It’s a mad, mad, mad, MAD World

Founded in 1952, the delightfully warped MAD Magazine is still entertaining childish (and we mean that in the best way) minds with its infantile (and we mean that in the best way too) humor about pop culture, politics and pretty much anything else that needs a satirical skewering.

The original cover price was 10 cents (cheap), but in the intervening 54 years, inflation and shameless greed have elevated the current newsstand price to $3.99 (still, they claim, cheap!). Through the years, MAD brought the work of artists such as Antonio Prohías, Don Martin, Al Jaffee and Sergio Aragones—and the usual gang of idiots—to the attention of world hungry for crudely-drawn parody comics.

The magazine has inspired a television show, a demented internet forum (but we repeat ourselves) for fans, and even a Christian-themed parody of the parody magazine itself.

Since the beginning—well, actually since issue #21—the proceedings have been presided over by the magazine's gap-toothed mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, whose signature slogan, "What? Me worry?" and assorted other utterances have inspired readers to slap knees, hold stomaches and scratch heads—sometimes even their own—for decades.

Thanks to the marvel that is Amazon.com, you can join the madness yourself and receive MAD Magazine in the mail! Every month! On actual dead trees! For just $12. (Cheap!)

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