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| 01-16-13 05:30am - 4358 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Off Topic: Mad Magazine Yes, this is off topic for sure, but guess some older PUs along with this old PU once had a crush on Mad Magazine � Alfred E. Neuman, Don Martin � and all the other deals and great cartoons/cartonists.... Loved it, but lost all (a great, big stack of magazines) somewhere, sometime down the road.... And miss that great fun. Now I got the local �newsstand� to get me the latest copies � but what a bummer. Nothing's like it was � fine paper in full color � but that's it. And had to pay around $ 14 for a copy. Ok, there's still Spy Vs Spy, the great Sergio Aragon�s and Tom Richmond.... but a lot of boring/badly drawn cartoons ect. Any views � and anybody know where to get hold of old, old copies without getting ripped off..  "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 01-16-13 05:34am - 4358 days | #2 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Hey, why do I get those weird signs in the input?? "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 01-16-13 06:02am - 4358 days | #3 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
Just an educated guess but ... I suspect it's due to the font your computer uses as its default. Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 01-16-13 07:17am - 4358 days | #4 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Why do I get those weird symbols in my output? I'm guessing you are writing your post in some word processing program (Wordpad, Word, or something similar) and then copying the text and pasting it into the message block. And because the word processing program has format characters that are not recognized by the program that processes the message block, you get the weird symbols in your output. The same thing happens if you copy some articles posted on the web to a word processing program, then save the file. When you open the file to see the article you copied, you then see the weird symbols. But you don't see the weird symbols until you close the file and then reopen it. The weird symbols are not displayed when you paste the copied text, but are only displayed when you close the file and then reopen it. The same thing occurs when you paste copied text into the message box: You don't see the weird symbols when you paste the text. They only appear when the copy is stored and then brought up. If you type your post directly into the message block, instead of using a word processing program and pasting that into the message block, I'm guessing you won't see the weird symbols when the message is saved and then brought up for viewing. On the other hand, if you are decorating your posts with foreign symbols for added character, which could be called artistic license, then you might think of the weird symbols as individual expression. Maybe we could start a trend in Internet fashions! Edited on Jan 16, 2013, 07:24am | |
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| 01-16-13 08:33am - 4358 days | #5 | |
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Reveen (0)
Active User Posts: 96 Registered: Apr 06, '09 |
either that or type it in Notepad and then paste to the message block, notepad is plaintext so it takes out anything odd that might be in the word processing program. It seems needlessly complicated but there may be some reason why he's not typing directly into the box. As for Mad magazine, it has recently reappeared at my local newsagents so I've gotten the last few issues. Sure, some of the jokes were corny but thats almost what I expected, part of the charm of Mad. I don't have a nostalgic tie to it so I didn't get hit with a "not as good as it used to be reflex". Really, not many things are as good as they used to be, current music is mostly shit  And as for the price, it sounds like the OP is getting ripped off, it only cost me about 5 euro and stuff is usually more expensive in Ireland. | |
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| 01-16-13 08:40am - 4358 days | #6 | |
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Tree Rodent (0)
Active User  Posts: 708 Registered: Oct 29, '08 Location: UK |
I used to get Mad all the time, and was a fan just like you Denner. I haven't read it for years, but from the sound of it, Mad is now a different magazine. Things change. The old magazine is dead but at least we have fond memories. Ebay/Ebid and comics/comix shops or dealers are possibly the best place to get the old ones. For me the beginning of the decline was when they started doing British spoofs just for this country. The American material was good enough for me. | |
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| 01-16-13 09:09am - 4358 days | #7 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
My best Squirrel - you hit the nail on the head - in my views, too. Mad is no longer the fantastic/great black/white magazine we loved.... - and/but absolutely: we have fond memories... And thanks for that head-up about the search....thanks a million.  BTW: No weird signs in this one... "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 01-16-13 09:16am - 4358 days | #8 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Funny, lk2 - started the input, wrote the stuff and placed it. And nada problem, looking back. Then realized, I made some errors - and went back to adjust...and then shit happened, sorry the language - then: things went crazy. "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 01-16-13 09:19am - 4358 days | #9 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
I don't think they are following my escapades any more either.  Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! Edited on Jan 16, 2013, 01:34pm | |
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| 01-16-13 09:59am - 4358 days | #10 | |
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RustyJ (0)
Suspended Posts: 79 Registered: Aug 04, '10 |
I was a big fan of Mad. Really brings back memories. All the TV show parodies weren't that easy to understand as I was quite young when I read Mad but Spy vs. Spy, Sergio Aragones and Don Martin I remember well | |
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| 01-16-13 11:33am - 4358 days | #11 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
