This channel was a once in a lifetime sort of thing. Having the chance to listen to two high-level & experienced cartoonists discuss comics with this level of insight will never be duplicated. Thanks again for sharing Jim ❤
Each day I dread the thought of the new video will stop. It’s almost like Ed’s passing was some sort of dream because theses videos keep coming. I can’t stress enough that his passing as effect myself and so many others. I keep reading comments on how Cartoonist Kayfabe has reignited so many of us to pick our pencil and ink to draw. To go and scour again looking for books. I’ve posted each day thanking you guys for all the good work you have done.
Deep feels on this. No other channel hits our vibe correctly like it. It's either too much ego or too little charm or some imbalance that just doesn't hit the home target like CK.
So true. Besides Ed and Jim, uncle Warren's episodes are such great sources of additional comic history, and entertaining to boot. And thanks so much again, Jim.
This still doesn't seem real. The first day when I look and there isn't a new video, it's going to hit all over again like a ton of bricks. We miss you, Ed. Much love to you, Jim.
Mad Magazine was a real institution for me in the ‘80s, even if I often had no idea what they were referencing. Great video…Long Live Cartoonist Kayfabe.
I was 9-years-old in 1974 and you better bet I was buying every issue of Mad Magazine off the stands at my local 7-11. Mad spoke to my 9-year-old brain in so many ways and, I believe, really helped shape who I am, at least in terms of the type of humor and comics I enjoy most. I remember all of these issues and many of the strips and gags. I gotta think this period was peak Mad. Such brilliant stuff from William Gaines and company. RIP Ed.
Rest in peace Ed Piskor. Such a sad and tragic loss. This episode hit my nostalgia button hard. I was 12 in 1974 when these issues were coming out. It was a time when I was buying them off the rack at my neighborhood 7/11 every month, religiously. I distinctly remember wondering what had happened to that April issue. It never showed up on the rack of that 7/11, and I was checking all month long. It wasn’t until much later when I found it at a comic book shop and saw that big middle finger on the cover. Awesome! Mystery solved. Found out that 7/11 refused to put it out that issue for sale. I still have all those Mads I collected from back then too.
I was reading the intro to Mad About the Seventies the other day, and the finger gag on the April issue originally read “Number 1 Magazine of Good Taste” but Feldstein inexplicably re-wrote it, so there wasn’t even a gag. As a result, most copies of the issue went unsold (not even remaindered; they just weren’t even distributed.)
I can't speak to that drug back cover in terms of why they opted to print that one, but for what it's worth, the image is a spoof of All is Vanity by Charles Allan Gilbert. Someone smarter than me might be able to make a connection between that and the drug tableau
I’m late to this party but thank you! I remember the issue with the Heads... you lose poster back when I was a kid. I actually clipped it out and hung it on my bedroom wall with the “you lose” part removed from it so it just said “Heads” lol. I thought I was pulling one over on my parents,lol Yep, I was a little brat back then.
I remember so many of the bits featured in today’s video but I owned none of these issues! Gaines really milked the reprints but I am a better man because of it. Never would have seen these otherwise.
NatLamp did a MAD parody, "Blowing a Joke" comes to mind.... I fondly remember MAD, maybe 1960 my dad came home and he found some at work, a couple, and asked my mom "You think it's okay to give the kids these?" ... I devoured them, I was a wise ass. I still remember the Mad Songs for child safetly, particularly thevone sung to the tune "My Darling Clementine" In the chest there, in the bathroom, o'er sinks that faucets shine, sits a funny little bottle, and we call it iodine, oh you funny, oh you funny, oh you funny iodine, you don't taste good with a cookie, but for boo-boos you're just fine..... like many, I discovered the Lampoon the first issue, and never looked back.... maybe there was a period when I indulged both.
Re: Bruce Day 18:00- I art directed Bruce Day on the magazine I designed back in the early 2000s. Sweetest guy with an interesting story. After serving in the Army he played football in college and then the NFL (I think it was the Chiefs? I can't remember). He only worked for Mad for a short time--only 2 issues. Bruce told me he became a born again Christian about the same time and couldn't justify working for Mad. He continued his cartooning career (mostly for Christian publications) up until 4 years before his death in 2015 at age 76. Love you Jimmy. Rest easy, Eddy P.
I had a grown up friend when I was in my teens I'm 65 now he had a girlfriend who worked for mad and she used to send mena box of magazines and there paperbacks I was in heaven I loved ( spy vs spy ) And yes I loved the back covers .
1974 was the year that MAD had their animated special that highlighted racism, the floundering healthcare system, and the automotive industry shrinkflating their products. All things we still suffer from today thanks to boomers.
