Comments on: The MAD-ness of “Mad Monster Party”

By: David

David — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:08:35 +0000

There is a great mystery surrounding the artwork posters of Mad Monster Party. Poster art was done by both Jack Davis of MAD magazine and Frank Frazetta. The question is who’s did they use?
Frazetta and Davis both did similar works and neither signed their work. Rankin /Bass say Jack Davis did all the art work, Frazetta says he did 2 peices of poster art. Look at them all and see if you can solve the mystery.

By: Bookmarks for October 29th through November 4th : jeff juliard

Bookmarks for October 29th through November 4th : jeff juliard — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:13:49 +0000

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By: Tequila

Tequila — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:47:33 +0000

MAD was my magazine of choice all through grade school. By High School it was already losing its magic and for a short time if I remember right it went out of print all together. It was way better than Cracked…anyone who read that was made fun of on the playground. I gotta rebuy all the old stuff from the 80′s at least. Use to love those Snappy Combacks To Stupid Questions books and the Spy vs. Spy anthologies.

Pretty sure I saw the above movie on one of the local channels back in the day. Channel 13 loved to show that kinda stuff and other oddball films. In seeing those clips I’ve a sudden urge to find Groovie Goolies episodes.

Side NoteP Frazetta was so good at the cartoony stuff and that above image along with the movie posters he did in the era are amazing. Still puts a lot of Disney stuff to shame.

By: Shay

Shay — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:46:44 +0000

Totally grew up on MAD. A friend of the family got me a subscription for my Bar Mitzvah ^_^ though I’d already had a couple of issues (MAD Sports Super Special I remember fondly!)

I only canceled it a couple of years ago.. Just wasn’t what it used to be (the color! ahh)
though I hear MAD is always best when you first started reading it.

By: copyranter

copyranter — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:42:28 +0000

I was a loyal Mad reader and memorized Mad’s book Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions…which is really kinda what makes a good ad headline, the stupid question being “why should I buy this product?”( there is no real reason)

By: Nadya

Nadya — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:38:46 +0000

Hey… I grew up on Mad! I think when I was in my early teens, Mad was already in decline, but one time my parents bought me a ton of scrappy Mad books from the 60s/70s at a yard sale and I remember just gobbling them up. They are on my “What Made Me Weird” list, for sure! I remember that the books I got all seemed like they were written for young men and that some of the humor was perhaps sexist, but for better or worse I absorbed it all.

The one I really remember was called Mad’s “Cradle to Grave Primer,” which was basically the tale of a born loser from his first breath to the end of his life. It delineated all the phases of a person’s life in chapters (one for childhood, teen age, college life, entry-level workplace, etc…) and really scared and depressed me. My life up until that point exactly matched the main character’s (awkward teen, etc) and I was afraid that it would always match, meaning it would get worse and worse. I think anyone who knows that book will know what I’m talking about.

By: Jerem Morrow

Jerem Morrow — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:25:56 +0000

After being reprimanded for watching it solely online, I dug my vhs copy out and the gobs and I gave it a spin.

By: Tincho

Tincho — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:40:34 +0000

Thanks to this post, I have just become a fan of the movie, but the eighth part cannot be seen!

By: k paul blume

k paul blume — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:02:39 +0000

oh, Mer — once again you guys make me feel my age. I remember squirming and fidgeting my way through this seemingly endless movie in the week of its initial release — stunk then, stinks now. As for MAD, meh…always though ‘Cracked’, its ’70s imitator/rip-off was funnier.
probably just me.

By: Jani

Jani — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:20:17 +0000

I still find Mad funny sometimes. I usually read it while I have to wait for extended periods in library.
There are lot of very bad jokes per magazine, but also some very good ones.
I think that maybe overall quality has gone down.