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From Mad Magazine 1968 (Original Post) Sector 001 Tuesday OP
You bet your potrzebie! marble falls Tuesday #1
'T'was always thus EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #6
What, me worry? ... marble falls Tuesday #7
Absolutely Amazing! Abolishinist Tuesday #2
In 1969, Nixon would just have taken office. DFW Tuesday #3
That's dead on. GaYellowDawg Tuesday #4
My Dad subscribed to MAD Magazine and my brother and I used to read them Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #5
I was a devoted reader of Mad Magazine Mossfern Tuesday #8
When we visited my maternal grandmother, there wasn't a lot for we kids to do, so my Dad took us to a nearby newsstand Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #10
I had that issue electric_blue68 Tuesday #9
Other than the very rich part, this is MAGA. progressoid Wednesday #11

Abolishinist

(2,357 posts)
2. Absolutely Amazing!
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 01:47 AM
Tuesday

And to think it was published over 55 years ago, during the Nixon administration. Some background...

The "Super Patriot" cartoon truly appeared in MAD magazine. While this image is frequently shared online as if it dates from 1968, the cartoon was actually published the following year, in 1969.

According to MAD magazine collector Doug Gilford's website, Madcoversite.com, the "Super Patriot" cartoon appeared in issue #129 of MAD Magazine, released in September 1969, and under a section titled, "The Mad Primer of Bigots, Extremists, and Other Loose Ends." This section was written by Frank Jacobs and Stan Hart and featured the artwork of Jack Davis.

The magazine section featured 10 chapters (or cartoons) across three pages that showcased various extremists. The "Super Patriot" was the first chapter in the section.

DFW

(57,627 posts)
3. In 1969, Nixon would just have taken office.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 01:53 AM
Tuesday

They were just starting to show how ugly thet were. Not Trump style ugly, but for the era pretty bad. I actually remember that one, and I was 16 or 17 at the time.

Rhiannon12866

(231,319 posts)
5. My Dad subscribed to MAD Magazine and my brother and I used to read them
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 03:55 AM
Tuesday

And I'm sure they must be around somewhere, that was one magazine that was saved - my brother and I also read the old ones.

Mossfern

(3,654 posts)
8. I was a devoted reader of Mad Magazine
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 08:52 AM
Tuesday

I devoured new issues as soon as I could get my hands on them. I didn't have a subscription but bought mine at the local candy store. Remember them?

I guess I'm a bit older than you.
I remember this piece.

Rhiannon12866

(231,319 posts)
10. When we visited my maternal grandmother, there wasn't a lot for we kids to do, so my Dad took us to a nearby newsstand
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 07:09 PM
Tuesday

Where he bought a copy of MAD Magazine for himself and my brother and I each picked out a comic book. That may be when he started subscribing to MAD and, as I said, my brother and I both read those, too.

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