Mad April Fools

What better way to celebrate April Fool's Day than with the biggest fool of all...Alfred E. Newman!

Here, from Mad Magazine #39 (May, 1958) with a cover painting by C.C. Beall Jr. and Mad Magazine #114 (October, 1967) with Alfred playing the fool for a cover by Norman Mingo.

Don't Get Mad, Go Vote

Time again to go to your city hall or voting precinct and vote for president.

Alfred E. Newman will show you the way....or maybe not...from this cover by Norman Mingo from Mad #185 (September, 1976).

Happy Birthday Actress Jennifer Garner

A happy birthday to actress Jennifer Garner (April 17, 1972) with this issue of Mad Magazine (#441, May, 2004) with a cover for their parody of her spy series, Alias.

Happy Birthday Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar

A happy birthday to Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar (April 14, 1977) with this cover to Mad Magazine #367 (March, 1998) by Mort Drucker...

...as Buffy spikes a vampire version of Alfred E. Neuman.

Mad About Shark Week

A shark...me worry?  Celebrating the start of Shark Week with this cover of Mad Magazine (#180 from January, 1976) by Mort Kunstler, spoofing the current hit of the time, Jaws, thinking better about taking a bite of Alfred E. Neuman.

Not enough...check out these sharks here!

Mad About Arbor Day

Celebrating Arbor Day with Alfred E. Neuman, who decided to do some good and plant a tree, on this cover of Mad Magazine #184 (July, 1976) by Bob Jones.

Who knew that he might be going to the dogs?

Mad About April Showers

Already tired of April Showers?

Get Mad!

Oh, wait....Alfred E. Neuman doesn't do that well with the rain either, as shown on this cover of Mad #63 by Kelly Freas from June, 1961.

Mad About Snoopy

Who could be mad about Snoopy?

No one, that's why we let Alfred work with him to celebrate the birthday of Peanuts creator, Charles Schulz, today with this cover from Mad Magazine #138 (October, 1970) by Jack Rickard.

Mad About Coffee

It's National Coffee Day, and Alfred E. Neuman wanted to celebrate...


...so, here's the cover to Mad Magazine #222 (April, 1981).



I'd have done more, but, I'm all out of coffee....

Mad About Lincoln

Remembering President Abraham Lincoln on Lincoln's Day, with the 85th issue of Mad Magazine's cover by Norman Mingo from March, 1964!


Way to go, Alfred E!

Mad About Christmas

Finding everyone can only argue about everything?

Well, we can all agree on Christmas, right?

Well, maybe not even that, as an eerily prophetic cover from Mad Magazine #68 (January, 1962) by Don Martin shows....

Don't Get Mad, Go Vote!

Mad #56 from July, 1960 gives us this great cover by Kelly Freas....


...and you'd be Madder than Alfred E. Neuman not to and vote!