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The MAD Files: Writers and Cartoonists on the Magazine that Warped America's Brain! Mieko Kanai and how to work withCelebrate America's zaniest and most subversive magazine in 26 essays and comix from all star contributors, including Roz Chast, Jonathan Lethem, and Grady Hendrix. Before SNL and the wise guy sarcasm of Letterman and Colbert, before The Simpsons and online memes, there was . . . MAD. The MAD Files celebrates the magazines impact and the legacy of the Usual Gang of Idiots who transformed puerile punchlines and merciless mockery into an art form. 26