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| '''''Crazy''''' was a ] ], an imitator of the popular '']''. It was published by ] from ] to ] for a total of 94 regular issues (not counting various specials). | |||
| Many ] artists and writers contributed to the effort in the early years. These included ], ], ], ], ], ], editor ] and executive editor ]. Mainstream writers like ] and ] even contributed to the book. | |||
| In its early days, Crazy had a dark edge to its parodies. For example, in its ongoing parodies of TV ], the character based on ] gunned down the housewives who squeezed the "Charming." But the early Crazy also had a more innocent side too, such as its ongoing history of the world, but with moose instead of people. | |||
| Crazy not only did ]-like articles but experimented with ] (comic strips with photos instead of drawings) similar to what was seen in ]'s ] of the 1960s. | |||
| ''Crazy'' originally featured a short, bug-eyed mascot with a large black hat and draped in a black cape, who was called Irving Nebbish. | |||
| Later in ''Crazy's'' run, he was replaced with the belligerent ]. Many of the features involved reoccurring characters such as: "The Kinetic Kids" (where when you flipped the two pages they were on back and forth an illusion of motion was created), The Teen Hulk (a teenager who becomes a ]-like character played for laughs), Retread Funnies (classic ] stories presented with new dialogue) amongst others. What it did not have was Marvel's traditional comic artists and writers, and so eventually became marginalized by the Marvel fanbase. | |||
| Its last issue, #94, featured the banner "So long, chumps!" | |||
| The publication was referenced in '']'' episode "]". ] shows ] some of the confiscated contraband in a storeroom at ]: "Complete collections of '']'', '']'', and even the occasional '']''!" | |||
| For other notable ''Mad'' imitators, see '']''. | |||
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This word means RAFI