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Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine
Completely Mad A History of the Comic Book and Magazine Author:Maria Reidelbach A history of MAD Magazine. — The history of MAD is really many stories, with many characters. It is the story of an eccentric publisher, an awkward rich kid who thought he'd grow up to be a high school chemistry teacher. It is the story of an enraged psychiatrist and the most gruesome horror comic books ever created. It is the reports of Sena... more »te subcommittee hearings and Supreme Court cases, and the tale of a mysterious orphan boy with an unforgettable gap-toothed grin. It is also the personal histories of talented editors, writers, and artists, many of whom were outsiders of one sort or another, immigrants, or children of immigrants. It is the evolution of an obscure ten-cent comic book into a cult magazine with an audience of millions in countries all over the world. But first of all, it is a story that begins with the invention of the comic book itself in a small apartment in the Bronx.« less