Extremely important message from the editors, script and art by harvey kurtzman. In the early 1960s, the mad office moved to 485 madison avenue, a location identified in the magazine as 485 madison avenue. One of my all time favorites was a takeoff on the old western the rifle man with chuck connors. Mad started in 1952 as a 10cent comic book spoofing other comics. Its a mad, mad, mad, mad book collectionand magazine wsj. What is the difference between a comic book and magazine.
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