• Theo@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Man, I haven’t had a MAD subscription in ages. I didn’t realize they were still in print. Lol

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      12 days ago

      I don’t think this is real. If you search up the issue number you’ll see the real version. It’s also from 1974.

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        12 days ago

        Yea I wondered that after I posted my comment but I wondered if it was a joke issue or something. A lot of the issues I had growing up had a front cover and a back one that would work if you flipped it the right way that was an alternative or a joke cover.

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          12 days ago

          Hmm the original doesn’t have that bit in the bottom right about the original concept. Is this a real MAD foldout based on an old cover but updated for the current hot topic?

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        12 days ago

        Its not real.

        originally published

        MAD #166, Apr 1974

        lol yeah, otherwise MAD was WAAAAY ahead of its time 😂

        EDIT: huh, does lemmy not support nested quotes or am I just dumb

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          11 days ago

          I can see the different levels of quote, but there’s also spaces between them. Too many line breaks maybe?

          Your reader might not support nested quotes though.

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          12 days ago

          That part isn’t on the original cover. Is this a real foldout from a recent MAD issue that is an updated version of the 1974 cover?

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          12 days ago

          No, someone took an existing painting and modified it with copy/paste to show two middle fingers. Which is also ironic, given the message they’re trying to send.

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          They’re republishing old editions with new covers. Dunno if this is one of those