Antonio Prohias (1921–1998)

This book is glorious. It contains all 241 original Mad Magazine Spy Vs. Spy strips at their original publication size, as well as a nice set of extras. This is the kind of book that I would display on a coffee table, if I had one. The content is presented well, the book itself feels and looks good, and it is by turns funny and clever and historically interesting.

I would recommend reading it in very short pieces; at least, the strips themselves. Because of their inbuilt limitations in both show more length and style, if you try to read too many consecutively, they can start to blur together. show less

This is the ultimate collection of Spy Vs. Spy.

What started as a project to print every single Spy Vs. Spy strip Prohias did (plus some that were done by his successors) evolved into a tribute to their creator.

The strips are all here, but there are also a couple of nice essays and remembrances detailing Prohias flight from Castro's Cuba and life in America. Plus they printed some of his pre-Spy Vs. Spy strips.

These strips were meant to be read once a month or so. I've noticed if you read too show more many in a row, they lose their edge. Still, that's no knock on the work.

If you remember these strips from childhood or liked the animated Mad TV segments (or the Mountain Dew commercials), this book is well worth a look. show less

I remember reading this cartoon in Mad Magazine when I was a teenager in the 70s. Classic.

Wonderful! A true comic classic.