This Magazine is Crazy (1957) comic books 1950-1959

Stories and art by Tony Couch and others. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. A parody of Beetle Bailey comic strips and Elvis's famous induction into the Army. A parody of James Thurber's New Yorker stories. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including beer, art instruction, and vodka. The cover is a parody of New Yorker magazine and its famous mascot, Eustace Tilley. Stupid Glass; Goings on About Town; Fred R. J. Knockworth Gets the Bad News with a Telegram; The New Yorkish; Fables for Our Time; Our Far Flung Correspondents; The Current Cinema; My Beer Is Swinegold the Dry Beer!; It's All in Your Mind!; Crazy Goes to a Party!!; Pelvis Is Drafted; Believe It or Nuts!; The Man with the Grey Flannel Mouth; Anyone Can Draw!!; Know Yourself; A Morbid Moment; New Golden Dill Soap Makes Bubbles Better; The Secret of a Real Martini Is in Dogschmidt's Vodka. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Bob McCartney. Stories and art by Jack O'Brien and others. Charlton gives its Mad imitator its fourth and final title, as it continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. In a parody of "hillbilly" comic strips Snuffy Smith and Li'l Abner, Snuffy steals Abner's gal Daisy Mae. A parody of space heroes, as Captain Half Past Twelve encounters beautiful but needy women at home and on strange planets. Plus a do-it-yourself guide to imitating the Elvis look. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including toothpaste, brassieres, and sodas. Cover by Bob McCartney features numerous 1950s celebrities and cartoon characters, including Mad's cover boy Alfred E. Neuman himself. Glum... the Only Toothpaste You Use Just Once; Man's Best Friend!; When the Animals Finally Take Over!; I Test Hopped the Minestrone RXY-1-XPU; The Adventures of Sniffy Snuff; Confessions of a Psychiatrist's Couch; It's Part of the Game; Captain Half Past Twelve; Expose; Ribald Classic; Crazy Home Hint Dept.; Mother Goosed; Songs to Sing By; Ripper's Page; You Too Can Be a Pelvis!; Crazy's Very Own Guzzle Guide for a Simple Road to Alcoholism; Dear Miss Heartburn; Why Spend Time at Home; The Two-Headed Tigress of Pluto; Let's Explore Your Noodle!; Doodles; Letters to the Editor; Letters from the Editor; An Important Message for Mechanical Men; Blow Out That Stuffed-Up Head!; Be Slim! 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W with Red. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Herman Slott and others. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. In a parody of both Peyton Place and Reader's Digest Condensed Books, a lurid bestseller is condensed to a single paragraph. A parody of 1950s military inquests. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including TVs, whiskey, and cigarettes. The cover is a parody of Esquire magazine. Barlmoro; Burnoff; Gorging in/Out with Crazy; The Shouting and the Flurry; The Military's Case Against Itself : A Muffled Report; The Old Flame; Calypso USA; The Mad Cherry Bomber; When in Doubt, Pungo; The Fetish Girl; Eating in the Village; The New Wild Sound of Gerry Muldoon: Artist; I Dreamed I Went Dancing in My Boyform Shorts; Bribe Section; Book Condensation; Fishing, Etc.; The Slimdome Hat; Nagnavox; Pack Your Own, Bud!; Urbane, Yet Skin-Fitting: Thataway's Mau Mau Oxford '58; Kutty Shark Scotch Whiskey. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Tony Couch and others. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. A parody of Beetle Bailey comic strips and Elvis's famous induction into the Army. A parody of James Thurber's New Yorker stories. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including beer, art instruction, and vodka. The cover is a parody of New Yorker magazine and its famous mascot, Eustace Tilley. Stupid Glass; Goings on About Town; Fred R. J. Knockworth Gets the Bad News with a Telegram; The New Yorkish; Fables for Our Time; Our Far Flung Correspondents; The Current Cinema; My Beer Is Swinegold the Dry Beer!; It's All in Your Mind!; Crazy Goes to a Party!!; Pelvis Is Drafted; Believe It or Nuts!; The Man with the Grey Flannel Mouth; Anyone Can Draw!!; Know Yourself; A Morbid Moment; New Golden Dill Soap Makes Bubbles Better; The Secret of a Real Martini Is in Dogschmidt's Vodka. