My best friend (not counting those who lack facial hair) Sergio Aragonés has been drawing his silly cartoons for MAD ever since the January 1963 issue and the next issue — which should be in comic book shops on or about December 8 — is devoted to him. So are a lot of us.
That's the cover above and you can see it larger on your screen by clicking on it. Much of this issue is reprinted Sergio, recycling some of his best work from past issues but there are some new pages he did for it, and that cover is new. Some of you may be wondering what's up with MAD…
Will it be all reprint from now on? How long will "from now on" be? Will they ever try to re-establish it as a magazine and brand-name that satirizes the world today? It is not impossible that there does not exist a man, woman or child today who can answer those questions. I hope somebody sees its value, or at least its potential value. But in the meantime, you can enjoy a lot of Sergio in this issue. Watch for it.