Sing Along with Mad #88-852
In "My Square Lester," Frank Jacobs and Al Jaffee deliver a sharp, satirical twist on the crime genre, following Louie Lasagna’s return from a fifteen-year prison stretch only to be double-crossed by the slick corporate mobster J. B. Tortoni. With Al Jaffee’s signature visual wit on full display in both the story and the cover, this 1977 issue offers a uniquely absurd take on justice, greed, and the prison-industrial complex—delivered with the kind of deadpan humor that made *Mad* a staple of countercultural satire.
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After fifteen years in prison, Louie Lasagna rounds up his gang and resumes his life of heavy-handed crime. The slick business-oriented mob, led by J. B. Tortoni, frames Louie and has him imprisoned again for 99 years, leaving them free to continue their lucrative life of corporate crime.
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