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Shirts, hats, and flags bearing the likeness of the Central and South American Communist assassin have adorned the bodies, heads and campaign offices of some of the world's finest mindless.
So it was with joyous exhuberence that I came upon the current issue of Mad Magazine whilst strolling through the grocer's this afternoon.
For the cover art alone (below), it was indeed an absolute must purchase.
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How can any of us not LOVE this rendering, with the accompanying sub-head "Viva La Stupidity"?
Is Mad Mag perhaps more properly commemerating the end of El Presidente's forty-nine year run than any of the "real", "serious" news outlets?
Or are they simply poking fun at one of the greatest of our pop culture atrocities.
If it is either, or both, or even neither, it is simply fantastic.
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It's one of life's mysteries
February 28, 2008 - 19:57 ET by Chris NormanIt's one of life's mysteries that wearing a tee shirt picturing Al Pacino as the murderous thug, Scarface is considered declasse, while wearing one with the murderous thug, Che is considered chic and (possibly) intellectual.
One of my good
February 28, 2008 - 20:00 ET by tracheostomyOne of my good friends from college (now a photojournalist) sent me a pic of his grinning 2-year-old daughter wearing a little red "Che" shirt, and never once questioned the total irony of the whole thing.
The family moved back to the US after living in Europe. Nothing wrong with Europe of course, they "just decided" to move back.
Yeah.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
Hammer meets head of
February 28, 2008 - 20:31 ET by motherbeltHammer meets head of nail.
That is priceless. I have said before, that these idiots who worship him have no clue what Che Guevara did. They just think he was a 60's kind of radical, which makes him cool.
They don't want to know the truth of what he was, and did. Che was cool!! He was a revolutionary, dude! He stuck it to the MAN!!! That's all they think. So they idolize him.
They are idiots.
Viva la stupidity, indeed.
Yeah, one of my coworkers
February 29, 2008 - 11:23 ET by pbanks7Yeah, one of my coworkers has a Che T-shirt. I gave him info on what a murderous thug Che was, and the response was, "Well, at least he tried to DO something," or something similar. Viva los estupidos.
MSM - shaping all the perceptions you need to believe.
Finally...
February 28, 2008 - 20:29 ET by on-the-rocksChe gets the legacy he is due now that he has made the cover of Mad Magazine (well, sort of).
Gee, I wonder if they did the inside back cover with an image of Fidel that folds in to make an image of Satan? (Or was it the outside of the back cover? It has been a few years since I have picked up a copy of Mad. I will get one of these.)
I also wonder if Mad will make any t-shirts with the cover image?
it's a Mad Magazine tradition I think..
February 28, 2008 - 20:39 ET by UndercoverConservative...to stick it to Castro's Cuba and before that, Eastern Germany during the Cold War. Wasn't the author of the venerable "Spy vs. Spy" a hardcore anti-communist whose political cartoons slapping around communist officials were what got him into trouble and got him to come to America in the best traditions of immigration? There might be a few other graphical satirists in MAD that might hail from similar repressive backgrounds and came to America to be allowed their creative genius.
"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is the same as calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".
I smell a rise in poster
February 28, 2008 - 20:42 ET by balboaI smell a rise in poster sales...
For those who prefer a more
February 28, 2008 - 20:52 ET by JasonCFor those who prefer a more sophisticated critique of the Che-chic trend than "Duuuh, it's stupid":
http://www.thenewyor...
What?
February 29, 2008 - 10:15 ET by MassConservWhat, Jason? You don't consider Mad to be sophisticated? ;-)
Must be a generational
February 29, 2008 - 10:45 ET by JasonCMust be a generational thing.....
I bet every single one of
February 28, 2008 - 20:52 ET by rbosqueI bet every single one of the mutants that wears his image votes for Barack. (Just a wild guess.)
B. Hussein looks like Alfred E. Newman
February 28, 2008 - 21:05 ET by TWOTIMETUNADemocrats are either Parasites or Parasite Enablers
It's no wonder he's so popular with.....
