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Debuting in August 1952 (cover-dated October–November), ''Mad'' began as a comic book, part of the EC line published from offices on Lafayette Street in Lower Manhattan. In 1961, ''Mad'' moved its offices to midtown Manhattan; since 1996 its location has been at 1700 Broadway.〔''Absolutely Mad'', Graphic Imaging Technology, 2006.〕 In the planning stages the new publication was referred to as "EC’s Mad Mag" ("The title was my suggestion," Al Feldstein once said) but was shorted by Kurtzman to just "''Mad''." The phrase "Tales Calculated to Drive You" above the title ''Mad'' referenced radio's ''Suspense'' which often used the opening, "Tales well calculated to keep you in… ''Suspense''!" With wordplay on "jocular," the vertical subtitle, "Humor in a Jugular Vein," hinted at a sinister satirical edge.〔Stewart, Bhob. "Tuning in Mad," ''Comic Book Marketplace'' no. 119, January 2005.〕 ==Early artists== Written almost entirely by Harvey Kurtzman, the first issue also featured illustrations by Kurtzman himself, along with Wally Wood, Will Elder, Jack Davis and John Severin. Wood, Elder and Davis were the three main illustrators throughout the 23-issue run of the book; Severin, a mainstay of Kurtzman's EC war comics, left the comic book by the tenth issue. Kurtzman included his own finished art only sporadically, primarily on covers. However, he was known as an exceedingly "hands-on" editor and a visual master, and thus many ''Mad'' articles were illustrated in strict accordance with Kurtzman's detailed layouts.〔''The Comics Journal Library: Harvey Kurtzman'', Fantagraphics Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-56097-755-8〕 A handful of other artists also contributed to the original run, including Bernard Krigstein, Russ Heath and most conspicuously among the non-regulars, Basil Wolverton.〔Cochran, Russ. ''Mad'', volumes one, two, three and four. West Plains, MIssouri: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1986.〕 The first two issues of ''Mad'' spoofed only comic books and movie genres of romance, horror, sports and science fiction, without overtly specific references. However, with issue #3, Kurtzman turned to direct parodies, targeting two well-known radio programs with parodies of ''Dragnet'' and ''The Lone Ranger'',〔 and he soon began satirizing selected comic strips ("Little Orphan Melvin!"), comic books ("Superduperman!"), books ("Alice in Wonderland!"), films ("Hah! Noon!") and television programs ("Howdy Dooit!"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Mad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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