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Doug Gilford
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I run a site for collectors and fans of the world's most important (ecch!) humor publication - Mad Magazine! . . . . . . . . . . . . . I don't know why either... MadCoverSite.com
The inspiration for the cover of MAD Magazine #362 October 1997 was this January 1973 cover of National Lampoon.
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January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
The Lighter Side of Corruption (Dave Berg)

MAD Magazine #163 December 1973
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January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I don't recall seeing many covers on which Alfred's eyes followed the action.

Kelly Freas
MAD Magazine #50 October 1959
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January 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This Jack Davis "Why Kill Yourself?" beauty first appeared in MAD Magazine #191, June 1977 and went on to appear four more times in #199, #207, #232, #320... but who's counting?

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January 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
MAD Magazine #146 October 1971
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January 2, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I'm just glad it stayed above 1000...
Lets me know you're out there.
Thanks for the views in 2025!
January 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Happy New Year!

(What's old is new again...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Happy 2026! -- Please party responsibly.
December 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
MAD Magazine #180 January 1976
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December 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The legendary Euell Gibbons passed away on this date 50 years ago.
Too many Grape Guts.

If TV Commercials Told Us Everything
(written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art)

MAD Magazine #181 March 1976
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December 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It was a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad year!
University of Oregon put together this nice little article to end 2025.
library.uoregon.edu/news/new-don...
With New Donation, Special Collections Goes Completely MAD
Thanks to the generosity of a longtime collector, researchers and students of American popular culture can now access a full original run of the influential humor magazine in our Special Collections a...
library.uoregon.edu
December 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
back cover MAD Magazine #141 March 1971
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December 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
MAD Magazine #141 March 1971
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December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Back Cover -- Great Moments in Politics -
Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam Scar (Max Brandel / UPI photo)

MAD Magazine #116 January 1968
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December 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
MAD Magazine #224 July 1981
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December 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hawks & Doves
(Al Jaffee)

MAD Magazine #140 January 1971
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December 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If Kids Designed Their Own Christmas Toys
(story and models by Al Jaffee / Lester Krauss photos)

MAD Magazine#76 January 1963
www.madcoversite.com/mad076.html
December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
MAD Magazine #156 January 1973
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December 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A Vital Message From the Staff of MAD Magazine
(Al Jaffee)
Mad #100 January 1966
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December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
DC / MAD Magazine ought to put out these Tom Richmond buttons off the cover of the latest Barnes & Noble Hodgepodge of Humor #3 listed here: madcoversite.com/mad-hhbn03-h...
December 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
December 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Presents?
(George Woodbridge art)

MAD Magazine #116 January 1968
madcoversite.com/mad116.html
December 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hopefully, you'll have a merrier Christmas than Don Martin.

MAD Magazine #37 January 1958
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December 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
MAD Magazine Wishes You a Very Merry Christmas!
(Paul Coker, Jr. art)

#76 January 1963
madcoversite.com/mad076.html
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM