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Mad's Dave Berg Looks at Our Sick World
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February 15, 2022
Dave Berg's more-realistic-than-not artistic style seemed almost out of place in MAD Magazine, until you realize that his razor-sharp observations about the passing show are absolutely spot-on. A favorite, in this collection, shows a man in his living room, railing against the sound of a loudly-barking dog next door.
He shouts, "BARK! BARK! BARK! That's all that dog does all day! He's driving me out of my skull! I'd like to get some arsenic and poison that dog!"
"Poison the dog?" his wife shouts at him. "How inhuman. How beastly! A dog is one of God's creations, a thing of beauty, a friend to Man, and you want to poison him. You're out and out vicious."
Backing down, he says, "I'm sorry. I forgot you're an animal lover. But that mutt is still annoying. What about the dog's owner? Why doesn't he shut him up?" He shouts, "I'D LIKE TO GET A GUN AND KILL THAT GUY!"
The wife walks quietly away, saying, "That's better."
Pithy observations that seem never to miss. He cited general behaviors and opinions rather than lambasting identifiable individuals. He passed in March 2002, and I can't help but wonder what he would see in today's crazy world. I have the feeling that he'd stick a pin in exactly the right spots.
He shouts, "BARK! BARK! BARK! That's all that dog does all day! He's driving me out of my skull! I'd like to get some arsenic and poison that dog!"
"Poison the dog?" his wife shouts at him. "How inhuman. How beastly! A dog is one of God's creations, a thing of beauty, a friend to Man, and you want to poison him. You're out and out vicious."
Backing down, he says, "I'm sorry. I forgot you're an animal lover. But that mutt is still annoying. What about the dog's owner? Why doesn't he shut him up?" He shouts, "I'D LIKE TO GET A GUN AND KILL THAT GUY!"
The wife walks quietly away, saying, "That's better."
Pithy observations that seem never to miss. He cited general behaviors and opinions rather than lambasting identifiable individuals. He passed in March 2002, and I can't help but wonder what he would see in today's crazy world. I have the feeling that he'd stick a pin in exactly the right spots.
December 24, 2020
In my Life, Mad's Dave Berge led to SubGenius, punk rock, George Carlin, and other anti-establishment . ...anyone else?
There is something darkly incisive and impressively accurate about his caricatures of the human condition and the hypocritical and self-defeating steaks of human nature. Re-reading this renewed my respect for this pipe-smoking, circumspect and psychologically perceptive artist.
There is something darkly incisive and impressively accurate about his caricatures of the human condition and the hypocritical and self-defeating steaks of human nature. Re-reading this renewed my respect for this pipe-smoking, circumspect and psychologically perceptive artist.
April 19, 2019
Some brilliant observations and commentary; I read this many years ago.
February 5, 2017
classic mad, yo!
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January 20, 2010I'm not sure this is the book I read, but this was all that came up.
Dave Berg was one of the premiere cartoonists from Mad Magazine in the '70s, and his work was among my favorites. I wish I hadn't lost my copy on my travels.
Dave Berg was one of the premiere cartoonists from Mad Magazine in the '70s, and his work was among my favorites. I wish I hadn't lost my copy on my travels.
June 28, 2014
Many of the punch lines are predictable in this day and age, but everything is still relevant today. I LOVE the artwork!
June 22, 2016
The gentle humour of Dave Berg - do like the introducing quote "the world is a giant jigsaw with the essential peace missing".
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April 8, 2015Very funny
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