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ONLINE SYMPOSIUM:
The Usual Gang of Idiots and Other Suspects: MAD Magazine and American Humor
Zoom Webinar (online)
Friday, October 18 from 6pm to 8pm
Saturday, October 19 from 10am to 3:30pm
Join us for this lively exploration of the art and history of MAD—the long-running humor magazine and counter-culture touchstone that has attracted readers and spoken truth to power for more than seven decades. MAD’s unique brand of subversive humor, as well as its evolution and impact, will be discussed by illustrators, cartoonists, editors, writers, historians, and collectors whose deep knowledge of the subject and personal contributions have sustained the magazine’s legacy over time.
The program is organized in conjunction with What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine at the Norman Rockwell Museum, on view until October 27, 2024.
Sam Viviano
Hijinks on the High Seas, 2022
Illustration for “Hijinks on the High Seas!” by John Ficarra, MAD #28, December 2022
Ink and Dr. Martin’s Dyes on Bristol board
Collection of Sam Viviano
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IN MEMORIAM Thomas Rhodes Rockwell (1933 – 2024)
IN MEMORIAM Thomas Rhodes Rockwell (1933 – 2024) Thomas Rhodes Rockwell (1933–2024), 2013, photo by Ben Garver. All rights reserved. It is with great sadness that [...]
‘CBS Sunday Morning News’ features ‘What, Me Worry?’
Nestled the rolling hills of rural Massachusetts, swathed by manicured grounds, sits the Norman Rockwell Museum. And there, side-by-side with the wholesome works of America's most beloved illustrator, is the world's dumbest cover boy: Alfred E. Neuman. "It's sacrilegious! It's an outrage!" laughed political cartoonist Steve Brodner. "But I do think if Norman Rockwell were here, he'd laugh his head off. He'd think this was fantastic." These hallowed halls are now home to the world's largest exhibit of artwork from Mad Magazine, co-curated by Brodner. "I was formed by Mad," he said. "My idea of comedy, humor, irreverent drawing comes from this."
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Land Acknowledgement
It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we are learning, speaking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, who are the indigenous peoples of this land on which the Norman Rockwell Museum was built. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.