
Another example of the kind of highly political MAD article that had a big influence on my young mind. There was one where if someone steals loaf of bread versus if someone steals a million dollars, and a homeless guy asking for money versus falling down a well, or something like that.
January 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Another example of the kind of highly political MAD article that had a big influence on my young mind. There was one where if someone steals loaf of bread versus if someone steals a million dollars, and a homeless guy asking for money versus falling down a well, or something like that.
MAD from an alternative universe
January 18, 2026 at 4:23 AM
MAD from an alternative universe
Wow! Great find. I’ve never seen these before
January 18, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Wow! Great find. I’ve never seen these before
I read these comics before I listened to the music. I liked the music, but it was nothing like the music the comics (and the band name) had led me to expect!
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I read these comics before I listened to the music. I liked the music, but it was nothing like the music the comics (and the band name) had led me to expect!
There was a series of issues where they had “the cover we didn’t use” inside. I can’t remember any examples, but I do remember that some could have caused offence!
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 AM
There was a series of issues where they had “the cover we didn’t use” inside. I can’t remember any examples, but I do remember that some could have caused offence!