MAD's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs

Collecting 50 years of the satire that's made MAD the preferred reading of smarty-pants fifth-graders everywhere

"...MAD's Greatest Writers: Frank JacobsRunning Press, 272 pp., $30 Cheap!..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Raoul Hernandez

MAD as Hell

Why George W. Bush Is in Favor of Global Warming.

"...York Times has a slide show featuring several comics MAD Magazine recently solicited from Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists across..."

Feb. 6, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade

In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.

"...was finishing up his new column for the online magazine Salon and is planning a visit to Austin this..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Creem: America’s Only Rock & Roll Magazine

The true story of the underdog music rag that lived (and died) rock

"...transpose these dates into the 20th century), but Creem magazine – named for druids Clapton, Baker & Bruce –..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Notes on Mad Dogs

If you were young, talented, and a little crazy in the old Austin, you may have answered to the bizarre title of "Mad Dog."

"...Anyone who has tried to write about Mad Dog, a bizarre moment of this state's literary history,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

From Mad Dogs to Mister Golf

Bud Shrake, continued

"...booze-fueled cadre of writers and associates known as the Mad Dogs, and the golf habit that led to his..."

April 25, 2008 Books Feature by Spencer Parsons

Daniel Erickson Scores Mad Love at Fantasia Fest

Austin filmmaker's mannequin noir wows Montreal

"...(it was moderated by a writer from American Cinematographer Magazine (Jim Hemphill) and the audience was majorly into the..."

July 19, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fatal Instinct

"...make you laugh and a lot that won't; it's Mad Magazine without the blinding satirical insight. Stupid humor is..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Spy Hard

"...Andy Griffith. Filled to the bursting point with witless, sub-Mad magazine movie parodies, pointless cameos by a seemingly endless..."

May 31, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

There's a New Uncle in Town

Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation

"...package of classic, black-and-white horror movies has just been made available to television stations across the country under the..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Shattered Glass

Before Jayson Blair there was Stephen Glass, a fabricator of magazine stories, whose fall from grace is told here.

"...a staff reporter at the policy and current events magazine The New Republic, who also freelanced for publications such..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Antichrist

Lars von Trier lives to affront again. Chaos, indeed, reigns.

"...a deep depression. His film speaks the language of madness with astonishing fluency. Dreamlike and possessed of a terrible,..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Longest Yard

Sandler and Rock keep the ball in play for this old prison football gem, although they fail to score any new points.

"...at the very least a full understanding of what made the rough-and-tumble original film so appealing. Sandler takes over..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Memoriam: Gary Cartwright

Time to "Turn Out the Lights" for the Texas Mad Dog writer

"...Texas has lost a Mad Dog...."

March 2, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

That Wild Man

Gary Cartwright: The mad, mad, mad life of a Texas wordsmith

"...her $3,000 mink, Candy Barr thought about biscuits. Biscuits made her think of fried chicken, which in turn suggested..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Nowhere Near His Final Frontier

At 74, 'Starlog' and 'Fangoria' co-founder Kerry O'Quinn is just getting started

"...crime? Bringing copies of a then brand-new horror movie magazine called Fangoria to school and disrupting the staid tedium..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What We Do Is Secret

Darby Crash, the L.A. punk rock junkie godhead leader of the Germs who died of an overdose in 1980, is revivified in this long-gestating but strangely sterile biopic.

"...life), but Darby Crash (né Jan Paul Beahm), the mad genius-cum-L.A. punk rock junkie godhead exited in grotty, smacked-up..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...Orchestra in the Seventies. And ever since Randy Hansen made a career of aping Jimi Hendrix live, tribute bands..."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Now Two of Us Aware of Tashlin

"...nobody notices. Television, advertising, celebrity, "Rock Hudson" is like Mad Magazine on film. Viewing the early Mad Men episodes..."

May 27, 2012 Postmarks

Step Right Up

The terror and the wonder of the Museum of the Weird

"...that tender age, thriving on a steady diet of Mad magazine, Forrest J Ackerman's Famous Monsters of Filmland, and..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Forrest J Ackerman Remembered

"...of fantastic film history. He edited the greatest monster magazine of all time, Famous Monsters of Filmland. He coined..."

Dec. 11, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Company Man

"...clichéd and shopworn characters straight out of a bad Mad Magazine parody, circa 1962. There's Turturro's shrill USMC leader,..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postcards from the Fringe

Guerilla Media Collective Searches For the D.I.Y. Truth

"...the same name and a contributing editor at the magazine bOING-bOING -- a career path similar to the one..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Brad King

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...can drive you insane. It's a sweet kind of madness, however, blood kin to that of Bram Stoker's insectivorous..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Kars: The Movie

Ron Mann on 'Tales of the Rat Fink'

"...and outlandish artwork into an all-encompassing lifestyle. Like the magazines Mad and Famous Monsters of Filmland, this genial, goateed..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

How I Got Hitched

Marc Savlov on how Hitchcock was a family affair

"...hated tattoos on principle so what he might have made of my choice gave me a moment's pause, but..."

Oct. 15, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Out of the Shadow

Which new scary-programming cable channel will longtime Austin access host Joseph Fotinos choose?

"...as anything William M. Gaines and Harvey Kurtzman and Mad Magazine ever could. He sated my insatiable desire for..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Local Palette

58th Faculty Exhibition

"...naps, sure. But this exhibit! Oh, how this exhibit made me envy any UT art student. Those lucky dogs!..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Arts Feature

Page Two: Otto Binder Had a Vision

The great science-fiction and comic book writer already had a name for Trump back in the 1950s – Bizarro

"...view are more appropriate now than ever. Along with Mad Magazine, there is no sharper satire being produced now..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Packs a Punch

Chances are you've seen Powerhouse Animation's work, whether you know it or not -- its portfolio includes Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, Disney TV's The Proud Family, and plenty of local TV spots, ad campaigns, and one-off Flash animation projects.

"...print on their press release says: "Powerhouse Animation is made in America by Americans. Only the finest in handcrafted..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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