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Special Art Issue
Ladies and Qentlemen-. We are very pleased to announce that this is going to be
a real high-class issue.
T^ow first oj all, in movies when you see actors and actresses, you know so much
about them, lorinstance you know all the important things about their lives, you
know all about who they're married to, you know all about who they were married to,
you know all about who they're going to get married to, and you know all about who
they'd better get married to. you know about all the hardships they suffered in life
making a career like forinstance how many times they been in jail and etc.
"But how's about cartoonists? Tiow's about comic-book artists? Do you hear all
about them? Do you know the important things they've done like how many times in
jail and etc.? Hah? Do you? Uab I'm asking you? 7he answer is "T^ol" So what's so
hot about actors and actresses that they get all the attenion? Jell me? What's so hot about
a 'Marilyn Monroe? Wait a minute! Let's start all over again. Cartoonists are practically
the same as actors. Actors work on a stage cartoonists work on a page. Actors make
plenty money, cartoonists make plenty lucky-bucks.
They're both just the same.
So, like actors get stories of their lives told all the time, we, the big wheels oj MAD
have decided to devote this whole issue to one oj our lucky cartoonists. We have decided
to give this lucky jellow the kind oj write- up that movie-stars get. Even ij the
public would rather read about movie-stars, we have decided! . . . Even ij our readers
don't want stories about cartoonists, we have decided'. . . . Even ij this cartoonist don't
want stories about cartoonists (inconsiderate, miserable two-bit hack) we have decided'.
So here's what we're going to do. We're going to take this whole issue to show ofj
the art-work oj one oj our cartoonists jrom the time he was a tiny, miserable two-bit hack
injant to the present when he is now a big, miserable two-bit hack grown-up.
And so, all kidding aside, to you, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, things jrom
outer-space . . . we proudly present to you a portfolio the work oj that illustrious
cartoonist, that clever crajtsman, that miserable two-bit back . .
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BILL(TAD ELDER

Mad. Apr., 1955Vol. 1. No. 22. Published Monthly by Educational Comics, Ino., at 225 Lafayette St., New York 12. N. T. William M. Gaines.
Managing Editor. Harvey Kurtzman. Editor. Marie Severin. Color Editor. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York. fl. X.
Subscription, 8 Issues for $1 In Uie U.S. Elsewhere. $1.25. Entire contents copyrighted 1955 by Educational Comics. Inc. Unsolicited manuscripts
will not bo returned unless accompanied by stamped return envelope. No similarity between any of the characters, names or persona appearing in Una
maeazlne with any of those living or dead is Intended, and any such similarity is purely coincidental. Printed in U.S.A.
 ?,} C CHICKEN eXT)BLDe* OBPT.i MAO'S PMS1 LAUGH 19 60ING TO BE ON YOU SINCE YOU TH0U6HT YOU WERE
S S f A S / K ' U ; 8 ^ OR^S11 GOT W l 9
*CKmH6 MESS/ ANYHOW SINCE TRUE GENIUS SHOWS AT A N
.^-Ae ~ H A V t T 0 6 F A R B A C K T 0 F U U Y UNPERSTANt? HIS ART-WORK; TO EXPLAIN HOW HE CAME BY HIS
TALENTEP MINP...HOW HE ACClPENTALLY FELL ON HI5 HEAP/ANPSO WE PRESENT THE PRAWIN6S OF Bill EIPBR..,

PROM THE MOMENT BILL EL PER WAS HIS PRAWING RAPlPLY IMPROVEP GET- STILL HE CONTINUEP TO (SET &ETTK.
0ORN...P/P ME YELL FOR MlLK?..PlP HE TING fAOKE ANP MORE CONVEX A S ANP AT THE AGE OF fWO WEEKS WITH
SMRlEK TO BE BURPEP?' NO.' ME PREW YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE HE MIS CHUBBY LITTLE FlNSER PlPPEPlN CHICK-
THIS SCRAWL IN COIOKEP CHICKEN FAT / 5CRAWLEP AT THE ASE OF 0 * WEEK.' EN-FAT,. HE CRuPELY SCRAWLEP THIS PICTURE.'

