Comments on: The MAD Fold-In Collection: 1964-2010 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 21:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: princeminski http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1201728 princeminski Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1201728 Christ, what a bunch of whiners. It's amazing that a book like this exists. Christ, what a bunch of whiners. It’s amazing that a book like this exists.

]]> By: Ike Dahlinger http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1201668 Ike Dahlinger Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1201668 Like if the following comic was made backwards... http://truckbearingkibble.com/comic/2009/04/01/skidmark/ Joke would be ruined like this book. Like if the following comic was made backwards…

http://truckbearingkibble.com/comic/2009/04/01/skidmark/

Joke would be ruined like this book.

]]> By: RobDobbs http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1201540 RobDobbs Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1201540 Why didn't they just print it with a gate fold crease in the paper. Would have made a much more interesting book - and more expensive. Why didn’t they just print it with a gate fold crease in the paper. Would have made a much more interesting book – and more expensive.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1201123 blueelm Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1201123 That is brilliant. That is brilliant.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200976 Felton / Moderator Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200976 I'm in if I can be an Offensive Nibling. I’m in if I can be an Offensive Nibling.

]]> By: Jim Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200975 Jim Smith Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200975 They should have just printed each fold in, then a lot of people would buy 2 copies! They should have just printed each fold in, then a lot of people would buy 2 copies!

]]> By: Jim Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200973 Jim Smith Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200973 I disagree I will enjoy comparing the 2 sides to see how it is disguised. I disagree I will enjoy comparing the 2 sides to see how it is disguised.

]]> By: Jim Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200969 Jim Smith Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200969 Ah awesome I loved them as a kid. Gots to get this. The best ever was "The right to arm bears". Genius! Ah awesome I loved them as a kid. Gots to get this. The best ever was “The right to arm bears”. Genius!

]]> By: peteywheats http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200925 peteywheats Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200925 I like that there's no folding! It appeals to the "never take it out of the bag" comic nerd in me. To me folding a Mad magazine from the 50's would be like wiping your fingers on the constitution.  I like that there’s no folding! It appeals to the “never take it out of the bag” comic nerd in me. To me folding a Mad magazine from the 50′s would be like wiping your fingers on the constitution. 

]]> By: Rider http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200923 Rider Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200923 Bingo, there has to be some really cool and inventive way to do something like this.   Bingo, there has to be some really cool and inventive way to do something like this.  

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200899 Mister44 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200899 Why didn't they just pre-score the pages, making it idiot proof to fold and not otherwise damage anything. The suggestion by timmowarner was a good one too. Why didn’t they just pre-score the pages, making it idiot proof to fold and not otherwise damage anything. The suggestion by timmowarner was a good one too.

]]> By: El Stinko http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200885 El Stinko Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200885 I was a huge MAD fanatic as a kid, and my delight in it was compounded when I discovered my father's MAD collection in my Grandmother's attic. Sadly, it was all ruined when my basement in Brooklyn flooded (damn you Mother Nature! I owe you nothing!). However, thanks to my daughter, I can tell you that the current MAD TV show does hold some honest roots in the concept of the magazine (and early comic to some degree). Unlike the MAD TV skit show, which didn't really connect (although I liked on it's own merits in the early days), the current show is more about satire and public mocking. It's still somewhat different, but feels very much in the same jugular vein. It doesn't have the superb illustration that the mag had, but the writing is pretty smart. I really enjoy it. I was a huge MAD fanatic as a kid, and my delight in it was compounded when I discovered my father’s MAD collection in my Grandmother’s attic. Sadly, it was all ruined when my basement in Brooklyn flooded (damn you Mother Nature! I owe you nothing!). However, thanks to my daughter, I can tell you that the current MAD TV show does hold some honest roots in the concept of the magazine (and early comic to some degree). Unlike the MAD TV skit show, which didn’t really connect (although I liked on it’s own merits in the early days), the current show is more about satire and public mocking. It’s still somewhat different, but feels very much in the same jugular vein. It doesn’t have the superb illustration that the mag had, but the writing is pretty smart. I really enjoy it.

