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Later this year, mad will shift to a publishing schedule consisting only of archival material. In the 24th issue of the comic, mad decided to turn into a magazine. The story behind the fake mad magazine and tv guide covers. George woodbridge, a cartoonist and illustrator whose hapless, baggy suburbanites peopled mad magazine for nearly 50 years, died in a hospital on staten island on tuesday. With an introduction by steve allen by mad magazine and a great selection of related books. Dec 04, 2018 if youve been collecting comic books since you were a kid, now is the time to list them on ebay.
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