It’s so soothing to continue to see these, but Christ is it going to be hard when they stop.
I wonder how many new ones are left to come out? Has anyone said a nymber?
Love you Jim, rest in peace Eddy P
This channel was a once in a lifetime sort of thing. Having the chance to listen to two high-level & experienced cartoonists discuss comics with this level of insight will never be duplicated. Thanks again for sharing Jim ❤
Each day I dread the thought of the new video will stop. It’s almost like Ed’s passing was some sort of dream because theses videos keep coming. I can’t stress enough that his passing as effect myself and so many others. I keep reading comments on how Cartoonist Kayfabe has reignited so many of us to pick our pencil and ink to draw. To go and scour again looking for books. I’ve posted each day thanking you guys for all the good work you have done.
Deep feels on this. No other channel hits our vibe correctly like it. It's either too much ego or too little charm or some imbalance that just doesn't hit the home target like CK.
I feel that.
These spotlight reviews with Uncle Warren will be missed. Thanks for one last go round.
Love the CGC snuff videos
So true. Besides Ed and Jim, uncle Warren's episodes are such great sources of additional comic history, and entertaining to boot. And thanks so much again, Jim.
Thanks so much. I will miss doing these videos with Ed and Jim forever. Warren
This still doesn't seem real. The first day when I look and there isn't a new video, it's going to hit all over again like a ton of bricks. We miss you, Ed. Much love to you, Jim.
To hear the love and fun in their voices. Heartbreaking. Just heartbreaking. RIP Eddy. Your art lives on.
KAYFABE FOREVER
Thanks, Jim.
27:27 computer font is still used at the bottom of checks to help the machines read the account and routing numbers
Also, shout out for not doing any of the fold-ins
Looking forward to a video each morning like the last week was all just a bad dream.
Didn't expect this to come out today. RIP. 😢
How many are left to come out? Any number
Mad Magazine was a real institution for me in the ‘80s, even if I often had no idea what they were referencing. Great video…Long Live Cartoonist Kayfabe.
Nothing better than MAD love from Cartoonist Kayfabe
Another great video. Thank you Jim for keeping these uploads coming. Peace and love, everyone.
Mort Drucker was one of the best cartoonists of the last decades. It still amazes me how great he was at drawing.... everything!
thank you Jim for doing what he wanted.
RIP Eddie P
Thank you, Jim.
I love Warren episodes. Thanks for posting Jim - You hang in there. RIP Eddie P - you left a huuuuge mark on comics and cartooning.
Thanks so much, really appreciate. Warren
I was 9-years-old in 1974 and you better bet I was buying every issue of Mad Magazine off the stands at my local 7-11. Mad spoke to my 9-year-old brain in so many ways and, I believe, really helped shape who I am, at least in terms of the type of humor and comics I enjoy most. I remember all of these issues and many of the strips and gags. I gotta think this period was peak Mad. Such brilliant stuff from William Gaines and company. RIP Ed.
Rest in peace Ed Piskor. Such a sad and tragic loss. This episode hit my nostalgia button hard. I was 12 in 1974 when these issues were coming out. It was a time when I was buying them off the rack at my neighborhood 7/11 every month, religiously. I distinctly remember wondering what had happened to that April issue. It never showed up on the rack of that 7/11, and I was checking all month long. It wasn’t until much later when I found it at a comic book shop and saw that big middle finger on the cover. Awesome! Mystery solved. Found out that 7/11 refused to put it out that issue for sale. I still have all those Mads I collected from back then too.
It's ironic how often Ed would honor a cartoonist who had passed away by saying "rest in peace" or by pointing out that the artist died way too soon.
Can’t believe this happened
Great run of Mad. Great to hear Warren with you. Thanks for posting
And thank you for the sentiment. Warren
Love, love, love. Kayfabe!
Oh my gosh. I'll say a prayer for Mr Piskor❤
Still my favorite UA-cam channel! Some fun MAD talk here, thanks for posting! Take care, Jim, miss you Ed!
Great stuff. Great work Jim. RIP Ed.
That MAD computer feature had a gag that said "their dumb mistakes can cause us to make fatal mistakes". Sadly relevant.
Rip Ed.
Always great to hear the dulcet tones of Warren. I hope there is another video or two with him left in the backlog.
Cannot thank you enough for this, really appreciate it. Warren
I bought several of those MAD magazines as a kid from my local drug store. Miss those days…
They got away with so much because they took no advertising. Once Bill G. died, it was all over for MAD.
