MAD MAGAZINE

MAD MAGAZINE (1952). On second thought, it is scarcely surprising that one of the most influential radical magazines in America should have begun as a sort of comic book for sophisticated teenagers. And it has remained a sort of comic book, internal improvements notwithstanding. Whenever nosy parents tried to censor it, MAD's reputation gained. MAD Magazine has pioneered all kinds of satire and irreverant humor, all without the benefit of advertisers (which made it different from most other…