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NATO Schamto! Comics: Philosophy and Practice Conference is Big News

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 05.22.2012

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NATO?! Whatever. The big news of the weekend was the three-day conference at the University of Chicago's new Logan Arts Center, "Comics: Philosophy and Practice," where some of the greatest comics artists and graphic novelists took the stage.

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The 50 Worst Things About America: An Exclusive Preview From MAD Magazine

Bryan Young | Posted 04.10.2012

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Mad Magazine's issue containing all "50 Worst Things About America" hits newsstands later this week, but they wanted to give readers of The Huffington Post a sneak peak.

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NOT FUNNY: The Cost Of Laughter Is Going Up

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Laughter Inflation, Rubber Chickens, Comedy Club Prices, Malcolm Kushner, Mad Magazine, Cost of Laughing Index, Whoopie Cushions, Groucho Glasses, Cost of Laughing, Video, Weird News News

Gasoline isn't the only precious commodity that has increased in price in the last 12 months -- so have rubber chickens. It's sad but true: The who...

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MAD Magazine's Banana Republicans: An Exclusive Look

Bryan Young | Posted 04.16.2012

The usual gang of idiots over at MAD Magazine have come up with what I think is one of their funniest political spreads over. Hitting newsstands next week will be a "Banana Republican" catalogue and readers of my Huffington Post blog get to see it first.

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Deceit, Discontent, Depression -- Happy Year of Destiny!

Denise Bostrom | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Community Service, Gretchen Morgenson, Wall Street, Mayan Prophecy, Mad Magazine, American-Made-Clothes, Sports Authority, 2012, Fifty News

Republican, Democrat: Who cares? It's time to unite our talents and willingness to ask the hard questions of what it takes to re-grow our businesses, schools, and communities. It's time to be more than we thought we could be. Here's to our Year of Destiny.

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MAD Magazine's 5 Dumbest People, Events and Things of the Year (Exclusive)

Bryan Young | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Debt, Anthony Weiner, Debt Crisis, Penn State Scandal, Zombies, Nirvana, Mad Magazine, Jerry Sandusky, Anthony Weiner Scandal, Kim Kardashian Divorce, Politics, Kim Kardashian Wedding, DC Comics, Penn State, Barack Obama, Nevermind, Walking Dead, Comedy News

The usual gang of idiots over at MAD Magazine is releasing their annual list of the stupidest people, events, and things of the year next week and we have an advanced look.

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Design by Committee Is Dangerous: How Too Much Input Can Kill Any Good Idea

Matt Cohen | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Focus Groups, Product Design, Committees, Market Research, Mad Magazine, Cars, Survey, Poll, Business, Comedy News

If you ever work as part of a committee, team, or task force, you may want to circulate the following case study:

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WATCH: Al Jaffee, Creator Of The Mad Magazine Fold-In

Posted 10.22.2011

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Al Jaffee, cartoonist and creator of the Mad Magazine Fold-In, was interviewed recently by the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Jaffee's name might n...

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Funny Business: The Strange But True Connection Between Pixar, MAD Magazine, and Product Development

Matt Cohen | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Comedy, Mad Magazine, New Product Development, Business, The Incredibles, Pixar, Business News

As my bio points out, I am a contributing writer for MAD Magazine. I sometimes worry about admitting that in public, but I have discovered that people...

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A MAD Look at John Boehner

Bryan Young | Posted 05.25.2011

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With John Boehner ruining the country one weepy tear at a time, MAD Magazine saw fit to immortalize him in a portrait that's much more honest than most other portraits of the Speaker of the House.

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Highlights This Week: Medieval Manuscripts to MAD Magazine

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Al Jaffee, Brooklyn Museum, Undercity, Jay Leno, Getty Museum, Imagining the Past Getty, Jay Leno Tonight Show, Mad Magazine, Gustavo Dudamel, Arts News

The first week of 2011 is over and this week we've seen a lot of fascinating stories. We've covered everything from ancient to contemporary, classical...

