{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"20642"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"MAD magazine from October 1963, Vol. 1, Number 82.\r\n\r\nThe full-color paper cover is illustrated with an image of Fidel Castro in profile wearing a green hat and holding a large lit cigar in his mouth. The artist's name is printed beneath the lit match: \"Norman Mingo.\" A cigar wrapper is drawn in the middle of the cigar with an image of MAD's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman.\r\n\r\nThis image is not available online larger than a thumbnail to protect the copyright of its creator(s). For a more detailed examination of this item, please schedule an appointment in the Museum\u2019s Reading Room."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2000.043.0001"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"MAD magazine issue dated October 1963, Vol. 1, Number 82.\r\n\r\nFull-color paper cover has illustrated image of Fidel Castro in profile wearing a green hat and holding a large lit cigar in his mouth. A match with flames coming out of the burnt end is beneath the lit end of the cigar, and smoke is coming up from the lit end. The artist's name is printed beneath the lit match \"Norman Mingo\". A cigar wrapper is drawn in the middle of the cigar with an image of MAD's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman.\r\n\r\nTitle of magazine is printed in red with line drawings in black within the letters that look like filigree from a distance but are a series of comical moments between voluptuous cartoon characters. Text above magazine title is printed in black and in all caps: \r\n\"You'll Get A Bang\r\nOut Of [italicized]\r\nThis Issue Of\".\r\nThe price of the issue is printed in gray in the upper right corner:\r\n\"Our price\r\n25 [cents symbol]\r\nCheap\".\r\n\r\nMagazine contents are mostly cartoon strips or comic stories.\r\n\r\nMagazine is in good condition. Cover has discoloration throughout, especially on the edges. (JM 08/007/2018)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper, Newsprint, Metal"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/52562/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"52562"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"MAD Magazine from October 1963"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Newspapers & Magazines"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/52562/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0.3175006350"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Cuba","Magazines","Communism","Satire","Pop Culture","Comic books","Castro, Fidel","MAD Magazine","Communist Party","New York"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Magazine"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"October 1963"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["20.7000000000"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["This 1963 issue of Mad suggests that Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro is lighting up an exploding cigar. Though intended here as a parody, in fact the CIA and Cuban exile groups were at this time devising a number of different ways in which they might assassinate Castro. One of these attempts did indeed involve an exploding cigar, which was allegedly to have been given to Castro when he visited the United Nations in New York City. Another related plot involved a cigar contaminated with botulinum toxin, though apparently that cigar never reached the Cuban prime minister. - Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"66221"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"10 3/4 × 8 1/8 × 1/8 in. (27.3 × 20.7 × 0.3 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["27.3050000000"]}}]}