Baseball cards didn’t do it for me as a kid. There was an obligatory albeit brief comic book phase, but then I met MAD Magazine (my dad was a fan – he’d even kept a few of his teenage favorites).
Wacky Packages seemed like an extension of MAD… and they came with bubble gum.
Satire, parody and gross-out humor will always own my funny bone. (Images: The Wacky Packages Web Site!)
“The Path To Prosperity With The G.O.P.” - Matt Bors (Image © Matt Bors)
© Drew Litton (featured in the Chicago Tribune on 12.23.09)
Fans have to hope the Bears hiring Mike Martz as Offensive Coordinator today is a step toward being less bad.
New Rule: If you’re a cartoonist and have to put a button on Obama that says “Obama”, you have to get another job.
© Steve Sack - The Minneapolis Star-Tribune (via)
© Steve Sack - The Minneapolis Star-Tribune (via)
© R.J. Matson - The New York Observer and Roll Call (via)