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- The name "Alfred E. Neuman" derived from comedian Henry Morgan 's "Here's Morgan" radio series on Mutual, ABC and NBC.
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The name Alfred E. Neuman was picked up from Alfred Newman, the music arranger from back in the 1940s and 1950s. Actually, we borrowed the name indirectly through The Henry Morgan Show . He was using the name Newman for an innocuous character that you'd forget in five minutes.
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 founded by...
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Today, comic books are the source material for movies that gross billions of dollars. But in the 1950s, adults generally perceived them as hot dumpster trash that would rot kids’ brains. Some people even took to burning them. How did comics get such a bad rap? While characters like Superman and Batman were viewed with suspicion, adults were really ...
With momentum generated by “Superduperman,” the circulation of Mad soared to 750,000 copies per issue. More parodies followed, like “Starchie,” a take-off of Archie, which saw the Riverdale gang acting more like delinquents than innocent teenagers. Under Kurtzman’s watch, Madwas also leaning into more subversive humor. One issue had a cover printed...
One of the biggest mysteries behind Madactually started more than 50 years before the first issue was printed. That’s around the time an illustration of a gap-toothed imbecile began circulating in advertising material. He was even used in a political campaign against Franklin Roosevelt. Around the time Gaines and EC were preparing to issue a series...
Alfred E. Neuman might have been the most recognizable personality from Mad, but he wasn’t the only one. Over time, the magazine would introduce some popular recurring features in the magazine as well as writers and artists who developed followings of their own. While Madreferred to them as the Usual Gang of Idiots, they were some of the most talen...
Despite having a significant influence on the direction and style of Mad, Harvey Kurtzman wasn’t at the helm very long. Kurtzman was big on quality control, and he felt the freelance budget Gaines allotted didn’t permit him to pay his talent what they deserved. At the same time, Kurtzman was being courted by Hugh Hefner, who had recently started hi...
By the early 1970s, Madhad a circulation of over 2 million readers and was increasingly seen as a vital voice in the counterculture movement. Alfred E. Neuman set his sights on everything from Vietnam to Watergate. Even Harvey Kurtzman returned briefly in 1985 to help spoof Rambo. But by the end of the 20th century, pop culture and humor were chang...
Aug 28, 2024 · Alfred E. Neuman became so closely associated with Mad that in 1963 a letter mailed from Auckland, New Zealand, bearing only an image of the character was delivered to the Mad offices in New York. The lawsuit related to Alfred E. Neuman’s image was just one of many that Gaines faced over the years.
In William Maxwell Gaines. …gap-toothed cover boy, the fictional Alfred E. Neuman, whose motto “What, me worry?” became the catchphrase of teenage readers. From 1956 Neuman was a write-in candidate in every presidential election, and Gaines once hung a Neuman campaign poster from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. At the peak of… Read More.
Jul 5, 2019 · Neuman's roots can be traced back to early 20th century Seattle publisher and designer Harry S. Stuff, according to researcher Peter Blecha, who published an essay about the...
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.
