books "Our greatest living cartoonist": An appreciation of Sergio Aragonés Ruben Bolling

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MAD magazine MAD artist Al Jaffee dies at 102 Bob Knetzger

Cartoonists Happy 100th birthday to MAD Magazine's Al Jaffee! Gareth Branwyn

MAD magazine Meet the new MAD Magazine Fold-in artist, Johnny Sampson Janelle Hessig

Comics MAD Magazine legend Al Jaffee retires at age 99 Janelle Hessig

happy mutant Pee-wee Herman reveals the inspiration behind the Playhouse's Picture Phone: MAD Magazine! Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Al Jaffee's MAD Life: how a traumatized kid from the shtetl became an American satire icon Cory Doctorow

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los angeles MAD Magazine gets a reboot Rusty Blazenhoff

MAD magazine Spy vs Spy is and was the best thing about MAD Mark Frauenfelder

Science Former U.S. Intelligence official says the U.S. possesses craft of non-human origin Ruben Bolling

music How to write a Smiths song in one minute Jennifer Sandlin

mad MAD's Mort Drucker back on newsstands Bob Knetzger

skateboarding Tony Hawk and the origin of the trick "The Madonna." Elías Villoro

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

politics Who is behind the "No Labels" political action committee bankrolling Kirsten Sinema? Elías Villoro

trumpism Watch 1958's "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" a sci-fi horror allegory for ideological fanaticism Mark Frauenfelder

books "Marvel Comics in the 1970s" is a new book about a wild and trippy creative era Ruben Bolling

literature Salman Rushdie wins the Freedom to Publish award at the British Book Awards Elías Villoro