Mad Follies (1963) 1
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Issue #1
COMPLETE WITH BONUS: Paperback book covers. Cover by Norm Mingo, plus Mad logo by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories and art by Ernie Kovacs, Wally Wood, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Lois Carpenter, Tom Koch, Earle Doud, Phil Hahn, Don (Duck) Edwing, Gary Belkin, Don Reilly, Arnie Kogen, Frank Jacobs, Jack Rickard, Lester Krauss, Kelly Freas, Mort Drucker, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohias, and Joe Orlando. Follies, a precursor to the Mad Specials, reprinted classic stories from Mad magazine, with new material attached in the form of posters, stamps and stickers. The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party, and other stories illustrated by comics legend Wally Wood. A story written by comedy legend Ernie Kovacs. Mad's takes on Christmas, textbooks, and folk music. "Lighter Side" strips by Dave Berg, classic Don Martin cartoons, and Spy vs. Spy. Includes Bonus Paperback Book Covers, fake covers satirizing popular books of the era, in a full-color insert. Mad Paperback Book Covers; Memories of Summer; Museum of Madison Avenue; Spy Vs. Spy; Celebrities' Wallets - Barry Goldwater; A Mad Look at Christmas; Six Comics in Search of a Punchline; Where Song-Writers Get Their Inspirations; Future TV Ad; More Efficient Snow Removal; The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party; Mad's Modernized Elementary School Textbooks; In A Haberdashery; Modern Architecture; Open Office Week; The Mad Treasury of Unknown Poetry Volume III; Editorial Additions to Beer Ads; Future Magazine Mergers; On Choosing a Book; Mad's Modern Folk Music; The Lighter Side of Entertaining; Padded Magazine Stories; See Them Now; The Infernal Triangle; If Babies Could Take "Parent Pictures"; The Daily Optimist; Living Space; If TV Shows Were Actually Like Their "Capsuled Descriptions"; Another Mad Peek Through the Microscope; Nuclear Jitters; The North American Veeblefetzer Corporation 1961 Annual Report; Professor Bleent in Africa; Fleischman's Whiskey; Miss Clairold. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.