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Tony Couch and Al Kaufman. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. Classic art masterpieces become cartoons with the simple addition of captions. A satire on the Russian Sputnik satellite, launched the year before, and its effect on the American psyche. A spoof of 1950s ketchup ads. Cover features a "Spoofnik Launcher." A Tale of Two Brawls!; Why Were We Spoofnixed?; The Men on the Moon; The First Cartoons; I Call on Joe Giraffe; Homily Host Says; Scuffling Sidnee: Mr. Wrestling; Diet Your Way to Peppy Blood; Personality Homes; The Bags; No Other Ketchup Looks Like Frontz; Doodling Space for People with White Pencils. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Tony Couch and others. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. Parodies of TV awards, broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, and the Zorro TV series. Kid's versions of magazines, including Playboy. The cover and "The Dodgers Go Hollywood" story reference baseball player Joe DiMaggio marrying movie star Marilyn Monroe. Learn to Fly; First Annual Yearly Crazy TV Awards; Rumpelstiltskin; Somebody Down Here Is Going Up There; Ed Zorrow Calls on Morro; The Dodgers Go Hollywood; Smarty Set; Screwdles; Best Sellers Kiddie Editions; Varsity Varieties; The Hidden Seducers; Match the Thatch; The Mystery of Florman Craight; What Would Happen If Women Laid Eggs; Office Signs; Crazy's Culture Corner; Body by Fisher. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Tony Couch and others. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. If the Peanuts comic strip was written by others, including Mickey Spillane, J. D. Salinger, and Peyton Place's Grace Metallious. The ultimate expose on teen rebellion, I Was a Teenage Juvenile Delinquent. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including camera film and health coverage. Cover has the Statue of Liberty holding the Kinsey Report, a famous 1950s book on sexuality. Hey, Bill - Grab the Camera!; The Year in Review: 1958; This Is Goobers; A Grim Case History; Cerebral Cereals; I Was a Quiz Contestant; Speaking of Pictures: Florida Vacation; Columns; Russia Goes Monepoli Crazy; Un-Shaving Contest; Improvements Suggested by Citizen's Union; Why They Don't Name Cars After People; I Was a Teenage Juvenile Delinquent; The Frozen One; Your Horrorscope; Make Your Own Fortune Cookies; Operation Foto Quiz; Crazy's Partly Jokes; What Sort of a Man Reads Crazy; Help Fight Recession. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Jack Davis, Tony Couch and Jo Albistur. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. Russian versions of American comic strips, including "Dennis the Terrible," "Comrade Beetlnik" and "Peanutskis". Contrasting real Western historical figure with their TV versions, with art by actual Mad legend Jack Davis. And finally, it had to happen: This Magazine Is Crazy, itself a Mad imitator, presents a parody of Mad magazine. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including art instruction, toothpaste, and cigarettes. Duggles Fast-1 Ad; Draw Me!; Shrimp Creole; The Russians Are Stealing Our Comics!; 1958's Ten Best Accidents; Aesappy Fable!; Those Jinx Covers; Those Fabulous Firsts; Florman Decent Deal Questions Your Questions; Fact Realism vs. TV Is 'Em Real; Junior Kits; Let's Bring Back "Dear John" Letters; American Sketchbook; On the Late Show; Enter Crazy's Money Contest; Finger Signs; Crazy's Small-American Team; Is Your Name on this Page?; The American Teacher; Let's Jazz Up Our License Plates!; Crazy's Very Own Sympathy Cards; BAD; Winsom Cigarettes; Crust Toothpaste. Final issue of the series. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.