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ON HIS FIRST &IRTHPAY, ELPER GOT BEING VERY A M B I T I O U S HE E X P E R I - PESPITE MIS AGE... HIS SIZE... THE SHOT
FINGER. PAINTS WHICH HE SUCCESSFULLY /VlENTEP5hAiEARING O N A F F E R E N T HJS MOTHER (SAVE H I M . . . MECONTINUEP
M I X E P WITH CHICKEN-FAT T O M A K E SURFACES ANP TEXTURES A S IN HIS EXPERIMENTS S H M E A R l N G WWNTING
THESE SHMEAR5... HIS FIRST PAINTING/ PAINTING *Z ON THE. FAMILY TOWEL5 ' *3 ON UNCLE. LOUIE'S B A L D H E A D /

S I N C E A TRUE ARTIST EXPERIMENTS WITH P l F F E R E N T AT AGE 2, YOUH6 ELPER. SEEKING LARGER C A N V A S S E S TO

PAINTS A N P SURFACES TO PAINT O N , PAINTING * 5 W A S WORK OH PIP PAINTING *50 IH F I N G E R - P A I N T M I X E D
PONE IN FINGER PAINT MIXEI7 WITH CHICKEN-FAT A N P WITH CHICKEN-FAT, H-O OATS, M A S H E P B A N A N A PULFJ
H-OOATS SHfAEAREO ON AUNT BRUNHILPA'S BEST PRESS! A N P C R E O S O T E , SHMEAREP ON HIS MURSERY'

AT AGE 5, YOUNG ELPER LOOKING FOR 5TUL LARGER PROJECTS, Pip PAINTING * 7 S IN FINGER -PAINT THIS TIME M I X E P WITH
PUCK-FAT, H-O OATS, M A S H E P B A N A N A - P U L p CREOSOTE, BOSCO, 5 - l N - O N E OIL, KIWI SHOE-POLISH ANP HALAVAH.
5HMEAREP IN THE POWNSTAIRS LIVING ROOM OF HIS LAVISH HOME.' LOOKING BACK ON THIS PAINTING, ELPER HAS ALWAYS FELT THAT IT
FAILEP IN ASENSE ANP REGRETS HE USEP PUCK-FAT INSTEAD OF CHICKEN-FAT.'AT AGE 4, YOUNG aPER TACKIER HIS M05TAM8ITI0U5 PROJECT'
 VER
'7Dll^E%?L^ WOPUCED/ANP S a AT A<3E4, HE MANAGE*
IT 2525 , ~5 B U y HIM A FIN6ER
"WMT KIT...THE JUMBO 5ET... ANP ME SET ABOUT MIXING THE FAINTS WITH THE U S U A L
SMSSSS} ! & 2 f i f i S 2 S & " * * EOSOTE, B05Ca 5-M-ONE OIL, ^i%^W^H^^%T^6%^S
CHUMOPmiMHEPKOC&eEP TO SHMEAR. THIS PAINTING CSMPLETEL/ OVER THE POWN-TOWN AREAI O F A.WHOLE CITY/

T O W HIS SMMEARS, /MOST Of THE/* SHMEAREP AT Z /EARS OLP, IN HIS STICK/ LITTLE CRIB WHILE SITTING THERE COOING CO* -
TENTEPLy SURROUNPEP &Y HIS CHICKEN -FAT, HIS AANANA-PULP ANP CLOUPS OF GREEN FLIES...TOO*/ THOSE SHMEARS/5 O F WHICH
ARE SHOWN BELOW; ARE HUN IN VARIOUS MUSEUMS ANP SK5NEP WITH ELPERS VARIOUS PEN NAMES SUCH AS '0RAOUE,* 'MATISSE'
PICASSO, ETC... THAT IS WHy VER/OFTEN, YOU CAN HEAR OBSERVERS EXOAIM, 'WHY TH05E PAINTIN65 LOOK LIKE THEY'VE BEEN SHMEAREP BY A I YAR Op'"

