Comments on: MAD magazine publishes 500th edition

By: Bret McManus

Bret McManus — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:22:52 +0000

Love the TV show they have a magizine…Wow

By: Henry Clausner

Henry Clausner — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:49:49 +0000

I’m still upset at my mother for throwing out those old issues of Mad Magazine over 35 years ago! (Their first issue was Oct 1952)

By: mike crachiolo

mike crachiolo — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:42 +0000

wow 500 issues!!!!!!!!!!! and what became of cracked and crazy?

By: Tom Richmond

Tom Richmond — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:47:59 +0000

Well, there is plenty of Jack’s work in MAD 500 but it’s all spot examples from classics in the “decades” tribute spreads. No new work from him, but that was his decision. I understand he was given the opportunity to contribute but declined.

By: BOB QUICK

BOB QUICK — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:07:49 +0000

That’s a REAL shame! Mr. Davis, I believe is still living
and would have gotten a real kick out of some sort of
tribute to his work for MAD. Such is life.

By: Tom Richmond

Tom Richmond — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:46:00 +0000

Nope. No Jack Davis. :(

By: BOB QUICK

BOB QUICK — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:17:02 +0000

Wood at one time worked for Eisner drawing some of
“The Spirit” strips for him.

By: Alan Jones

Alan Jones — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:07:23 +0000

Yeah, Wally Wood, Kurtzman et al — I remember those guys’ work, had cousins that collected the earlier MAD magazines. Wood is one of all time biggest influences for inking.

Can’t remember my comics history, but was there not some cross-pollination amongst those guys and Wil Eisner?

By: Anne Hambrock

Anne Hambrock — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:38:47 +0000

I recently borrowed my dad’s 1958 copy of “Mad For Keeps” which is one of the first hard cover books I remember opening as a kid. Jack Davis’s “Anyone can build this coffee table”, “Million Dollar Horse – Naushea’s Story”, and “Baseball, Science or Skill?” still crack me up.

By: Bob Quick

Bob Quick — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:02:04 +0000

Alan…did Tom mention Jack Davis?
Early MAD wasn’t MAD without Kurtzman,
Elder, Wood and…Davis.