Remember Cracked Magazine? It competed with MAD through a good chunk of the 1980s. In fact, many of the artists and writers who wrote for one magazine would regularly jump ship to the other, depending upon how much money the other outlet was offering. (Don Martin may have crossed the threshold at least six times.) And then Cracked folded and MAD was purchased by Time Warner, and MAD‘s edge was gone, baby!
Well, it looks like Cracked has relaunched — both as a magazine and as a website. Let us hope that it is unapologetically irreverant, reminds MAD of the satirical edge it sustained for so many decades, and forces BOTH magazines to keep each other in check, ensuring that we have two mighty satirical cartoon magazines taking the piss out of any and all targets. Golden age, indeed. Now more than ever, we need it. (via Yankee Potroast)
Hey Ed,
I’m a writer for a British satire site and in doing research for a Halloween story involving masturbating with pumpkins, I came across your blog, which I found interesting, enlightening, and humorous. In fact, I’ve forgotten all about pumpkins.
Keep up the good work. I’ve bookmarked you.
Thanks for the tip on the Cracked Magazine site too. I barely remember the magazine.