SPY VS SPY : MAD MAGAZINE OBSESSION OF MY CHILDHOOD

One of my obsessions of childhood was Mad Magazine. We all loved it, boys and girls alike. There was snarky cartoons, political satires, and satires about all the pop culture icons of the times. We gathered together with our Mad magazines and snickered (out of earshot of our parents) about the risque humor and cartoons. It is great to see the magazine is still going strong and my favorite feature SPY vs SPY is still kicking up a storm!

Antonio Prohías

Spy vs. Spy is a wordless comic strip published in Mad magazine. It features two agents involved in stereotypical and comical espionage activities. ... A parody of the political ideologies of the Cold War, the strip was created by Cuban expatriate cartoonist Antonio Prohías, and debuted in Mad #60, dated January 1961.

One is dressed in white, and the other in black, but they are otherwise identical, and are particularly known for their long, beaklike heads and their white pupils and black sclera. The pair are always at war with each other, using a variety of booby-traps to inflict harm on the other.

The Spy vs. Spy characters have been featured in such media as video games and an animated television series, and in such merchandise as action figures and trading cards.

Antonio Prohías

Published in Mad magazine since 1961, Antonio Prohías  began working on Spy vs. Spy in Cuba, but fled to the United States in 1960 just days before Fidel Castro took over the last Cuban free press.  When Prohías came to the United States he knew almost no English, but Mad magazine readers and editors quickly accepted him and loved his work.

*UPDATE*

Hi Kim, I ran into your site via Pinterest. I love it! I thought you might like this Spy Vs Spy Theme Song I composed, sang and produced the music and video as a tribute to my Father Cartoonist Antonio Prohias.

I have a second version Retro coming out soon. More instrumental a la surf/007. Hope you like it. Suzi        https://youtu.be/EjElcwTZzXw

How Cuba’s Greatest Cartoonist Fled From Castro and Created ‘Spy vs. Spy’

THE AMERICANS SEASON 5 BEGINS MARCH 7!

The Americans Season 5 will have 13 episodes followed by a 10-episode sixth and final season in 2018.

Here's the official synopsis for The Americans Season 5:

Set in the 1980s at the height of the Cold War, The Americans is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. The arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but as the pressures and demands of the job grow heavier, the personal toll becomes almost too exhausting to bear.

Having revealed their true identities to their teenage daughter, Paige (Holly Taylor), Philip and Elizabeth’s ability to protect their cover and their family’s safety has become even more tenuous. Even as Paige pushes her parents to bring her deeper into their confidence, Philip and Elizabeth struggle to maintain normalcy in their family, especially around their son, Henry (Keidrich Sellati).

Paige’s budding romance with Matthew, the son of their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), further complicates matters since Stan – Philip’s best friend – remains the greatest threat to the Jennings’ safety. He and his partner, Agent Dennis Aderholt (Brandon J. Dirden) are on the task force that seeks to uncover the Soviet Illegals living among them. READ MORE ON DEN OF GEEK

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