21 points by prismatic 3 days ago | 3 comments
eludwig 13 hours ago
I was an avid reader as a child in the late 60s to early 70s. I eventually moved on to National Lampoon as a teen, but Mad will always glow in my childhood memory heart.
I still have a decent-sized collection of Mad paperbacks. Many (most, all?) were written by a single Mad artist/writer. My favorites of these were ones written by Don Martin and Al Jaffee.
kstrauser 13 hours ago
I (dis)credit Mad for developing a lifelong mix of sarcasm with sincerity, skepticism with optimism. It was exactly the right food for my young brain.
eludwig 11 hours ago
Love this, perfectly said. Or, in the words of Don Martin, Thook Zak Splak KWOP!