a few months back MAD did a theme issue: MAD by monkeys, for monkeys. as a result i was informed that monroe wouldn't run that month. luckily for me fearless art director ryan
"sexy" flanders had my back. the result was "great monkeys in american history"...
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the layout also featured headshots to go along with the illos and blurb. never let it be said that i don't know how to make extra work for myself for the sake of an in-house joke...
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as much as i enjoyed the job i still think with a decent
heads up i could have come up with an awesome "monroe vs. the planet of the apes"...