Where are the Mad Magazine collectors? 10 10

[FoggyNelson]

On 8/17/2017 at 7:58 PM, Doohickamabob said:

I've been organizing some stuff, including putting magazines in better-quality slipcovers and backings. I had a lot of my magazines in the cheaper poly-sleeves with the cheaper backings, but I decided I'd better play the long game and get them the best archival material I could. So I got a bunch of acid-buffer backings, and thick mylar sleeves, and I'm putting several sheets of microchamber paper in the magazines. Especially if they're extra-valuable, or if they seem musty/smelly/acidy.

Anyway, while organizing, I snapped some photos. Nothing new here, but the photos are new. Here are my issues of Mad #24. I hoarded four of 'em.

 

I zoomed in on a bunch of theses early Mad borders and there a lots of neat things to see

[Doohickamabob]

On 10/22/2017 at 6:19 AM, FoggyNelson said:

I zoomed in on a bunch of theses early Mad borders and there a lots of neat things to see

Yeah, I should scan a cover and post some close-ups. It's interesting that several of the Mad rip-off magazines used similar borders (such as early Cracked issues). I wonder if Mad itself was copying the border style of some earlier publication?

[FoggyNelson]

You could be right never thought of that

[Tri-Color Brian]

On 10/14/2017 at 2:05 AM, Phantalien said:

Those borders really made the magazines stick out.  The art was great and there were so many little things hidden in it.  Plus I am pretty sure that the art in the border changed somewhere around issue 26 or 27.  I do wonder who did the artwork for the border, I always just guessed it was Will Elder.

The borders from #27 on are signed "Kurtzman and Elder" (bottom left).  I would assume the same for the earlier ones...

[FoggyNelson]

I always also liked the mad interior borders because the always had fun little stuff all throughout the magazines?

[FoggyNelson]

Except for the early first 5 6 years of Mad the prices compared to comics really live up to one of their famous catchphrases- cheap‼️

[frozentundraguy]

A check of the exceptional covers posted by Tri-ColorBrian, shows that issue #26 was the last with Socrates, Napoleon, Freud, and Marilyn Monroe on the top border. After that it was art, literature, drama, and music. Only Alfred and his  "what me worry" caption in the middle remained unchanged. The rest of the border also changed, I'm just using the top border as an example.

[frozentundraguy]

On 4/29/2017 at 8:12 PM, Ron C. said:

It's been almost 40 years. This was one of my favorite Mad covers. I have actually decided to send these in to CGC.  Both have a production/ distribution nick on the UL front corner, but otherwise are quite nice.

 

That's my favorite Mad cover from the 70's.   I have a couple of copies, but not in HG.

[frozentundraguy]

[frozentundraguy]

Thought I would re-post a Mad or two, since P.B. extorted us several months ago.

Issue #86 featured the first fold-in.

From the Wiki article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Fold-in

"Mad Magazine publisher Bill Gaines joked that he was a fan of the Fold-In because he knew that serious collectors valued pristine, unfolded copies, and would therefore be inspired to purchase two copies of each issue; one to fold and another to preserve intact."

 

[frozentundraguy]

[frozentundraguy]

[FoggyNelson]

21 hours ago, frozentundraguy said:

Thought I would re-post a Mad or two, since P.B. extorted us several months ago.

Issue #86 featured the first fold-in.

From the Wiki article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Fold-in

"Mad Magazine publisher Bill Gaines joked that he was a fan of the Fold-In because he knew that serious collectors valued pristine, unfolded copies, and would therefore be inspired to purchase two copies of each issue; one to fold and another to preserve intact."

 

First appearance of fold in ‼️‼️?

[frozentundraguy]

Not exactly a fold-out.

Just a bit of foxing on this one, otherwise pretty nice.

 

 

[FoggyNelson]

Have often thought of starting to collect Mad when they went to magazine size, maybe someday?

[FoggyNelson]

On 11/9/2017 at 1:41 PM, frozentundraguy said:

Not exactly a fold-out.

Just a bit of foxing on this one, otherwise pretty nice.

 

 

King Kong cover is so great those were the glory days of Mad‼️

[Robot Man]

Here's something you don't see every day, or ever...

[frozentundraguy]

59 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Here's something you don't see every day, or ever...

 

That must be practically one of a kind item!  Do you know if it was ever in use as a casino game?

[Robot Man]

2 hours ago, frozentundraguy said:

 

That must be practically one of a kind item!  Do you know if it was ever in use as a casino game?

I was told that it was used in foreign military bases. It is current use at my "junk pile" Only one I know of...

[frozentundraguy]

This is my favorite Don Martin Cover, from the 70's at any rate.