Thursday, August 7, 2008

MAD ABOUT SUPER HEROES

It was difficult for me to catalog this "book about a magazine", so I guess we'll consider it a book. So, this book is a compilation of all the times MAD magazine has made fun of Super-heroes and their movies and TV shows. It has plenty of classic spoofs, from Superman to the Batman movies and, most recently X-Men and Smallville. The cover follows the irreverent motif with Alex's Superman and Batman looking curiously at MAD's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, and his "super" costume.
I like this cover, although the heroes' poses look a bit stiff, but I guess that's the point in this parody, to make them look like cardboard cut-outs, so Neuman looks more real than them.

IN MY COLLECTION: Of course.

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