MAD Magazine: Its Success
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MAD Magazine is a counter culture publication that was founded in the
1960's by William M. Gaines. The magazine satirizes everything from popular
television and entertainment, to important political issues and government
leaders. Despite the fact that MAD contains no advertisements, it has flourish ....
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.... The fact that the magazine held within its
covers no advertisements catered to the ideal of not selling out, which drew a
faithful audience.
The second factor is tradition. As is true with most MAD readers of my
generation, My first encounter with the magazine was when I was a kid, going
through some old things of my father's in the attic. I came across an old issue
of MAD and became interested in it although I only understood a few of the
satires that it contained. It is a fact that most ....
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