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Arbor; his mother-in-law, Serene Flax of San
Francisco; his brother, Dr. Thomas (Anne) Segall
of Ann Arbor; brother-in-law, Robert (Susan)
Flax of San Francisco; sister-in-law, Patrice
(Craig) Thomas of Ypsilanti; nieces, Margaret
Segall (Alex) D'Amico of New York, Alison
Hainline of Washington, D.C., and Sarah Flax of
Billings, Mont.
A service was held at Temple Beth Emeth, 2309
Packard Ave., Ann Arbor. A private family burial
was held after the service. Contributions may be
made to cancer research or neurology education
for the Internal Medicine Residency Program,
both at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, P.O. Box 995,
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-0995. Arrangements by
Muehlig Funeral Chapel, Ann Arbor.
LARRY WEINBERG, 88, died April 26,
2014.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 68
years, Faye; his loving daughter, Janis Stein;
son, Mark Weinberg; grandchildren, Dr. Adam
(Shannon) Stein, Allison Etheridge, Brian,
Keith, Jennifer and Jonathan Weinberg; great-
grandchildren, Riley and Jayden Stein, Drew
Gibbs and Heather Weinberg; sisters-in-law,
Dorothy Reitman and Annette Leib.
Contributions may be made to the
Alzheimer's Association, 25200 Telegraph
Road, #100, Southfield, MI, 48033.
Longtime Editor Of Mad Magazine Dies
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1 Feldstein, the editor of Mad
magazine for nearly three
decades died April 29, 2014,
at his home in Montana. He was 88.
He became editor of Mad in 1956
and remained at the satirical publica-
tion's helm until his retirement in 1984.
Building on a character used by Mad
founding editor Harvey Kurtzman,
Feldstein turned the freckle-faced
Alfred E. Neuman into an underground
hero — a dimwitted everyman with a
gap-toothed smile and the recurring
stock phrase, "What, Me Worry?"
Neuman's character was used to
skewer any and all, from Santa Claus to
Darth Vader, and more recently in edi-
torial cartoonists' parodies of President
George W. Bush, acccording to his
obituary in Haaretz.
Under Gaines and Feldstein, Mad's
sales flourished, topping $2 million in
the early 1970s. In a 1997 interview
with the Bozeman Daily Chronicle,
Feldstein credited Mad's challenges to
authority with helping incite the cul-
tural revolution of the 1960s.
The magazine also attracted crit-
ics in Congress who questioned the
magazine's decency, and a $25 million
lawsuit from songwriters who objected
to their work being parodied.
By Feldstein's retirement in 1984,
Mad's heyday was past: Circulation had
dropped to less than a third of its peak.
Early Days
Born in 1925, Feldstein grew up in the
Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
He got his first job in comics as a
teenager, drawing background foliage
for Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, which
starred a female version of Tarzan.
Feldstein served a stint in the mili-
tary at the end of World War II, paint-
ing murals and drawing cartoons for
Army newspapers. After his discharge,
he freelanced for various comics before
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Al Feldstein
landing at Entertainment Comics.
Feldstein began working as a comic
book writer and artist there in 1948
and soon became its editor, though his
artwork continued to grace the covers
of the comics. He introduced several
new titles, including Weird Science,
Weird Fantasy and Tales from the
Crypt.
Following his retirement, Feldstein
moved West. From a horse and llama
ranch north of Yellowstone National
Park, he ran a guest house and painted
wildlife, nature scenes and fantasy art
and entered local art contests. ❑