At The Nation, Jeet Heer writes about the impact of MAD magazine and references its origins, which came at a tumultuous time for the comic book industry and for EC Comics publisher William Gaines.
At The Nation, Jeet Heer writes about the impact of MAD magazine and references its origins, which came at a tumultuous time for the comic book industry and for EC Comics publisher William Gaines.
Jack Shafer writes at Politico about our “entering the end times of the editorial cartoon,” highlighting the impact they’ve long had on democracy and connecting recent layoffs to a couple of factors. I’m not sure that we have the whole story here.