I suspect when they started using George Bush as their new Alfred E Nueman, the magazine changed. If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee.If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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| 01-16-13 01:26pm - 4358 days | #12 | |
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Drooler (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,831 Registered: Mar 11, '07 Location: USA |
I had a little stack of MAD books a long, long time ago. Things like "How people see you." (The dentist just sees teeth hovering over a standing body; the boss sees ears but nothing else (no brain).) MAD was hilarious, along with National Lampoon and Cracked. I loved the MAD parodies of TV shows like Mannix ("Manic") and movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ("Botch Casually and the Some Dunce Kid"). And sure, we have The Onion now, but it's just not the same! BTW, let's not forget "Little Annie Fannie" in Playboy magazine in the 1960's. It was actually painted at first, not drawn, but the approach to humor was kind of similar to MAD, with lots of social parody from that time. I wanted something new, so I left England for New England. Edited on Jan 16, 2013, 01:29pm | |
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| 01-16-13 01:41pm - 4358 days | #13 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
I loved Mad Magazine but just like you, Denner, I don't like the changes it has gone through over the years. I don't like the new price either!  | |
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| 01-16-13 04:54pm - 4358 days | #14 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
I haven't seen one in years but I was a huge fan. I used to love trying to figure out what the last page would be about before folding it. I sadly sold or gave away all of my Mad magasines years ago but I still have many of the pocket books that Don martin and Sergi Aragon did. Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 01-17-13 09:21am - 4357 days | #15 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
I never was really that much into Mad, but more the graphic fantasy magazine Heavy Metal. If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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| 01-17-13 01:25pm - 4357 days | #16 | |
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RagingBuddhist (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 893 Registered: Jan 23, '07 |
What a coincidence that this topic came up. I'm in the middle of a major house clean out right now and came across 15 or so Mad books that I remember reading over and over again. Now the big question is whether to keep them for the nostalgia, reading 'em once again, then let 'em go back to collecting dust or try to sell them. Sarcasm is a body's natural defense against stupidity. | |
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| 01-17-13 01:31pm - 4357 days | #17 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
^ check prices on E-bay If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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| 01-18-13 11:06am - 4356 days | #18 | |
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bibo (0)
Suspended Posts: 179 Registered: Sep 16, '10 Location: GER |
Don Martin. ZAPPADONG! Nuff said. | |
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| 01-18-13 03:17pm - 4356 days | #19 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
I'll raise you a FIONSAPP! SIZAFIZZ! BZZZOWNT! a PWANGGG! & a SCHKLONK! Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! | |
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| 01-20-13 10:09am - 4354 days | #20 | |
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Tree Rodent (0)
Active User Posts: 708 Registered: Oct 29, '08 Location: UK |
Mad magazine disproves the British idea about Americans that they don't have a sense of irony. There's wonderful irony and sarcasm in some of those spoofs. I think Mad must have been inspiration for the Airplane (and similar) send ups. There are some very witty and clever Americans out there. The only negative about Mad was I thought what a waste of talent, seeing something that clever in a mag, where very few would be able to appreciate it. Heavy Metal mag is something different, but like jberry, I loved that one too. It started life as the French mag Metal Hurlant. Edited on Jan 20, 2013, 10:13am | |
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| 01-20-13 01:12pm - 4354 days | #21 | |
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Drooler (0)
Disabled User Posts: 1,831 Registered: Mar 11, '07 Location: USA |
How could we not have a sense of irony? After all, we've got Congress, people we've elected as caretakers of the national interest, and that alone settles that. One recent case in point: Relief funding for victims of Hurricane Sandy. I wanted something new, so I left England for New England. | |
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| 01-21-13 06:03am - 4353 days | #22 | |
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graymane (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,411 Registered: Feb 20, '10 Location: Virginia |
Herewith are a couple "Mad's Personal Ads" from the "Meet Market Dept" from mag. dating back to the late '40s. #1 .... Successful-(not wealthy), full-figured (not fat)woman (not man) seeks gentleman (not lady) for quiet (not loud) evening (not days) at home (not outdoors). Write BOX 813 (not BOX 702). #2 ....Financianally unstable man -- I owe everyone money. If you're not one of my creditors, I'd like to meet you. Send phone, mine was repossessed. Stankey. BOX 44 | |
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| 01-22-13 09:48pm - 4351 days | #23 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
Was anybody else into the really early Harvey Kurzman era Mad Magazine - before the Comics Code de-fanged everything? Their satires of Archie, with the whole group as juvenile delinquents complete with switchblades, were great acidic satire. And the artwork was really sexy - man, Betty & Veronica drawn by Mad's artists with their boobs practically bursting through their tight tops definitely got my adolescent juices flowing. | |
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