Tag Mad Magazine
MAD’s ‘Botchmen’ Explores The Lighter Side Of ‘Watchmen’
Filed under: DC, Humor
In all the excitement surrounding Before Watchmen, we'd completely forgotten that DC Comics had already published a new Watchmen comic by creators other than Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. It was called Botchmen, and it happened... [read more]
Link Ink: ‘Bob’ on DVD, the ‘Marvel Heroes’ MMO Gets Unreal and ‘My Little Pony’ Invades Skyrim
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture DVD: All 33 episodes of Bob Newhart's 1992 sitcom, Bob, about a Golden Age comic book artist's reluctant '90s resurgence will be collected on DVD in April. [Robot6]
Movies: P.J. Hogan has signed on to direct an unspeci... [read more]
DC ENTERTAINMENT REVEALS NEW BRAND IDENTITY
New identity designed to showcase DC Entertainment’s rich portfolio of brands, stories and characters across all media platforms. BURBANK, CA, January 19, 2012 – DC Entertainment, a Warner Bros. Entertainment company and home to iconic brands DC Co... [read more]
Link Ink: 2012′s Summer Movies, The Tick Meets Invincible, ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ Slices and Dices
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Movies: Empire Magazine's 2012 Summer Movie preview has new shots of Judge Dredd, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Hobbit in action. [io9]
Creators: Sam Humphries, Ramon Perez and cover artist Julian Totino Tedesco ar... [read more]
Holiday Gift Guide: The MAD 20
Last week, we told you about how THE HUFFINGTON POST revealed both the cover and top five items in this year’s “MAD 20.” In case you’re unfamiliar, the “MAD 20” is what we here at the offices call MAD Magazine’s annual “20 Dumbest Peopl... [read more]
Parting Shot: Al Jaffee’s Live ‘Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions’ [Video]
Filed under: Video, Humor
Comics artist Al Jaffee, a.k.a. the creator of the Mad magazine fold-in, recently brought his "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" segment to a live audience with the help of Jeff Newelt of Heeb magazine. The video, record... [read more]
Link Ink: ‘MAD’ Does ‘Sheen Lantern’, Charges Against Susie Cagle Dropped and Comic Burning
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Upcoming: CBR has a preview of MAD Magazine #513, which will include a "Sheen Lantern" parody. [CBR]
Legal: The Dominion Post reports that New Zealand's Superloans company has won a lawsuit filed against them by DC ... [read more]
Everybody’s Talking about the MAD 20, Wednesday Afternoon (ET) Edition
It’s that time of year again! As you may already know, MAD MAGAZINE annually releases an issue that counts down the “20 Dumbest People, Events & Things” of the year. As in previous years, there were no shortage of candidates. This year, the i... [read more]
MAD Magazine Art Director Sam Viviano Gives Back To The Troops
(Photo courtesy of John Read) Last month, MAD Magazine illustrator and art director Sam Viviano was one of ten cartoonists to travel on a USO trip to entertain troops overseas by drawing funny pictures. All part of the National Cartoonists Society, the... [read more]
Parting Shot: What If… Jim Lee Illustrated ‘Spy vs. Spy’?
The rival spooks of MAD's Spy vs. Spy have been blowing each other up for decades in their trademark cartoony style, but what if DC Co-Publisher and artist Jim Lee were to redesign the murderous duo in his iconic superhero aesthetic? Wonder no ...... [read more]
(Everybody’s Talkin’ About) DC COMICS-THE NEW 52, Monday Evening (ET) Edition
(DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Dan DiDio catches up with his old friend, Solomon Grundy at New York Comic Con) Everyone from Solomon Grundy to DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Dan DiDio was at New York Comic Con this past weekend. In case you’ve been un... [read more]
Jim Lee contributes to the Spy Vs. Spy Custom Toy Project
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Spy vs. Spy, DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Jim Lee joins the ranks of other artists who’ve each made their mark on the iconic spy design (in toy form) – including Weird Al Yankovic, Bob Staake, Peter Ku... [read more]
Link Ink: New ‘Fresh Ink! Online,’ New ‘Adventure Time Tees And ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 2
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Video: In this week's Fresh Ink! Online host Blair Butler and writer Mark Andreyko review Green Lantern, Batwoman, Legion Lost, Demon Knights, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Pigs, Mystery Men, Optic Nerve, Criminal and Ar... [read more]
Link Ink: ‘Captain America’ Gets Canada-Themed Variant, A Batman T-Rex and ‘MAD Magazine’ Does Angry Birds
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Conventions: Fan Expo Canada 2011 attendees will be able to get their hands on a new Dale Eaglesham variant cover for Captain America #1 featuring Canada's most prominent Marvel heroes sporting appropriately decorated ... [read more]
HUMOR: The Clawfice
Who is replacing Steve Carell on The Office? Wolverine. He’s everywhere! [read more]
24 Amazing Comics Letterheads: From Marvel & DC to ‘Calvin & Hobbes’
Filed under: Marvel, DC, Art
Aside from a love of fancy notebooks, I don't really have much of an attachment to the artifacts of the pre-Internet era of instant communication. That said, the letterheads of the past are a thousand times better than... [read more]
Ron Howard to Direct Live-Action ‘Spy vs. Spy’ Movie
Filed under: Movies, News
The last time fans saw Spy vs. Spy in live action, the black and white foes were up to their usual brand of MAD Magazine conflict in Mountain Dew TV spots. Flash forward to 2011 and the dudes are graduating from doing the D... [read more]
Link Ink: ‘Green Lantern’ Goes ‘MAD,’ Conan’s Spidey Musical for Kids and Pokemon Fireworks
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Parody: Just in case you need a little more Green Lantern movie parody in your life, MAD's got you covered this month starting June 28. [The Source]
Movies: Tom Spurgeon ponders whether Annie is the most successful ... [read more]
GREEN LANTERN gone MAD
GREEN LANTERN is everywhere this week. As the highly anticipated Warner Bros. Pictures’ film based on the DC Comics super hero hits theaters tomorrow, even the folks at MAD Magazine have joined in the excitement.
Alfred E. Neuman poses as the GRE... [read more]
Tonight on Batman: Brave and the Bold: “Bat-Mite Presents: Batman’s Strangest Cases!”
Tonight’s episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold (which we gave a sneak peek of here first), couldn’t be more appropriate, given that it’s April Fool’s Day. In “Bat-Mite Presents: Batman’s Strangest Cases!”, Bat-Mite hosts a series of Batman’s most bizarre adventures including the Mad Magazine-inspired Batboy and Rubin [read more]