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Alfred E. Neuman is the fictitious mascot and cover boy of the American humor magazine Mad. The character's distinct smiling face, gap-toothed smile, freckles, red hair, protruding ears, and scrawny body dates back to late 19th-century advertisements for painless dentistry, also the origin of his "What, me worry?"
Mar 17, 2016 · There is no image more evocative of MAD magazine than the grinning, gap-toothed, freckled face of its mascot, Alfred E. Neuman. Ever since the big-eared redhead first graced the satirical...
Mar 3, 2016 · MAD insiders referred to the kid by various names—Mel Haney, Melvin Cowsnofsky—but when the magazine won legal rights to the face, he was officially christened Alfred E. Neuman. A pseudonym without a specific host, it was one of many counterfeit names used as running gags in the magazine.
Jan 23, 2013 · In this clip from 1977, publisher Bill Gaines talks about the real history of Alfred E. Neuman - the fictitious mascot and cover boy of Mad Magazine. Mad is an American humor magazine...
Jul 20, 2021 · Mad magazine gave us Alfred E. Neuman and Spy vs. Spy and made irreverent, anti-establishment humor a thing. Here's what you need to know about 'Mad.'
Jul 4, 2019 · The illustrated humor magazine – instantly recognizable by the gap-toothed smiling face of mascot Alfred E. Neuman – will still be available in comic shops and through mail to subscribers....
Mar 15, 2020 · By 1956, while the character had already appeared in color in a Jack Davis crowd scene on the cover of MAD #27, MAD’s second editor Al Feldstein wanted a mascot for the magazine and sought a quality artist to capture the boy’s knowing, ironic, gap-toothed grin, forever aimed at his audience.
Jul 1, 2024 · Cover of the December 1956 issue of Mad magazine, featuring Alfred E. Neuman. Mad, American satirical magazine that started as a four-colour comic book in 1952 and transitioned into a black-and-white magazine in 1955. Mad quickly became one of the best-selling humour magazines in the United States and inspired numerous imitators.
May 9, 2024 · Alfred E. Neuman as drawn by Norman Mingo for the cover of MAD #33 in 1957. This is a sample of some of the original artwork that will be featured in the “What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine” exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Jul 5, 2019 · SEATTLE, WA — The owner of the beloved Mad Magazine confirmed this week the publication will cease to exist in its current form after 67 years. But the magazine's mascot, Alfred E....