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Above the Fold-In: Al Jaffee Shares His Secrets

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Jaffee's Mad Life, Stan Lee, Tall Tales, Cartoons, Comics, Books, Al Jaffee, Humbug, Mary Lou Weisman, Antonio Prohias, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein, Illustrations, Will Elder, Mad Magazine, Kim Kardashian, Larry Siegel, Arts News

In 1978, Al Jaffee got me into trouble with my fifth grade teacher, and I've been grateful ever since. I thought his series on dealing with dog dro...

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MAD's Great Artist Sergio Aragones Celebrates Five Decades Of Amazing Work

Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

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I see something I drew 40 years ago and I don't remember it -- it's like someone told me a new cartoon!

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How Did Mad Magazine's Al Jaffee Become A 'Shtetl-Style Lithuanian Huck Finn'?

Al Jaffee | Posted 05.25.2011

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He has lived in New York for 77 years and has spent the last 40 summers in Provincetown. Even so, the key to his genius as a satirist, is that he doesn't feel at home anywhere.

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A Mad Look At 225 Lafayette Street

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Magazine, Tales From the Crypt, Times Square, New York Architecture, Sotheby's, New York News

Before it became overpriced condos, 225 Lafayette Street was a typical Manhattan office building with one very atypical tenant: Mad Magazine.

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Are Comic Books Dead?

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marvel, Art in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures 1940-1980, Dan Nadel, Wally Wood, The Simpsons, Johnny Ryan, Ben Schwartz, Prison Pit, My World, Daredevil, Mad Magazine, Comic Books, Dash Shaw, Peter Jackson, Powrmastrs, Bodyworld, Picturebox, Los Angeles News

Comics expert Dan Nadel has a new book about 14 mostly unknown adventure comics book artists, Art in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures 1940-1980.

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Looking Back on the Year of the Woman

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

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Time magazine had several contenders for its annual Person of the Year issue, including Timothy Geithner, Stanley McChrystal, Usain Bolt and, of cours...

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Remembering Soupy Sales

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm not ashamed to say that Soupy Sales was a formative influence on my sense of humor as a preteen and adolescent, along with Rocky & Bullwinkle and the early Mad.

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"Mad Magazine" Mocks Google In 500th Issue (PIC)

Posted 05.25.2011

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"Mad Magazine" turns 500 next week and chose Internet owners, Google, to bear the brunt of their celebratory satire. They gave Wired.com a sneak peek ...

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Obama Mad Magazine Cover: Spoofs President's First 100 Days (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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First Marvel Comics, now Mad Magazine. President Barack Obama, who was given the illustrious honor of appearing on the cover of Marvel's "Amazing Spid...

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Review: The Spirit Is Disspiriting

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sin City, Mad Magazine, The Spirit Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Movie Reviews, Film Review, Film, Comics, Entertainment News

If you're expecting the dark, wicked humor and dazzlingly gruesome violence of Sin City, you'll be sorely disappointed.

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Exclusive: MAD Magazine's Dumbest Person of 2008

Bryan Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe the Plumber, Todd Palin, DC Comics, Clueless, Mad Magazine, Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin, Alfred E. Neuman, Mad, Top 10 Dumbest People of 2008, Sarah Palin Vice President, Sarah Palin Clothes, Mad Magazine List, Entertainment News

As promised in my revelation last week, the usual gang of idiots over at MAD Magazine have allowed me to exclusively unveil to Huffington Post readers...

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An Exclusive Look at MAD Magazine's Worst of 2008 List

Bryan Young | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now that the election is over and all of the other more reputable magazines are having a stab at their 10, 20, 50, 100 or 1000 best and worst of 2008 lists, MAD just had to follow suit.

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Exclusive: MAD Magazine's Election Coverage, Sarah Palin Edition

Bryan Young | Posted 05.25.2011

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The usual gang of idiots over at MAD Magazine have once again offered Huffington Post readers the first look at some of their political coverage from the new issue.

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Exclusive: MAD Magazine's Election Coverage ...

Bryan Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McCain Humor, McCain Old, 40-Year Old Virgin, Humor, Obama Humor, Mad Magazine, Political Cartoons, Media News

Readers of this site are privy to an advance look at the cover of the new issue of MAD and a pair of movie posters that sum up the shortcomings of the candidates in the next election.

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