The Jörg Patzelt Collection
My first contact to MAD magazine was 46 years ago, when I was 14 years old. We stopped at a highway station, while I was travelling to Austria with my parents. There I bought my first MAD magazine, the German MAD number 36 from the 1st Edition.
MAD meets the Simpsons
When flicking through MAD magazines, one thing becomes evident: MAD has been kickin' The Simpsons' asses real hard in the past years. Naturally, the freaky, yellow family struck back and some episodes feature funny...
One boy’s attempt to collect every MAD paperback printing
For about 35 years, off and on, I have been reading and collecting MAD.
It hasn ‘t been easy to collect, certainly not in the early 1980‘s. Especially as I live in Australia.
Here in Australia,...
Cracked Magazine – America’s 2nd Most Successful Humour Magazine
Cracked Magazine is not imaginable without MAD. The success story of MAD magazine began in New York in 1952 and continues to this day (even if the circulation has shrunk and the magazine unfortunately...
The Origin of NeuMAN Dept.
The Origin of NeuMAN - The bizarre history of our favorite 125 year old fool
by Ian Scott McGregor
FOR WELL OVER A century, humans have been reproducing images of the carefree idiot known today as...
The Jason Levine Collection
How exactly does one become a trade MAD-addict? Well, my name is Jason Levine and here is my story.
The original “Me-Worry” by Gary L. Kritzberg
Today we start a new department on MADtrash.com, where MAD collectors can show their most precious items! The first contribution comes from Gary L.Kritzberg and he is showing us a very old MAD collectible!
THE...
Dynamite Magazine Article from 1978 – Happy Birthday, MAD
Happy Birthday, MAD. Dynamite Salutes 25 Years of MADness! An interesting article about the MAD offices in NY from 1974.
Dynamite Magazine Article from 1974 – A Visit to the MADhouse
A visit to the MADhouse. An interesting article about the work at the MAD offices in New York from 1974.
HogWild’s Internship @ MAD
One Fine Summer: How I Avoided Sunshine by becoming a MAD Intern
by Comedian HogWild
Instead of enjoying outdoors and warm weather like most University students on summer break, I decided to sit indoors under incandescent...
The Dr. Gary L. Kritzberg Collection
I was born in 1955; the first year that “Mad Magazine" launched! How cool is that? In the 1960‘s my father & mother owned a Jewish delicatessen/restaurant in Chicago, IL & just down the street was a small “corner drug store".
Interview with Daniel Shelton – Creator of all Quebec MAD Covers
Daniel was without doubt the most important artist of the French Canadian MAD magazine series. He was responsible for all 12 covers and his artwork can also be found in the satire magazine 'Croc'.
International MAD Magazine Contributor List
Welcome to the MAD Magazine Contributor list. We try to track every US or foreign artist, who has worked for the MAD magazine.
Everyone can contribute images and information about artists as needed, so we...
The Hunter Gingles Collection
One day in 2004, I was snooping around in my grandparents attic, when I found a box of stuff that belonged to my uncle and dad,inside the box was 3 issues of mad magazine #122 #131 #141.
Remembering Of Things ECCH!
Axoiotl. Potrzebie. Veeblefetzer. if you ‘re one of the millions of former adolescents who grew up on MAD magazine, these seemingly meaningless syllables should conjure up forgotten fragments of your childhood faster than madeleine cakes got to Proust.
BILLY RILEY and BILL BUTTS cigar label advertising
BILLY RILEY and BILL BUTTS cigar label advertising
by Dr. Gary L. Kritzberg
Two unusual and rare Pre-Mad advertising examples are the BILLY RILEY and BILL BUTTS (tobacco) cigar labels. Cigar labels came into being in...
Alfred E. Neuman – ‘The What-Me-Worry Kid’
Article by Dave Robinson (writer-illustrator, British MAD 1978-94)
Alfred E. Neuman – ‘The What-Me-Worry Kid’ - Introduction
1950s MAD Editor Harvey Kurtzman was in the editor’s office at Ballantine Books when his gaze swept the office...
Memories of MAD writer Bill Levine
written by his daughter Val Levine
MAD Writer Bill Levine
born in Montreal Canada April 13th, 1932. Died Sept 27th, 1988 in Brooklyn NY
Bill Levine's Contributions to MAD
The Count-Down Man (MAD Magazine #41)
What If You Did...
The Andreas Dahl Collection
Because of my father I started to love comic books very early... especially MAD Magazin.
At first I was just interested in the MAD paintings... of course. For a young kid it was too much...
MAD Magazine Cover Variations
Welcome to the MAD Magazine Cover Variations page!
We have developed a new way to view the most complete database of MAD magazine covers from around the world. You can now easily view cover “splits"...
