Best of Flavorwire's "Top 10 MAD Magazine Covers"

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

From http://www.flavorwire.com/341988/the-10-greatest-mad-magazine-covers

"If can believe it, this month marks MAD Magazine’s 60th year of bringing comedy, pop culture satire, and high-quality potty humor to America. To celebrate, the folks behind the insanity are releasing Totally MAD: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity, full of cartoons, comedy writing and illustration from ”The Usual Gang of Idiots,” complete with a foreword by Stephen Colbert and Eric Drysdale. To commemorate the occasion, we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite covers from MAD‘s long and storied history."

Also use as an opportunity to discuss the awesomeness of MAD in general.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
April '74: teh bird	8
June '72: Industry	7
Dec. '63: Sex	3
Feb. '55: Composition Book	2
Oct. '83: Mr. T, Jedi	2
Jan. '83: E.T.	1
March '69: Poison	1
Oct. '98: X-Files	1
Sept. '66: Batman	0
March '73: APES	0

― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:30 (thirteen years ago)

E.T. is the best Mad cover didnt even have to look at the choices

― Mr. Zone A (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:34 (thirteen years ago)

Voted Industry, since that's the era I was actively buying Mad. I remember kid me thinking that one was very clever.

― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 21:24 (thirteen years ago)

Hm, my personal purchase-era isn't covered (1977-82)...that was when they had to add the UPC symbol and came up with a joke description of it every time.

― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 21:30 (thirteen years ago)

"Batman" cover the most recognizable and iconic, but the bird, sex, industry and composition all nail the tone.

― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:49 (thirteen years ago)

Have to go with the bird. These days it would come with a black plastic cover around it... maybe it did then I dunno.

― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:58 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 4 November 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

A weak ten. The composition book was pretty good. Seemed like it got pretty rote: something topical, with Alfred. Granted it often worked (Batman) but it got tired (ET).

― B'wana Beast, Sunday, 4 November 2012 00:50 (thirteen years ago)

between industry & finger. i used to have that ET issue! makes me sad that i didnt keep my old MADs

― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 4 November 2012 15:48 (thirteen years ago)

Hm, my personal purchase-era isn't covered (1977-82)...that was when they had to add the UPC symbol and came up with a joke description of it every time.

Didn't realize they stopped doing that. Loved those UPC gags.

― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 4 November 2012 15:56 (thirteen years ago)

no lena, no credibility

― throwing john shade (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:01 (thirteen years ago)

never actually bought the magazine, so my era was all '60s hand-me-downs from my dad

― a pizza-based environment (los blue jeans), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:42 (thirteen years ago)

strongo OTM
Woolverton was robbed!

Always liked this one as a one-off gag, too
http://imageshack.us/a/img12/9568/kgrhqnk0fbsjpeubqwhw5ym.jpg

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:44 (thirteen years ago)

Always liked this one, too – Al on the wrapper is a nice touch

http://havanajournal.com/images/uploads/castromadmag.jpg

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:45 (thirteen years ago)

Like this as a movie parody one – interesting contrast w/that old Mingo warmth (I guess the finger is too?)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ckv2eph81r0hgato1_500.jpg

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:47 (thirteen years ago)

http://cdn.designzzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mad_sam.jpg

I once made a t-shirt of this cover, I liked it so much.

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:48 (thirteen years ago)

And best for last is Lena

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__TXrAvVn3Yo/TVB3ywoE2vI/AAAAAAAAAIM/2-N4aXHqrCc/s1600/madbasilwolverton.jpg

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:49 (thirteen years ago)

Also got to give kudos to the Kennedy/Nixon flip cover.

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:51 (thirteen years ago)

The Clockwork Orange one I think flips me out bcz instead of Al's left eye being higher like normal, it is parallel but way bigger. In sum, I have looked at tiny pictures of Mad covers for way too many hours of my life.

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:54 (thirteen years ago)

Why are his arms and hands so beefy on it?? balrlknalbljd

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:57 (thirteen years ago)

First issue of Mad I ever bought:

http://www.skeptiseum.org/images/exh/mad-exorcist.jpg

― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 4 November 2012 20:14 (thirteen years ago)

(and still my favorite cover)

― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 4 November 2012 20:14 (thirteen years ago)

that X-Files one is terrible wtf

almost any Kurtzman-era cover destroys almost every subsequent one

― sug night (sic), Sunday, 4 November 2012 23:17 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad003printid.jpg

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad004printid.jpg

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad005printid.jpg

― sug night (sic), Sunday, 4 November 2012 23:25 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad012printid.jpg

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad013printid.jpg

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad016printid.jpg

― sug night (sic), Sunday, 4 November 2012 23:43 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 5 November 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

pfah

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad007printid.jpg

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad008printid.jpg

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad009printid.jpg

― sug night (sic), Monday, 5 November 2012 00:07 (thirteen years ago)

this is a dope recent one

http://madcoversite.com/mad505printid.jpg

― Mr. Zone A (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 5 November 2012 00:59 (thirteen years ago)

oh man yes

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Monday, 5 November 2012 01:10 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad021printid.jpg

― sug night (sic), Monday, 5 November 2012 01:12 (thirteen years ago)

I brought a recent MAD special that collected all their Batman stuff for one of my students to read – he had it for two months and kept reading it over and over, until I had to tape the cover back on. And this in spite of his unfamiliarity with any but the Nolan Batmans. I told him. "You're so into that Mad, I have a million of them at home, I should bring them for you." He said, "You mean there are more of these??"

― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Monday, 5 November 2012 01:12 (thirteen years ago)

― sug night (sic), Monday, 5 November 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

<3 you Willy too

http://www.madcoversite.com/mad022printid.jpg

― sug night (sic), Monday, 5 November 2012 23:58 (thirteen years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.