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2026-02-19 13:49 UTC

@feliks@chaos.social And who made this parody? Was this just regular image editing or AI? Because Norman Mingo died 1980. He of course made the original cover, which can be found here: https://archive.org/details/mad-magazine-166-1974

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@feliks@chaos.social 2026-02-19 13:53

@catflyhigh@troet.cafe it is good that you point it out like the alt text suggests. i'm unsure about the author. would be all the more funny if AI was used to create it

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@rojun@mementomori.social 2026-02-19 13:53

@catflyhigh@troet.cafe @feliks@chaos.social I liked drawing hands... Maybe that's why I never became an artist :thinking_hard:

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@chaosthief@mastoart.social 2026-02-20 09:56

@catflyhigh@troet.cafe @feliks@chaos.social The blur and straight clipping artefacts around the title feel very much like human-made image editing. Also looks like a bit of sharpening was applied. If I had to edit an old scan like this, I would use similar techniques. Also, it is a legit mad print, I think chances are high a human was paid for this. https://archive.org/details/mad-magazine-041-2025/page/n41/mode/2up

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