Considered Mad

Yesterday on the radio show All Things Considered, Denis Kitchen discussed the art of Harvey Kurtzman. Listen here.

Buy "The Art of Harvey Kurtzman" by Denis Kitchen here.

MAD Fold-Ins: Past and Present

Jashar sent me this NY Times link to a collection of flash-powered MAD Fold-Ins!

Try 'em out for yourself here

Adios, amigo!

Fidel Castro's resignation letter here
article here

MAD (sorta) here
MAD Cover Illustration by Norman Mingo

2/20 UPDATE: "Castro in the Crosshairs: Assassination Plots and Schemes" here

Gaines biopic in the works

John Landis announced plans to direct "Ghoulishly Yours, William M. Gaines."

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Two-Fisted Tales

"Everything I like is either illegal, immoral, or fattening."

Mad magazine founder and EC Comics publisher William M. Gaines is about to get the Hollywood biopic treatment.

related: EC fan letters from Eleanor Roosevelt discovered!