The reflection of the ceiling fan in the Hip Hop Family Tree cover had me checking my fan... I need a nap I guess.
I'm liking and I ain't even seen it. In memory of Ed Piskore. Well MAD magazine was/is cool though. I got the 60's, 70's 80's decades stuff.
Spell the man's name right at least, geez...
The rob liefeld podcast dedicated to Ed is really worth a listen. A total love letter. ❤
So hard to watch. Great to see Warren again, though
Yes and so hard to watch for me as well. Thank you, Warren
great video. thank you, jim.
08:03 awe man really???
2:48 shoutout from Jim Rugg?!
Awesome behind the scenes. Born in '62, I still remember the lyrics to some of the song parodies! 😂❤
11:00 You notice the skull?
I was reading the intro to Mad About the Seventies the other day, and the finger gag on the April issue originally read “Number 1 Magazine of Good Taste” but Feldstein inexplicably re-wrote it, so there wasn’t even a gag. As a result, most copies of the issue went unsold (not even remaindered; they just weren’t even distributed.)
I can't speak to that drug back cover in terms of why they opted to print that one, but for what it's worth, the image is a spoof of All is Vanity by Charles Allan Gilbert. Someone smarter than me might be able to make a connection between that and the drug tableau
I had #164, 169, 170, 171 (or rather my big sister did); I was 7
8:25 -that back cover is intensely dark! I just noticed the light source is a shape of a skull
I’m late to this party but thank you! I remember the issue with the Heads... you lose poster back when I was a kid. I actually clipped it out and hung it on my bedroom wall with the “you lose” part removed from it so it just said “Heads” lol. I thought I was pulling one over on my parents,lol Yep, I was a little brat back then.
This is so sad
the Saturday Evening post cover was also a parody of Paul Newman and Robert Redford from "The Sting"
I remember so many of the bits featured in today’s video but I owned none of these issues! Gaines really milked the reprints but I am a better man because of it. Never would have seen these otherwise.
Crap, Ed is still dead.
NatLamp did a MAD parody, "Blowing a Joke" comes to mind.... I fondly remember MAD, maybe 1960 my dad came home and he found some at work, a couple, and asked my mom "You think it's okay to give the kids these?" ... I devoured them, I was a wise ass. I still remember the Mad Songs for child safetly, particularly thevone sung to the tune "My Darling Clementine" In the chest there, in the bathroom, o'er sinks that faucets shine, sits a funny little bottle, and we call it iodine, oh you funny, oh you funny, oh you funny iodine, you don't taste good with a cookie, but for boo-boos you're just fine..... like many, I discovered the Lampoon the first issue, and never looked back.... maybe there was a period when I indulged both.
Who can Jim tap to replace Ed to keep this channel alive? 🤔
Re: Bruce Day 18:00- I art directed Bruce Day on the magazine I designed back in the early 2000s. Sweetest guy with an interesting story. After serving in the Army he played football in college and then the NFL (I think it was the Chiefs? I can't remember). He only worked for Mad for a short time--only 2 issues. Bruce told me he became a born again Christian about the same time and couldn't justify working for Mad. He continued his cartooning career (mostly for Christian publications) up until 4 years before his death in 2015 at age 76. Love you Jimmy. Rest easy, Eddy P.
So... how much of a back catalog is remaining? Ed's family is going to need that Google Ad Revenue.
I had a grown up friend when I was in my teens I'm 65 now he had a girlfriend who worked for mad and she used to send mena box of magazines and there paperbacks I was in heaven
I loved ( spy vs spy )
And yes I loved the back covers .
Angelo Torres was my uncle, I grew up watching him illustrate.
Warren!
Yes, THANKS!!!! Warren
Even way back then they made fun of donald trump.
Love u guys
love these!
Thank you.
Miss you, Ed.
RIP
MAD magazine reached its peak whenever you were 11-years old.
my favs were many but i always enjoyed sergio aragones "marginals"
Awesome guys but you forgot to do the gatefolds. Btw do you have any 2000 AD mags? I’d love to see some original Judge Dredd.
Great episode ❗🔥💯🤣 lol 👍
Back when I understood the world.
1974 was the year that MAD had their animated special that highlighted racism, the floundering healthcare system, and the automotive industry shrinkflating their products. All things we still suffer from today thanks to boomers.
😢
MAD magazine is very anti-tobacco. I began to notice in the comics.
Good show, but audio quality needs an upgrade (better mics)
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I thought 74 was a great year for being "MAD"😜
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Don Martin was the best!
Mad magazine: controlled opposition?
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Nixon.👍
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Rip ed
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yooo
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