"war
And now, for you M A D readers, an impor-
tant, astounding, fantastic, dull announce-
ment. W e the editors are pleased to announce
that a collection of M A D stories have been
reprinted in a pocket-book-size edition en-
titled " T h e M A D Reader" (after you). For
this collection, we have selected the cream
of the crop (or the dregs of the earth, which-
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ever, towards destroying minds.
This nauseating little package can be pur-
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Scrape up this miserable 35c. W e don't ques-
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your newsstand, your candy store,
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and buy . . . buy ... BUY . . . the
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 tXS?&JjFLlEr'* <H2*i*?'"* "* ^H! 9 NAUSEATING NARRATIVE.' IT IS HERE THAT we
RfcMN THE FORMATIVE TEARS... WHEN THE ARTIST HAD EXPERIENCES WHICH WOULD SHAPE HIS WORK TO CO*...
EXPERIENCES LIKE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT FAINTS, TESTING PIFFERENT TOOLS, FEELING PIFFERENT TEXTURES, '
ESCAPING PIFFERENT POLICEMEN.../AND SO WE PRESENT THE WORK OF THE SENILIS OIOT, BiU i&*

{ N O T E ELDER, CIRCLED, PICTURED WITH FAMILY.)

VOUNG- ELDER'S FIRST TRULY EXPERIMEN- THE >OUNG ARTIST TRlEP MIS WET- THIS THIRD EXAMPLE OF- WET-WINDOW
TAL PRAWING WAS 'WET-WINLOW ART' WINPOW ART ON VARIOUS TYPES OF ART WAS PARTICULARLY PlFFfOJLT SINCE IT
PRAWN WITH A WARM LITTLE FATTy FINGER, GLASSES AS IN THIS INSTANCE ON WAS PRAWN FROM INSIDB THE WASHING
ON FROSTEPORVAPOR-O.OUPEP GLASS / UNCLE LOUIE'S GLASSES.' MACHINE... WHILE STILL WASHING*
NEXT, THE >OUNG ARTIST TOOK TO DRAW- WHILE ANOTHER KID M*SHT WIN PROWESS ELDER ALSO WON PROWESS fO(Z HIS
ING WITH CHALK, AS BELOW, IN THE AS BALL-PLAYER, ELDER WON PROWESS ELABORATE 'WCK-ME-HARP*PRAWINGS
GUTTER.' THEN... MUCH AS NOW, ONE COULP AS A SCORE-KEEPER, PRAWlNG THESE THAT HE CHALKEP BY THE HUNPREPS,
ALWAYS FIND XXJH6 ELPER IN THE SUTTER/ UNUSUAL 'STICK-BALL "5CORES BELOW/ ANP TINTEP WITH CHICKEN -FAT/

TRUE ART IS FUNCTIONAL.' NOTICE HOW FUNCTIONALLy PRAWN THE YOUNG ARTIST LEFT MANY O F THESE EXAMPLES O F
ELPER'S 'K1CK-ME-HARD"PRAWINGS WERE...PLACEP CLEVERLY GUTTER-ART BEHIND/NOTE THIS IMAGINATIVE APPROACH,
IN POORWAYS FOR MAIN FUNCTION OF GIVING ANYBOPY USING AN INTERESTING- TEXTURE... ONE EXAMPLE OF THE
&& KICK WHEN THEY STEPPEP ON PRAWlNG/ WORK LEFT...CPRAWN ON AN ELEPHANT;...

30y ELPER ALSO PISCOVEREP THE JOY O F WORKING- AT THE AGE OF Q, HE WAS ALREADY SCULPTING SMALL
IN 3 PIMENSIONS/...THE PLEA5URE OF TURNING A CLAY BITS OF CLAY INTO REALISTIC ANIMAL FIGURES SHOWN
LUMP ON THE POTTERS WHEEL INTO A SPITOON...THE JOY BELOW. YOU MUST ADMIT THAT IT'S DIFFICULT NOT TO
IN SHAPING PLASTIC INTO SPIT-BALLS FOR HIS PUTTY-BLOWER.. MISTAKE THEM FOR THE REAL THING"/
WERE ARE SOME BiTS OF SCULPTURE
THE LITTLE RASCAL. CARVEp JUST RE-
FORE HE LEFT FOR. SCHOOL... RE-
FORM SCHOOL THAT 1 5 /
HERE IS AN INTERESTING LITTLE ASH-
TRAY ME KNOCKEP OUT VY/TM MIS
PLASTICINE 5ET, UNPER, THE PEN-
NAME OF 5ENVENUTO CELLINI '
ANOTHER PIECE OF WORK ME PUT'
T06ETXER FROM MIS aASTlCINE SET
HE CALLEC 'THE THINKER*/ THIS USEP
UP A WHOLE JUMSO PLASTICINE 5 E T '

