As a cultural reference, MAD magazine may have died decades ago. This is a not a disparagement, but a statement of fact.

Several years ago, I was on a local PBS show called Chicago Tonight with host Bob Sirrott. I was there to discuss the preservation/restoration process of a railway station I had become involved with in nearby Skokie, IL. As an introduction, Bob was giving an overview of projects I’d done and then proceeded to describe how much he saw the influence of “Mad Magazine” in my work. I had never articulated this myself, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized how spot o

CLASSIC MAD DEPT.

July 1972

A VIEW TO A SHILL DEPT.

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His illustrations of celebrities for Mad magazine’s movie and television satires inspired countless cartoonists. Actors, politicians and others knew they had made it when he drew them.