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Home » MAD Magazine

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Johnny Sampson
Posted inArts & Culture

The last idiot standing

by Jake Austen March 3, 2021August 16, 2021

Cartoonist Johnny Sampson finally got his dream job at MAD magazine. Now he’s one of the only artists keeping the legendary publication going.

Posted inBlogs

Remembering underground comics artists Jay Lynch and Skip Williamson

by Michael Miner March 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Jane Shay Wald, Lynch’s ex-wife, remembers the wild 60s with her former husband, his partner in comics, and their influence on the medium.

Posted inBlogs

Want to win a three-day VIP pass to this year’s (2015) Pitchfork Music Festival?

by Reader staff July 14, 2015August 18, 2021

All you have to do is name as many people as you can (and more people than everyone else) on our annual Pitchfork Music Festival B Side cover.

Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba;  Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates, aka Dave Springer
Posted inFilm

Artist on Artist: Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators NYC talks to Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates

by Luca Cimarusti May 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators NYC talks to Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Wed 1/29: Nobunny, the Trial of Orestes, and Dave Rempis, Joshua Abrams, and Avreeayl Ra

by Jillian Sandler January 29, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, January 29

Posted inBlogs

Art Spiegelman’s era of neosincerity

by Elly Fishman May 21, 2012August 19, 2021

A brief summary of Art Spiegelman’s talk with W.J.T. Mitchell at the University of Chicago

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