AT AGE IO, SOY ELPER. SAVEP /MONEY TO Buy AS MANY SETS OF PLASTICINE AS HP mum A N D TOOK- A, . -rue
2 2 5 ? ' E * * ? * 3 7 ^ T ' ^ < * " OF THEIR CELLOPHANE^P ^ ^ V ^ ^ m f l ^ S ^ S ^ ^ ^ E
EE&zZ22i A L ' m C H K , ^ M tAT...ANP PUT THE PLASTICINE IN ONE BIG LUMP ANPTHENI HE SCULPTEPTS H J S
HEARS SEEN BELOW .NTO THIS fflfr LLWCf PlASTICWE WEAR.N& OUT A RICOZP NUMBERTOINTEPU ^ p l T ^ ^ T H E ^ R O C e f f '

C N O *U?&K iWKilCl^
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LIKE A TRUE ARTIST, THE YOUHG ELPER'S WHEN HIS CLASS TOOK UP PUG-WEAVING. ALSO, WHEN HIS CLASS TOOK UP RAPlA
TALENTS WERE BY HO MEANS CONFINEP ELPER, NOT CONTENT WITH THE LITTLE WEAVING, ELPER, NOT CONTENT WITH
TO PRAWIN6S ANP SCULPTURE . HE /MACE 5 INCH RUG-5 THEy MAPE, TURNEP OUT THE LITTLE 5 INCH RAFIA SKIRTS TURNEP
MANY PAPER CUT-OUTS, ETC. CSELOW;.'
THIS MAG-NIFICENT 5 YARP RUS-. OUT THIS MAGNIFICENT 5 FT. HULA CANCER'

WHEN, IN PRAWTN6 CLASS, THEY PREW VALENTINE CARPS, ELPER SHOWEP HIS TRUE FIBRE.' WAS HE SATISFIED TO
LEAN BACK ANP SCRAWL THESE PHONEY HEARTS LIKE yOU SEE ON PLAINS CARPS, ETC.f NO.' OUR. ELPER. PIP
RESEARCH f HE GOT AHOLP OF A REAL HEART WHICH HE THEN PROCEEPEP TO MAKE A MAGNIFICENT PRAWING-
OF TO THE TEACHER'S WONPERMENT... ESPECIALLY SINCE THE REAL HEART HE GOT AHOLP OF, WAS HUMAN /

HIS TALENT WAS NOT CONFINEP TO ART CLASS/... YOU KNOW HOW IN SCIENCE CLASS, YOU PRAW PIA6RAMS OF EXPERI -
MENTS IN YOUR NOTE O O K f WELL...BELOW IS A TYPICAL PAGE OUT OF A NORMAL STUPENT'S SCIENCE NOTES/ NEXT TO
IT IS A TYPICAL PAGE OUT OF ELPER'S SCIENCE NOTES.' YOU KNOW WHAT?... ELPER NEVER. COPIED HIS P/AGRAMS OUT
OF THE TEXT-BOOKS/.. .INSTEAP, THE PEOPLE FROM THE TEXT- gQOKS CAME ANP COPIED P/A6RAMS OUT OF ELDER'S NOTES,'.
**i COHoetN-HT) &pgK Ptrrv eotrrtNutP: NOW WE COME TO PART WHERE HIS VIRTUES, ABILITIES A M P TALENTS
JELLEP. CRYSTAUZINS INTO THE M L 8LDE* WE KNOW TODAY/ IN OTHER WORDS, NOW WE COME TO PART WHERE Mf
WAS DEFINITELY AN IDIOT/...THIS THEN, IS THE YOUTH...OLP ENOUGH TO PURSUE VIRTUOUS GOALS, IDEALS, 6RAMO
PURPOSES...TOO YOUN6 TO PURSUE MAIN IMPORTANTEST THINS OF A U . . . MONEY/... THIS THEN IS 0/Ll ELD&*..

(FROM LEFT TO RlSHT. SHOLPERER, MANET, RENOR, ASTRUC, ZOtA,MAlTRE, BAZILLE, MONET. NOTE ELDER CIRCLED.)

