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Mad Magazine.
Volume 1, No. 15, September 1954.
Cover: "A MAD tea party." Alice, the March Hare, and the Dormouse are all reading -- what else! -- Mad Magazine at this Mad tea party. John Tenniel's illustration has been subtly altered by an anonymous artist. This is from the early days of Mad, when it was still a comic book, and touted "humor in a jugular vein." However, this cover is just opposite -- humor in an elegant understated vein. In 1954, the Tenniel Alice continues to be cultural reference available to all. |