Antonio Prohias — A MAD Look at Spies

Mad # 170, October 1974

One punch line panel of the iconic Spy vs. Spy gag strip often sported more violence than an entire episode of Looney Tunes. (That’s saying something.)

And we loved it.

Prohias, a Cuban refugee, was a genius.  He didn’t speak very much English. And he didn’t have to. Humor is a universal language. 

And me personally? I love wordless gags.  After all, cartooning is a visual medium.