NATURALLY... UKE MOST YOUNG ARTISTS YESSIR...HE KNEW, LIKE EVERYONE ...MATTER O F PACT, HE ONCE TRIED
ELDER TURNED TO OIL PAINTING.' START- ELSE, HE'D HAVE TO START PRO* THE STARTING PROM THE TOP OF THE IAPDER.'
ING AT THE BOTTOM Of THE IAPDER.' BOTTOM OF THE LAODER.' HIS NEXT .:.SPULED THE PAINT... AND BROKE Z RIBS.'
HE PIP THIS OIL PAINTING-... A WALL.' OIL FAINTING WAS THIS CEILING/ HIS NEXTCHL PAINTING WAS THIS FENCE '.
 REALIZING MOUSE -PAINTING- WASN'T CREATIVE ENOUGH
CUTER. WITH EASEL ANP BRUSHES, TOOK TO THE HIGH ROAP'
BELOW IS AN EXAMPLE OP HIS WORK WHILE ON THE HIGH-'
ROAP.'...ABILlBOARP/(HE PAINTEP THE MUSTACHES)
.. UNLIKE MOST MUSTACHE-ARTISTS. ELPER. PUT HIS CURATIVE
GENIUS TO WORK AS IN THIS 'SMLEPPES' &LLBOARP WHERF
INSTEAP OP PAINTING A MUSTACHE ON... ELPER PAINTEP ~
THE MUSTACHE Off THE MAN FROM SHLEPPES '

VS^iwPSSL W E ? *?* STITUTI0N .*- * *EP LETTER PAY .MMEPIATELX ELPER'S PAINTING CAU5HT ON' . FRIENPS WKg STRUCK
IN HIS LIFE...MAINLY SINCE HE HAP TO PAINT 'HOT- LIPS LlPSCHlTz BY THE PESI6N By THE SOLP COLORS BV THF oyNAMir *VMM
V ATR0P1C
^ * * ? f * * - * RECLINING NUPE OH THE SHORE' REQUESTS TO PUPL.CATE ON NECKTIES l l f F U S R E S E N T W T . '

AT THIS PEROP, CLOP ELPER, NEEPLESS

TO SAY WAS STILL IN THE CRUPE5T STA6E_
POIN6 PAINTINGS PEOPLE UNPERSTOOO.
LIKE FORINSTANCE, LANP-SCAPE5... SEA-SCAPES ...ANP FIRE- SCAPES.
BUT... WITH PRACTICE... HE WAS S O O N THIS IS HIS SECONP.ABSTRACT WHICH IS THIS THIRPABSTRACT CONVEYS A FEELING
ABLE TO VO PAINTINGS PEOPLE PIP NOT INTENPEP TO CONVEY THE FEELING- OP OF WEATHER...WEATHER IT'S GOING TO BE
UNPERSTANP.' .HERE IS HIS FIRST A B 3 - A FINGERNAIL SCOTCHING ON A BLACK- HOT...WEATHER IT'S GOING TO BE COLR..
TRACT FAINTING TITLER 'CMKKEN-FAT'.' BOMCVANPIS ENTITLE? S l M P L X . ' f t W ? ANP ISSIMPLY ENTITLEP'HURRICAMtCAROi'f

NEXT, )OUNG ELPER WAS INTROPUCEP TO THE HIS FIFTH, BY THE a E V E R USE O F FLAT HIS SIXTH CREATES A FEELING Of CLASHING
TYPE ART WHERE YOU PISTORT AN IMAGE PLANES, CREATES AN ILLUSION OF PEPTH.'... HARMON/, VET AN INNER TRANQUILITY/.. IN
TO 6ET TWO VIEWS AT THE SAME TIME A S BESIPE5 PLANES IS USED SAWS, HAMMERS, , OTHER WORDS, BUFFERH ACTS TWICE AS FAST.
M THIS, HIS FOURTH ABSTRACT... *6IM*I NAILS, ETC...AS IN THIS ONE CALLER 'leWTTOH*.' AS ASPIRIN IN THIS ABSTRACT CAUEP 'ORP.'

