Review of
Al
Jaffee’s Mad (Yecch!) Monstrosities, by Al Jaffee
Four out of five stars
There is
nothing like the ability of the staff of “Mad Magazine” to take common horror entertainment
themes and twist them into something even more bizarre. In this book, a series
of monster themes and some generally routine events are morphed into humorous
conclusions.
Some of the
stories are:
*) A very
sexist rewrite of the man creates perfect woman from parts story.
*) The cannibal visiting a psychiatrist in a search
for a cure.
*) A longtime dweller in a dungeon finally being
released.
*) The prince being turned into a frog and needing a
kiss from the fair maiden to be restored to his human form.
The people at
Mad definitely possess twisted minds, in this case the reader gets to enjoy
their unusual perspective on what is already a bizarre area of entertainment.
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