[identity profile] dr_hermes.insanejournal.com posting in [community profile] scans_daily
Yikes. Is this one of the most famous faces of the 20th Century? you bet.



Alfred E Neuman is not an original creation of MAD MAGAZINE, of course. The grinning impish face (with a missing tooth and ears like an early warning system)goes way way back. He appears in ads and postcards in the years before WW I, although the further back one digs, the less clear the resemblance becomes until you're not sure if you can really call that poster for a painless dentist an ancestor or not. This charming portrait first appeared in MAD# 27, the April 1956 issue. The illustration was taken from an old postcard. The border itself is worth studying for a few minutes at the higher magnification, being art by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder and Wally Wood.

Date: 2009-10-31 03:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] volksjager.insanejournal.com
Have they ever come out with a collection of just the Mad "fold-ins" ???

Date: 2009-10-31 08:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lbd_nytetrayn.insanejournal.com
"Learn something new today... check."

Seriously, that's neat. I never knew. Do they admit/deny this?

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

Date: 2009-11-01 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kenn_el.insanejournal.com
And, to think, he grew up to become our POTUS! (I like "What...me worry?" better than "Change you can believe in", but I may not have been the target demographic.

Date: 2009-11-02 06:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashtoreth.insanejournal.com
Nice etching! They coulda gone into counterfeiting.

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