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"IT'S LIKE CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF A TOOTHACHE"
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THIS 5-VOLUME COLLECTION OF CRACKED MAGAZINE WAS A LOT OF FUN TO DO. CRACKED RAN FOR 45 YEARS BEFORE IT FINALLY CEASED PUBLICATION.
I WAS ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF CRACKED AS A KID AND JUST LOVED JOHN SEVERIN'S ARTWORK. I ALSO LOVED THE QUIRKY HUMOR IN CRACKED. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, I JUST LIKED IT BETTER THAN MAD. MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS BUT MANY OF MAD'S "MADDEST" ARTISTS ALSO WORKED FOR CRACKED IN THE EARLY DAYS, JACK DAVIS BEING THE MOST NOTABLE (ASIDE FROM JOHN SEVERIN, OF COURSE. EVEN JACK "KING" KIRBY WORKED FOR CRACKED. THEN DECADES LATER THE GREAT DON MARTIN JUMPED SHIP TO WORK FOR CRACKED NOT TO MENTION CURRENT MAD ARTIST TOM RICHMOND GOT HIS START AT CRACKED
FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S CHRONOLOGICAL. BUT I ALSO MADE SOME "THEMED" VOLUMES. ONE IS "SUPERHERO PARODIES" ON ONE SIDE AND "MONSTER PARTY" ISSUES ON THE FLIP SIDE, ONE COLLECTS MOSTLY MOVIE AND TV SHOW PARODIES ETC.
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COVERS
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I DECIDED TO MAKE THEM "FLIP BOOKS" MEANING THERE ARE NO BACK COVERS, WHEN YOU GET HALFWAY THROUGH EACH VOLUME, IT TURNS UPSIDE DOWN. SO, YOU TURN THE BOOK OVER AND START AGAIN.
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ONE OF THE MANY JACK DAVIS COVERS
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ONE OF JACK DAVIS' MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO CRACKED MAGAZINE
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CRACKED CLASSICS IN 3-D
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SPIES AND SABOTEURS FOLD OUT COVER
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DON MARTIN
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DON MARTIN - SUMMER SPECIAL
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DON MARTIN
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CRACKED MONSTERS VOLUME
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CRACKED MONSTER PARTY
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PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO ADMIT IT BUT CRACKED WAS FUNNY...UNFORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS READING IT...
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A FEW FEATURES DRAWN BY "YOURS TRULY".. ME!!! THAT'S RIGHT, I DID SOME WORK FOR CRACKED RIGHT BEFORE THEY CASHED IN THEIR CHIPS. HERE ARE A FEW OF THEM
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I TOOK THE COVERS OFF THE MAGAZINES THAT WERE 'PULL-OUT POSTERS" AND PUT THEM TOGETHER AT THE FRONT OF EACH ISSUE SO YOU COULD READ THEM AS THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE SEEN
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I ADDED A COVER GALLERY AT THE VERY END REPRINTING EVERY CRACKED COVER
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