KRETEN 1 of 2

In Hungary, there are two different editions of Mad. The one called Mad which has translations of the American material and this one, Kreten, a humor magazine using the name Mad but containing original material. This, the magazine of “America's cultural wasteland” is issue #39 in May 1999. The interior of the magazine has a fumetti parody of the new Star Wars movie.

Here are excerpts from a syndicated gag panel. Most of the jokes are self-explanatory without translations. The Star Wars gag is similar to one Sergio Aragones did in A Mad Look at Star Wars in #197, March 1978 The front page, in addition to the above gag panel, also has a couple text pieces. This is an illustration for a recipe for “bacon pie” This is from their Star Trek: The Next Generation parody. More gag panels. They can get away with more tit jokes there.

The rest of the highlights from this magazine next Wednesday.