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200875 sam1148 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200875 I too would be more interested in this if they had actually hands on fold in. That's half the fun of the those.  I too would be more interested in this if they had actually hands on fold in. That’s half the fun of the those. 

]]> By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200867 bklynchris Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200867 This man, along with S.E. Hinton, got me through puberty.  I vaguely remember that many of the fold-ins revealed boobies, which was like bonus!  and loved those snappy answers! Anybody know if he had kids, esp. one who's an MD? This man, along with S.E. Hinton, got me through puberty.  I vaguely remember that many of the fold-ins revealed boobies, which was like bonus!  and loved those snappy answers!

Anybody know if he had kids, esp. one who’s an MD?

]]> By: frankieboy http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200858 frankieboy Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200858 I used to love that page when I was a kid. Once I knew how it worked, I'd try to visualize the 'punchline' before folding the page. Kind of like trying to do the "Jumble" in your head. Is there anything like Mad today? I best liked how the grownups who made it let me in on it, and they were a "gang of idiots", and were just as confused by the world as I was. And they showed me/us a way to cope. Heady stuff for a young person. I used to love that page when I was a kid. Once I knew how it worked, I’d try to visualize the ‘punchline’ before folding the page. Kind of like trying to do the “Jumble” in your head.
Is there anything like Mad today? I best liked how the grownups who made it let me in on it, and they were a “gang of idiots”, and were just as confused by the world as I was. And they showed me/us a way to cope. Heady stuff for a young person.

]]> By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200824 TimmoWarner Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200824 Yeah, after the shock of seeing something so cool and then being disappointed by how they implemented it, I was able to imagine an upside to the way they did it, and that' s exactly it. For the annoyance of having to be careful the first time, it would be nice to be able to see both versions side by side. Given my druthers though, I would print the book without the folded versions at all. Yeah, after the shock of seeing something so cool and then being disappointed by how they implemented it, I was able to imagine an upside to the way they did it, and that’ s exactly it. For the annoyance of having to be careful the first time, it would be nice to be able to see both versions side by side.

Given my druthers though, I would print the book without the folded versions at all.

]]> By: Their feldspars http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200812 Their feldspars Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200812 Anyone for 43-man squamish? Anyone for 43-man squamish?

]]> By: Vanwall http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200731 Vanwall Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200731 Potrzebie. Moxie. Furshlugginer. Axolotl. EC for me, see? Words to the wise...guy. Potrzebie. Moxie. Furshlugginer. Axolotl. EC for me, see?
Words to the wise…guy.

]]> By: Bob Knetzger http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200722 Bob Knetzger Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200722 I agree with the gang of idiots here-- it's LAME that the way Chronicle has printed it, it's nearly impossible to actually fold them. And printing the folded version right next to the unfolded version is also LAME. That's like printing comics with the panels out of order, or telling the punch line to joke first. Oy, so wrong.And the demo video is also LAME. What, they could'na gotten the rights to use "She's Got a Nose Job"?--or do a new, original instrumental version...? I agree with the gang of idiots here– it’s LAME that the way Chronicle has printed it, it’s nearly impossible to actually fold them.
And printing the folded version right next to the unfolded version is also LAME. That’s like printing comics with the panels out of order, or telling the punch line to joke first. Oy, so wrong.And the demo video is also LAME. What, they could’na gotten the rights to use “She’s Got a Nose Job”?–or do a new, original instrumental version…?

]]> By: Marktech http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200714 Marktech Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200714 <blockquote>even in the video I found it incredibly hard not to have an image in my mind of the completed fold-in before looking at the original</blockquote>Me too: when the pages are turned, the first thing I see is the punchline.  What a shame. An appropriate fold-in for Cory: http://www.perturb.org/content/foldin/?date=2004-07

even in the video I found it incredibly hard not to have an image in my
mind of the completed fold-in before looking at the original

Me too: when the pages are turned, the first thing I see is the punchline.  What a shame.

