2006-07-23 16:34:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
What...me worry?
2006-07-23 16:37:16 · answer #1 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Alfred E. Neuman [Alfred Inhuman] is the fictional mascot of EC Publications' Mad magazine. The face had drifted through American pictography for decades before being claimed by MAD editor Harvey Kurtzman.
Neuman's likeness, distinguished by jug ears, a missing front tooth, and one eye eerily higher than the other, has graced the cover of most monthly issues. He first appeared in November 1954 on the cover of Ballantine's The Mad Reader, a collection of reprints from earlier issues. In 1956, his identity became fixed and his finetuned image was first rendered in iconic form by Norman Mingo. Mingo would become the magazine's signature cover artist through the 1960s and 1970s. Several 1950s Neuman covers were also painted by the "dean of Science Fiction artists," Kelly Freas.
Neuman's origins are shrouded in mystery and may never be fully known. It is possible that he was inspired, at least in part, by 19th century medical pictures of people with deficiency diseases or hormone imbalances. One theory is that the likeness of Neuman may have derived from a late 19th century popular newspaper comic strip, The Yellow Kid. Many advertisements from that era included the likeness and his famous slogan, which was likewise, "What, me worry?" When Mad was sued for copyright infringement, one defense it used was that it had copied the picture from materials dating back to 1911.
2006-07-24 03:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by Zholla 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alfred E. Newman is the fictional character who graces the covers of MAD Magazine each month. He's very ugly and funny looking. Why not just type in the name in a search engine? That would've told you quicker and more thoroughly than "Yahoo Answers".
2006-07-23 23:39:04 · answer #3 · answered by Lynn A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I remember reading he was based on an old photograph of a young boy with a particular medical condition. Back in the '50s.
2006-07-23 23:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by gwhatch2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cover dude for Mad mag
2006-07-23 23:53:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the guy from the cover of mad magazine
2006-07-23 23:37:34 · answer #6 · answered by Jason H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on the cover of the old magazine"MAD"
2006-07-23 23:39:28 · answer #7 · answered by garymarc921 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the guy from Mad magazine!!! LOL
2006-07-23 23:38:27 · answer #8 · answered by jessicaker2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the mad guy
2006-07-23 23:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by Akeja 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lmao....naw, neva heard of MAD
2006-07-23 23:38:00 · answer #10 · answered by Mark M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