EXPERIMENTING ROUGHLY ALONG THE UNE5 Of MARCEL PUCHAMP'S 'MM* DtSt&IOmG A STAIRCASE*'YOUN6 ELPER FBINTEP THIS SEV-
ENTH ABSTRACT ENTITLEP,'I PXSAMJ&I PSCMPP A STAIRCASE IN MY PI AY TEX UMP0WEAR'.'KHZR A WHOLE SERIES Of SUCH BRIL-
LIANT ABSTRACTS,ELPER SUPPENLY COMPLETELY CHAN&EP HIS ART STXLE... SUDDENLY TOOK A TURN THAT CHANGED HIS WHOLE OUTLOOK... HIS
WHOLE UfelWS TURN HE TOOK WAS INTO A ONE WAY STREET THE WRONG WAY'... WHAT A WRECK/...STILL PAYING.'... CHAN6EP HIS WHOLE LIFE I
9 ^ ^ TURN ...FROM SICKENING ABSTRAC- HERE WE HAVE A WkiNTING, ANOTHER EX- NOTICE BY THE TUT IN THESE PAINTINGS
TON TO NAUSEATING REALISM... A 5 IN THIS AMPLE OF ELPERS STARK REALISM, HOW ELPER CAPTURE? REALISM CREATE?
FftlNT1NGCALLEP*[*XORES H05SENPFEFFER, ENTITLED "COZNOWSK1 STARK, ZELPA BY A SHORT LEG ON HIS EASEL A S IN
GlENPA' FORBU5H ANP5ABRINA C07N0WSI0"/ 5TARK ANP ERMENGARPE STARX.' THIS PAINTING, 'COZNOWSKI COZNOW5KI'.'

YOU MIGHT THINK HE HAP CREATEP THE ULTIMATE IN ABSOLUTE HERE XXJ WILL NOTICE HOW ELPER ATTEMPTEP TO CONVEY A FEEL
REALISM/... NOT 50! WITH THIS PAINTING ENTITLE? ' P O M M - P O - ING OF REALISM...PEPTH...SOLIPlTy IN THIS PAINTING CALLEP "UA-
POHM-POMMM" ELPER ACHIEVEP NEW HEIGHTS OF REALISM.' ONCIPEN- VA- V O O M ' / TO OBSERVE, HOLP ANY OLP 3-P GLASSES BEFORE THE
TALLY THE FIGURE ON THE LEFT 15 PURPORTEPLY 5AYING. 'HOW'S fOUK. *OM. tV?) FACE, JUST ENOUGH TO IET THE EYEBALLS BULGE COMFORTABLY/

FINAU.Y...THE LAST EXAMPLE OF THIS NONSENSE ( WE ARE RELIEVEP TO SAY^ HIS FINAL EXPERIMENT IN REALISM ...A PAINTING IN CINEMA
SCOPE.'(CURVE TO VIEW PROPERLY/; THEY LAUGHEP WHEN THEY FOUNP YOUNG ELPER PAINTING... HIS CANVAS CURVEP AROUNP HIS HEAP.'
FEW VISUALIZE? THE USE THIS TECHNIQUE WOULP RECEIVE IN YEARS TO COME... FEW EXCEPT SOME FAR-SI6HTEP ESKIMOS POWN
FROM THE NORTH-POLE WHO FOUNP THESE PAINTINGS EXCELLENT PERORATIONS FOR FITTING THE CURVEP WALLS O F THEIR IGLOOS.'
 Sr/IoSlk:".' MCTUAUY * * * NOTE WW THE "BLUE BOY' RUBS WHERE A DOLLAR PILL BUT WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE
A g M E R HfT
^ .. * * WOT T E W P I W 6 ESHfl7 TREASURY PEPT.'HENCE THE UHFWBHEP TORTOH

WCtf NONA* H*T#,4 NMTEft JUtf-.'.HERE WE SEE ONE OF YOVH& HMSTUER'S AAOTMER'...HOT THE TENSE EXPRESSION OH THE
aPEKS MANY GIRL-FRIENDS... THIS ONE JUSTCOME FROM THE SUBJECT DUE TO HER SON'S CONSTANT MADDENING WHISTLING
BARBER-SHOP TOWELS AND ALL... WAS IN THE ACT OF THROWING IN THE NEXT ROOM WHICH SHE BY THE WAY ENDED WITH A SMALL
SLOP INTO THE BACK LOT INSTEAl? OP THE GARBAGE - PAIL ' REVOLVER SHE HELD CONCEALED IN HER 'KERCHIEF'

