Encyclopedia Dramatica:Article of the Now/April 11, 2023

MAD magazine

MAD magazine is a "satirical" magazine which began as a comic book for EC Comics in 1952 and was written and edited by Brooklyn Jew Harvey Kurtzman, back when "comic book" meant funny paper rather than typical generic capeshit. The magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, himself a variant of an older "Me Worry?" meme, is one of the original "pre-Internet memes."

Some argue MAD magazine was the original redpill in the 1950s, setting the formula for all Amerifat satire that came after. Although, the "alt-right" may argue it was the original blue pill, as "a vehicle for Jews to spread degeneracy throughout society" which culminated in hippies and feminism and eventually the social justice warrior. MAD magazine promoted skepticism of everything, and influenced Harry Shearer, Terry Gilliam, Robert Crumb and all underground comix, Weird Al, even Roger "Jaws No More" Ebert. MAD magazine preceded Fark and Something Awful and 4chan by decades, until loaning its brand to a TV show that had barely a damned thing to do with it.

In 2017, it was announced that the longtime New York staff ("The Usual Gang of Idiots") of MAD magazine was going to be replaced with a brand new staff from California. Also, in 2018, the magazine relaunched its numbering with a brand-new #1 and plans for a "increased web presence and a new podcast" - thus, the reason for this article.

(( RIP Al Jaffee ))

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