Mad as the Devil!

It's 100 days until Halloween, and while scouring the Karswell Kollection for something appropriate to post, I stumbled upon this fun costume party devil encounter by MAD Magazine hero, Sergio Aragones, and thought, yes, sometimes it really doesn't get better than three perfect panels by one of the funniest men in the funny books today. (And you guys know how much we adore the Devil around here already anyway too, right?) Devilish artwork on the front and back covers as well-- this is a seriously hot little paperback collection of some of Sergio's best gags from 1975.

So who's already working on their costume for October 31st?

Viva Monsters! / New Movie Monsters...

Let's celebrate April Fool's Day today with some spoofy creature feature fun and two of MAD Magazine's very finest artists, shall we? First up, classic monster gags by the amazing Sergio Aragones, followed by Wally Wood's "New Movie Monsters from Madison Ave." (PS: I'm not sure where any of these originated, all are taken from paperback reprints from the 60's and 70's.)


















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And congratulations to Jeff Overturf, he's the big winner of THOIA's "6 of Me on the Prowl" contest. And since the 6 Karswells couldn't agree between all the great entries in this contest, I left the decision up to my son Zander, who at the moment is probably the biggest Three Stooges fan on the planet, annnnd his choice was a no-brainer. Jeff wins himself a copy of Peter H. Brothers new book "Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda", published by Authorhouse. Nice work Jeff, please send me your mailing address! And thanks to everyone that joined in the fun, there's lots more horrific contests coming in 2010!