1
l i ^ - S ^ ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^ ! ^ ^ ^ ! ? " ^ . '<*'"* <* THE SIXTmECHAKL:* HUGE CEILING MURAL.' YOU MIGHT
ife WAS INGENIOUSLY BUILT UPSiPe-OOWM, ADJACENT TO TS OWN FOUNDATIONS' ELDER THEN DID THE MURAI ON THF Fi nne AND WHEN
ft *WS DRY, THE BU.LONG WAS ROLLED * W SIPE UP ONTO ITS FOUNDATIONS MUCH LIKE A B A R R E L ! f f S A ^ E S ^ W J M K ^ f l S
 Dear Editors:
Because Monday came 6n Friday instead of Thurs-
day, you are invited to a Christmas Eve on the after-
noon of an Easter morning, July 4th. The party is to be
held at 12 below zero, provided that the sun is shining
bright that night. Admission is free to all children
over 70 years of height. The boat will leave the airport
at 13:00 A.M. If you miss the car, swim over to the
train and wait because we don't charge for being on
time. When you get to the drugstore on"the corner,
in the middle of the block, you will have gone the
wrong way. So jump in the little red boat painted
green and fly back down the street. Our address is
above but we don't live there any more. We live at
33.3Vy Invisible Street, the house on the vacant
lot. Please be on time because we don't expect you
anyway. Two shots will be fired at each guest. Anyone
found dead will be tried for murder.Johnny Jenkins
Beaumont, Tex.
. . . I followed the dots on the cover of MAD # 18,
and it turned out to be one furshlugginer mess. What
the heck is it supposed to be?Bob ShermanSeattle,
Wash.
. . . I'm a little tired of reading the foolish letters
from your ardent fans and bitter enemies which you
print in Mad Mumblings. In one letter I find an opin-
ion voiced that your publication is seducing the
minds of our youngsters. The next letter is from a
simple minded person who eulogizes you as intellect-
ual giants. Enough of this nonsense. Gentlemen, you
have a magazine which, like any other publication, is
I ^ - I IW-J l
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION, REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, AS AMENDEO
BY THE ACTS OF MARCH 3, 1933, AND JULY 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)
of M A D published Monthly at N e w York, N . Y., for October 1, 1954.
I. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor.
menaging editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Educa
tional Comics Inc., 225 Lafayette St., New York 12, N . Y.,
Editor, Harvey Kurtzman, 225 Lafayette St., New York 12,
N . Y . . Managing Editor, William M. Gaines, 2 2 5 Lafayette St., stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the
New York 12, N . Y . ; Business manager, Lyle Stuart, 225 Lafay-
ette St., New York 12, N . Y.
2. That the owner is: Educational Comics Inc., 225 Lafayette
St., New York 12, N. Y. Wm. M. Gcines, 225 Lafayette St.,
New York 12, N . Y. J. K. Gaines, 2 2 5 Lafayette St., N e w York paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown
12. N. Y. V. E. MacAdie, 225 Lafayette St., New York 12, N . Y .
3. T h a t the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other
security holders owning or holding one percent or more of total
amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None.
4. Paragraphs 2 end 3 include, in cases where t'.ie stockholder September, 1954. Ettore De Stefano, Notary Public. ( M y com-
or security holder appears upon the books of the company as
sometimes good, sometimes bad. What you are doing
is better then the efforts of your competitors, but still
leaves much to be desired. I feel that it would be
conceited to claim that your endeavors are highly
intelligent simply because I happen to enjoy them.
However, the stodgy, stiff-minded people who con-
demn MAD strike me as very narrow-minded. At the
moment, I find your magazine very funny, and so
for the past two years I have been a subscriber. I pre-
sume that I will some day outgrow MAD. When that
happens, I shall terminate my relations with you.
Robert CrosmanSilver Springs, Md.
. . . What do you do when your mother thinks that
you people are writing crime comics in MAD? I told
my mother you write funny comics . . . she said "Yes,
I know. Sixteen ways to kill a man."... What to do?
Wayne SteeleNorth Wilkesboro, N. C.
. . . M A D comics smell like under my toes. But I
like the smell under my toes anyway. I have six toes
because I soak them in Phud. I also chew on my
feet.Dead FredPrinceton, 111.
. . . I don't know if you know it or not but I was the
kid who sent in the MAD # 1 3 to be autographed by
you eds., artists, etc., and I want to say thank you,
and there isn't another Comic Company in the busi-
ness that would do that but E.C. E.C is the only
company that cares a hoot about the readers.Jimmy
Riley-Harrisburg, 111.
. . . I know what a Potrzebie is. Its a Bloodle that has
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