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Mad

American comic and satirical magazine
Periodical Humor Magazine Q312086

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
humor magazine
Award received
Troféu Bigorna for Best Humor Publication[2]
Inception
November 1952[10]
Owned by
DC Comics[6]
Country
United States[3]
Language of work or name
English[8]
Official website
www.dc.com[15]
Website
www.dc.com
Country of origin
United States[9]
Derivative work
Mad, Mad TV[21][22]
Different from
MAD[18]
Editor-in-chief
Harvey Kurtzman[24]
Has list
recurring features in Mad[19]
Has version, edition or translation
Suomen Mad, Norsk MAD[12][13]
Main subject
satire[16]
Mascot
Alfred E. Neuman[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
Place of publication
New York City[7]
Publication interval
2.0[20]
Publisher
DC Comics, EC Comics[4][5]
Social media followers
79049.0[25]
Start time
1952[11]
Title
Mad[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mad en MAD Magazine en Mad Magazine ar ماد da MAD Magazine de MAD-Magazin de MAD Magazin es Mad Magazine es Revista Mad fa مد (مجله) fi MAD-lehti fi MAD magazine fr Mad Magazine fr MAD he Mad Magazine he מגזין MAD he מד מגזין id Mad Magazine it Mad ja マッド
🔖 Identifiers · 29
VIAF cluster ID
183076329
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83017618
GND ID
4367489-6
OpenAlex ID
S4210240544
ACNP journal ID
3381209
BIBSYS ID
90690429
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
137485645
Crossref journal ID
307050
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
strips/mad
Enciclopedia dei ragazzi ID
mad
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Mad
Facebook username
MADMagazine
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Fandom wiki ID
madmagazine
Freebase ID
/m/0598h
GCD series ID
83558
ISSN
0024-9319
ISSN-L
0024-9319
J9U entity ID
987007405583305171
Know Your Meme slug
mad-magazine
Lex ID
MAD
National Library of Brazil ID
000285834
New York Times topic ID
organization/mad-magazine
OCLC number
265037357
Online Books Page serial ID
mad
Quora topic ID
Mad-Magazine
TV Tropes ID
Magazine/Mad
Topic's main category
Category:Mad (magazine)
Wikisimpsons article ID
76543
X (Twitter) username
MADmagazine

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🔗 Connections
Created notable works 3
Harvey Kurtzman, Sergio Aragonés, William Gaines
Derivative work 2
Mad TV, Mad
Employees / affiliates 2
Frank Kelly Freas, Carmen Lynch
Publisher 2
DC Comics, EC Comics
← Based on 2
Mad TV, Mad
Country 1
United States
Country of origin 1
United States
Editor-in-chief 1
Harvey Kurtzman
Influenced 1
Jamie Hewlett
Language of work or name 1
English
Main subject 1
satire
Mascot 1
Alfred E. Neuman
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Owned by 1
DC Comics
Place of publication 1
New York City
Topic's main category 1
Category:Mad (magazine)
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Mad (magazine)
← Contributed to creative work 1
James Warhola
← Present in work 1
Alfred E. Neuman
← Publisher 1
Spy vs. Spy
← Used by 1
Alfred E. Neuman
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Summary

Mad is a humor magazine[1].

Why It Matters

Mad has been cited as an influence by Jamie Hewlett[26], a comics artist[27], b. 1968[28], of United Kingdom[29], specialised in comics[30].

FAQs

What awards did Mad receive?

Honors received include Troféu Bigorna for Best Humor Publication[2].

Who did Mad influence?

Mad has been cited as an influence by Jamie Hewlett[26].

Related Entities

New York City United States

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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