Walt Disney's Magazine - April 1959

Welcome to Magazine Monday.  Today's post takes us way back to April 1959 with another fantastic issue of Walt Disney's Magazine.    

Naturally Walt has an introduction to his own magazine.

Disneyland gets a nice two page article, even if two of these attractions would be gone in 1960.

Lucky for us the Trolley is still a regular at Disneyland.  I wonder what ever became of the Stage Coach itself?

"Oregon or Bust" - the Conestoga Wagons must have been a wild ride.

While not focused on Disneyland, the park does get mentioned in this article on "Silhouettes".

My mom still has Disneyland Silhouettes of me and my brother from 1968 or 1969.

Our cover girl Roberta Shore: a success story. (well, if you look up her career it fizzed out after a few years on the Virginian).

The Shaggy Dog seems to have had a more impressionable career than Roberta..

Laugh time!  And contest time, hurry, all entries must be postmarked no later than May 31, 1959.

The artwork in these 1950's Disney magazines is simply outstanding. It really is timeless.

Illustrated by:  Bernie Wolf:

Illustrated by:  Jacques Rupp:

Illustrated by:  Paul Wenzel (He did the famous Walt Disney stamp in 1968)

Another contest!  This is more of a sales contest. Top prize is a paid trip for two to Disneyland, watching movie making at the Disney studio and a stay at the Disneyland Hotel! All you have to do is sell the most subscriptions, of anybody, in the whole United States! Hurry, contest ends June 30, 1959!

Un-credited cool artwork

Mad Magazine - September 1977

Welcome to Mad Magazine Monday.  Directly from my youth, this September 1977 edition of Mad Magazine is classic 70's Mad; it's just a bonus that it has an awesome 6 page Disneyland/Disney World article.  

Charlies Angels were all the rage in 1977 and Mad was ready to "bedevil" them in this issue.

On the inside of the front cover is one of the two advertisements in this magazine, both are for Mad of course.

The Disneyland and Disney World article starts of with this single page explaining what the two parks are about. This page is a fairly accurate and kind representation of the parks, somewhat odd for Mad. But don't worry, on the next five pages there is bound to be something to offend everyone.

The next four pages are really a time capsule into 1977.  They managed to cover most of the current events at the time.  Talk about politically un-correct; "The Pirates of the Middle East", "Fairyland of Sports" and  "In Old New Orleans" would certainly cause a stir these days.

Sort of an advertisement.

A hilarious spoof of  A Star is Born.   See the rest of the article here (part 2, part 3 and part 4).

There a bunch of fun cameo appearances in this article.  See the rest of the Angels article here (part 2 and  part 3).

Now a look at two of my favorite mad artist's.  First up is Sergio Aragones.  I love his simple and whimsical style, classic smiles with an occasional tongue out off to the side... Also, lots of pretty girls and silly situations.

Don Martin's style is somewhat different but I like it just as much.  Usually a cleaver irony or just some idiot that's clueless, the facial expressions are classic.

And what Mad Magazine would be worth its 60¢ if it didn't have a "Spy vs. Spy" segment. To be honest I never really "got" these, but I do love Sergio's little doodle on the bottom right of the page - Sergio's doodle are scattered about the entire magazine.

I'll take 81 "What-Me Worry" posters for $6.35

The inside back cover always had its "Mad Fold-in", some were better than others.

This one is pretty funny.

One of Don Martin's finest works on the back cover!

In case you missed my previous December 1956 Mad Magazine post back in January 2009, you can find it here (link).

The Saturday Evening Post - June 28, 1958

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Today’s magazine post is a long one, sorry if your browser is overloaded but this is such a great magazine I had to include all these scans. From June 28, 1958 it’s The Saturday Evening Post.




This five page article has some decent photographs and some excellent text about a three year old Disneyland. If you have time, read the entire article, it’s a nice detailed look at the early days of the park.

The artwork on the articles is simply outstanding, here are a few samples.








No artwork, but too cool!





Some stunning advertisements; did this idealistic world ever really exist? Better question; Can we get it back? I think we could use it right about now.



















I want one of those race cars!





Smoking is gross and will make you have this expression on your face- permanently!