Mad Magazine: No. 170, October 1974 - The Exorcist Barf Bag Issue
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few publications have ever skewered popular culture with the gleeful, anarchic precision of MAD Magazine, and Issue No. 170 (October 1974) stands as a masterclass in satirical audacity — its cover a mock Exorcist Barf Bag emblazoned with a grinning devil face and the slogan If the Devil Makes You Do It, a perfect parody of the era's greatest horror sensation. Inside, MAD's legendary stable of writers and artists — including the likes of Al Jaffee, Don Martin, and Sergio Aragonés — tears into William Friedkin's blockbuster film The Exorcist with the magazine's signature blend of visual gags, wordplay, and biting cultural commentary, promising to gag up the movie in every sense of the phrase. This issue embodies everything that made MAD an institution of American satire: an irreverent contempt for pretension, a razor-sharp eye for hypocrisy, and an uncanny ability to deflate the most terrifying or self-important cultural phenomena with a single well-aimed punchline. Published by EC Publications at the bargain price of 40 cents, it captures a pivotal moment in 1970s pop culture, when horror cinema was becoming mainstream and MAD was its most fearless — and funniest — critic. For collectors of vintage periodicals, comedy history, or 1970s Americana, this issue is a genuine cultural artefact that proves laughter truly is the best exorcism.
Author: Various (Mad Magazine Staff)
Format: Paperback
Published: 1974, EC Publications
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few publications have ever skewered popular culture with the gleeful, anarchic precision of MAD Magazine, and Issue No. 170 (October 1974) stands as a masterclass in satirical audacity — its cover a mock Exorcist Barf Bag emblazoned with a grinning devil face and the slogan If the Devil Makes You Do It, a perfect parody of the era's greatest horror sensation. Inside, MAD's legendary stable of writers and artists — including the likes of Al Jaffee, Don Martin, and Sergio Aragonés — tears into William Friedkin's blockbuster film The Exorcist with the magazine's signature blend of visual gags, wordplay, and biting cultural commentary, promising to gag up the movie in every sense of the phrase. This issue embodies everything that made MAD an institution of American satire: an irreverent contempt for pretension, a razor-sharp eye for hypocrisy, and an uncanny ability to deflate the most terrifying or self-important cultural phenomena with a single well-aimed punchline. Published by EC Publications at the bargain price of 40 cents, it captures a pivotal moment in 1970s pop culture, when horror cinema was becoming mainstream and MAD was its most fearless — and funniest — critic. For collectors of vintage periodicals, comedy history, or 1970s Americana, this issue is a genuine cultural artefact that proves laughter truly is the best exorcism.