{"product_id":"2026100009137-secondhand-seasons-greetings-from-mad-no-18","title":"Season's Greetings From Mad No. 18","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: British Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor stains on front cover. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew publications have weaponised absurdist humour as effectively as MAD magazine, and this special Christmas-themed issue — Season's Greetings from MAD — is a gleeful showcase of everything that made the publication a cultural institution. The cover alone sets the irreverent tone: a chaotic tangle of Santa Clauses wrestling atop a plinth bearing the contradictory slogans Peace Will on Earth and Good Will on Men, a biting visual gag that skewers the commercialised hypocrisy of the festive season. Numbered as issue No. 18 in the UK edition and priced at a modest 2 shillings, this instalment collects the sharp satirical cartoons, parody articles, and comic strips that made MAD essential reading for generations of gleefully subversive minds.\n\nMAD magazine, founded by Harvey Kurtzman and published by EC Publications, occupies a singular place in the history of American popular culture, having pioneered a brand of media literacy and political irreverence that influenced everyone from stand-up comedians to Hollywood screenwriters. This holiday edition channels that same spirit of calculated chaos, using the familiar iconography of Christmas to deliver pointed commentary on consumerism, organised religion, and societal conformity. Illustrated with the kinetic, rubber-faced energy characteristic of the MAD stable of artists, the pages crackle with a wit that is simultaneously juvenile and razor-sharp — proof that the most dangerous ideas are often gift-wrapped in the silliest packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49313642905819,"sku":"2026100009137-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/dfba139d-2b54-4141-b887-24904a6e5dc6.png?v=1789524887","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009137-secondhand-seasons-greetings-from-mad-no-18","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}