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Crazy Magazine was an illustrated satire and humor magazine, and was published by Marvel Comics from 1973 to 1983 for a total of 94 regular issues (and one "Super Special", Summer 1975). It was preceded by a standard-size comic book titled Crazy, which lasted three issues.

Background

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Contributors

Many comic book artists and writers contributed to the effort in the early years. These included Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Vaughn Bodé, Frank Kelly Freas, Harvey Kurtzman, Mike Carlin, editor Marv Wolfman and executive editor Roy Thomas. Mainstream writers like Harlan Ellison and Art Buchwald also contributed.

Steve Gerber, who served as editor from issues #11-14 and wanted it to be distinctive from the archteypal Mad, said that the goal was to present work that implied the creators were themselves insane. Gerber's own contributions were often prose stories with a handful of illustrations, such as the "Just Plain Folks" series of bizarre biographies. The last issue of his run as editor included a darkly comic short story he wrote in college, "...And the Birds Hummed Dirges!", about high-school kids who make a suicide pact. Lee Marrs supplied a few pictures. In addition to drawn art, Crazy experimented with fumetti.

Paul Lamont edited issue #15 (Jan. 1976) and Paul Laikin edited #16-60 and #62 (May 1980).

Cultural references

The publication was referenced in The Simpsons episode "Separate Vocations". Principal Skinner shows Bart Simpson some of the confiscated contraband in a storeroom at Springfield Elementary School: "Complete collections of Mad, Cracked, and even the occasional Crazy!"

A previous Crazy magazine ran for at least four years in the 1950s, published by Charlton.

See also

• Mad (magazine)#Imitators and variants

References

1. Crazy Magazine comics from The Big Comic Book Database Retrieved August 2008.

External links

• Crazy Magazine covers

• Marvel Comics titles
• Defunct magazines of the United States
• Satirical magazines of the United States