An appropriate fold-in for Cory:
http://www.perturb.org/content/foldin/?date=2004-07

]]> By: siloxane http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200675 siloxane Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200675 I get what you're saying in that the surprise of the reveal might be spoiled by having the two images on facing pages. But all things considered, I'm glad they did it this way because it makes it easier to compare the folded/unfolded pictures. (And if you really want to preserve the surprise, you can always use a sheet of paper or something to cover up the right side page while reading.) I get what you’re saying in that the surprise of the reveal might be spoiled by having the two images on facing pages. But all things considered, I’m glad they did it this way because it makes it easier to compare the folded/unfolded pictures. (And if you really want to preserve the surprise, you can always use a sheet of paper or something to cover up the right side page while reading.)

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200656 Art Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200656 I still have my 1950's and early 60's issues- even the Mad paperbacks which pre-dated the magazine (brilliant).  But I read them until the pages were completely worn out.  I studied them like the bible!   Anyone remember "Arthur", the potted plant? I still have my 1950′s and early 60′s issues- even the Mad paperbacks which pre-dated the magazine (brilliant).  But I read them until the pages were completely worn out.  I studied them like the bible!  

Anyone remember “Arthur”, the potted plant?

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200648 Snig Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200648 "Inception" is based on the Mad Fold-ins, but they didn't even have the grace to credit Jaffee. “Inception” is based on the Mad Fold-ins, but they didn’t even have the grace to credit Jaffee.

]]> By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200584 TimmoWarner Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200584 I'm suggesting they hide the finished fold-in the opposite side of the page the original is printed on. I don't see what that has to do with reading left to right. Maybe other people wouldn't have this problem but even in the video I found it incredibly hard not to have an image in my mind of the completed fold-in before looking at the original. Comic artists tend to know enough that if you have a big reveal, the reader must turn the page to see it, it's not printed on a right hand page after you've read the left. I’m suggesting they hide the finished fold-in the opposite side of the page the original is printed on. I don’t see what that has to do with reading left to right.

Maybe other people wouldn’t have this problem but even in the video I found it incredibly hard not to have an image in my mind of the completed fold-in before looking at the original.

Comic artists tend to know enough that if you have a big reveal, the reader must turn the page to see it, it’s not printed on a right hand page after you’ve read the left.

]]> By: ophmarketing http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200558 ophmarketing Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200558 "I can't see any line of reasoning that would make the arrangement they actually chose preferable." Other than the fact that people read from left to right? “I can’t see any line of reasoning that would make the arrangement they actually chose preferable.”

Other than the fact that people read from left to right?

]]> By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200557 TimmoWarner Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200557 Why would they not print this with the fold ins on the RIGHT hand pages, and the image of the completed fold in on the following page so you can actually be surprised by it? This would also make the fold-ins fold the same way as they would have in the actual magazine. I can't see any line of reasoning that would make the arrangement they actually chose preferable. Why would they not print this with the fold ins on the RIGHT hand pages, and the image of the completed fold in on the following page so you can actually be surprised by it? This would also make the fold-ins fold the same way as they would have in the actual magazine.

I can’t see any line of reasoning that would make the arrangement they actually chose preferable.

]]> By: futnuh http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200513 futnuh Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200513 I want this as an iPad app that lets me "fold" the pages virtually. I want this as an iPad app that lets me “fold” the pages virtually.

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200511 Deidzoeb Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200511 The fact that they print both views, full page and folded-in version, doesn't prevent people from folding the full page still if they wanted to. The fact that they print both views, full page and folded-in version, doesn’t prevent people from folding the full page still if they wanted to.

]]> By: riceagain http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200509 riceagain Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200509 Guess I'll have to buy the box set to get my satisfaction...My faith in BoingBoing is of course intact. To my knowledge you're not all careering around in Lamborghinis on the back of fat-cat publishers. Guess I’ll have to buy the box set to get my satisfaction…My faith in BoingBoing is of course intact. To my knowledge you’re not all careering around in Lamborghinis on the back of fat-cat publishers.

]]> By: yupgiboy http://boingboing.net/2011/08/27/the-mad-fold-in-collection-1964-2010.html#comment-1200491 yupgiboy Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115687#comment-1200491 It would have been nice if each page were pre scored so each fold in could actually be folded in. A missed opportunity. It would have been nice if each page were pre scored so each fold in could actually be folded in. A missed opportunity.

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