David Pogue at CBS News offers a piece on a Mad Magazine exhibit.
Nestled in the rolling hills of rural
Massachusetts. swathed by manicured grounds, sits the Norman Rockwell Museum.
And there, side-by-side with the wholesome works of America's most beloved
illustrator, is the world's dumbest cover boy: Alfred E. Neuman.
"It's sacrilegious! It's an
outrage!" laughed political cartoonist Steve Brodner. "But I do think
if Norman Rockwell were here, he'd laugh his head off. He'd think this was
fantastic."
These hallowed halls are now home to the
world's largest exhibit of artwork from Mad Magazine, co-curated by Brodner.
"I was formed by Mad," he said. "My idea of comedy, humor,
irreverent drawing comes from this."
Mad began in 1952 as a comic book that made
fun of other comic books. But if you came of age during Mad's peak - the
sixties, seventies and eighties – you know what it became: A hilarious guide to
the hypocrisy of the authority figures in your life, whom Mad kept
characterizing as idiots. "I know! Isn't that marvelous?" said
Brodner.
Mad made fun of dumb ads, and dumb politicians, and dumb trends and dumb movies.
You can read the rest of the piece and watch the news video via the below
link:
How Mad Magazine's humor created a revolution (msn.com)
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