February 28, 2008 - 21:20 ET by connmanthe libs, google the murderer's name and you can read a "glowing" Bio in Wikipedia or maybe you could read about how he's one of Time magazines Top 100 Heroes and Icons.
So, could you tell what if anything Barack Obama has accomplished to be considered for the office of the POTUS?.......He died for our sins, isn't that enough?
Other places for Anti-Che stuff.
February 28, 2008 - 21:41 ET by batperezI'm not related to this website or anything, but I found this site called, www.che-mart.com
Plenty of funny che shirts and other things.
Es mi opinión, Coño!!!
Here are two web sites with
February 28, 2008 - 23:13 ET by contraryHere are two web sites with "bios" on che...
http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/chebio.htm
http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9322774
I wonder why the first site didn't mention Guevara's proclivity of executing prisoners without due process? hmmm.....
Here's another link with a brief history of Guevara http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2054
The real question in my mind is how a myth like this starts. Obviously the mass media play their part in this, but in the end, I suppose it takes money and desire from certain people to make it so powerful a story that the media takes notice. I mean, we don't see t-shirts of Timothy McVeigh or David Koresh being sold in stores, and they got plenty of media coverage. The question to ask is who benefits from glorifying Che Guevara.
"Republicans always get a huge pass on the racist issue. Huck is just another example. Provided they don't start up with the N word, they seem able to pander directly to the racist vote."
-- Chuck Davis, intellectual heavyweight, bigot
Che Guevara wasn't even worth the bullets it took to kill him.
February 28, 2008 - 23:21 ET by R D HelmBut I am glad they got him, just the same.
Too bad Fidel didn't meet a similar fate.
SHUTT UPP!
February 28, 2008 - 23:59 ET by aeroveloNow I am on a mission to get a copy of that Mad magazine...hopefully it has some offer on the inside cover for a super sweet, red, Alfred E. Newman T-shirt ala Che.
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Ask yourself: Do I want a good paying job, or do I want a government hand out. Its that simple!
Read my Sig
February 29, 2008 - 01:09 ET by ArcherBWhen I see someone with a Che shirt on it, I ask them what they think about Guantanimo. Of course, they think those poor, prisoners at Guantanimo were just innocent peasants picked up for oil or something. I ask them if they deserver a trial, and of course they say yes. Then I tell them about my sig. They usually have no response.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary." Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Ask the Cuban community in Miami ... or not
February 29, 2008 - 02:57 ET by drillanwrThe Truth About Che Guevara- Murderer (Video)
http://1918.com/article.php?article_id=7997&type=read
CHE GUEVARA ... MURDERER, LOSER
http://www.preventtruthdecay.com/2005/04/che-guevara-murderer-loser.html
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks
Continuing the theme, the
February 29, 2008 - 03:02 ET by maggieqpublicContinuing the theme, the current issue also includes the October 1963 Castro exploding cigar cover (Alfred E. Neuman on the cigar band with fingers in his ears).
Mad Magazine
February 29, 2008 - 07:57 ET by P.J. GladnickWhen I was a kid, I used to DEVOUR Mad Magazine from cover to cover. And I think a lot of other kids were the same way.
Friday night grocery
February 29, 2008 - 15:28 ET by suzycreamcheeseFriday night grocery shopping with my parents in the seventies wasn't complete until I loitered over by the magazines and read Mad from cover to cover. The store didn't even care that I folded the back page. Sweet memories.
PJ and Suzy, Those are
February 29, 2008 - 16:21 ET by maggieqpublicPJ and Suzy,
Those are wonderful memories... favorite was Fester Bestertester. (My husband still subscribes, but the magazine took a dramatic downturn after the death of Bill Gaines.)
“Suzy Creamcheese” brings back a few memories as well!
For sale?
February 29, 2008 - 18:36 ET by ammo johnI wonder if MAD will sell any shirts like that? I'd buy one. Heck, I'd buy one of Che with "Viva La Mass Murderer" on it so the young folks might learn who he actually was.