Mad Strikes Back: The Mad Reader

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Summary: Classic humor from The Usual Gang Of Idiots
Review: Funny stuff from the early days of Mad. The crisp b&w art in this 50th anniversary edition looks great. Handy paperback size. Be sure to check out the 1st volume of this series, "The Mad Reader".

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Summary: Hold it sideways and have some fun.
Review: You have to hold this book sideways to read it so there you already look a bit Mad to begin with.

In the 1950s America was a very conservative place so when Mad hit the newsstands of anytown USA it was like the cultural equivelant of an A-bomb going off. Mad parodied anything that moved and was freshest and most vital in the beginning of its run.

The parodies remain a fresh today as they did then with hundreds of small sight gags that will take more than one rereading to find.