Sep 22, 2023
My guest this week is comedian Danny Gallagher! When did Danny get started with MAD Magazine? What is the MAD Fold-In? What did Danny NOT find at his grandparents' house? When was Nickelodeon more "us against them"? What strip did MAD Magazine recently reprint? What did MAD Magazine never do? When did the Comics Code start? What weird rules did the Comics Code Authority force comics creators to adhere to? What was William Gaines like? What did MAD Magazine make fun of? What is Spy Vs Spy? What was MAD's Star Wars parody called? What are The Mask comics? What happens to people when they put on the Mask? What are some differences between the movie and the comic? What happened when DC Comics took over MAD? Does MAD ever do new articles anymore?
Reading list:
Superduperman
Scholar Finds Flaws in Work by Archenemy of Comics
10 Crazy Rules The Comics Code Authority Made Creators Follow
A Seduction of the Innocent website
Good days and MAD by Dick Debartolo
Tales From The Crypt (free on Comixology Unlimited)
Concrete (free on Comixology Unlimited)
Recorded 9-15-23 via Zencastr