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In the early '70s (Jr High, High School) my brother subscribed to Mad Magazine, and I enjoyed them secondhand.

Horrifying Cliches was a recurring section in where they took a common phrase and turned their cartoonists loose on it.

If there is a visual equivalent to 'ear worm' these often would qualify. Smile

For those who may be unfamiliar, here's an example:
 
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Yes! On the horns of a dilemma. Can't find a copy.





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In the 60's...Mom thought MAD was too risqué, Dad used to buy them for me. Hell, they were laying around my dentist's office.

Many a good argument overheard because of that.



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I loved MAD Magazine, subscribed to it for a couple of years in the early 70s. My favorites were artist Don Martin, "The Lighter Side of..." and of course Mort Drucker and his satire of movies.




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Mad Magazine offered a bumper sticker for sale:

BUMPER STICKER



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My favorite cover was when it was raining inside the umbrella. That magazine was great.
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I loved MAD Magazine, subscribed to it for a couple of years in the early 70s. My favorites were artist Don Martin, "The Lighter Side of..." and of course Mort Drucker and his satire of movies.



My favorite artwork of his was the parody of the 1967 Bonnie & Clyde movie. The last page (unfortunately I can't find it anywhere, hence the image above) depicts the characters as Nazis. The longer you look at it, the more little details and touches come out, even the tattooed human skin lampshade.

I loved the Don Martin cartoons.



And Sergio Aragones. This is one of his "The Shadow Knows" cartoons.



He also did "A Mad Look at ___", as well as the little cartoons in the page margins.

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Nope. sorry. I don't remember those. I do remember the fold up back covers and the spy versus spy cartoons.

I remember one and it may have been against Nixon. Something like, "You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time..." and you fold it and it's Nixon saying, "But, now, here's where I'll prove Lincoln wrong!"



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I do remember the fold up back covers ...

"Here we go with another ridiculous Mad Fold-In!" Big Grin Al Jaffee did those. He died a few years ago, aged 102. He continued to work until 99, including some 50 years at Mad.
 
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"Buy this magazine or we will shoot this dog"



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"Buy this magazine or we will shoot this dog"


That was National Lampoon but maybe Mad also did that cover.


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Loved reading Mad magazine as a kid, was in the bookstore last week and saw a new Mad magazine, I know it's just rehashed old stuff, but was all set to buy it until I saw the $14.99 price tag.
 
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Here is a typical "Fold-In".



If you fold it in you'll see Peanuts comic characters and the caption will read "Good Grief!" How anybody can even think this up, let alone draw it, blows my mind.
 
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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
"Buy this magazine or we will shoot this dog"


That was National Lampoon but maybe Mad also did that cover.


Yes...you are absolutely right. They were both good mags.



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