#ec 1953

FOR MAD MEMBERS ONLY -- IF YOU ARE NOT, DON'T GET ONE! -- SINCERELY, FRANK FRAZETTA...

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on an original issue EC [Educational Comics] FAN-ADDICT CLUB -- MAD MEMBER" stitched fabric patch, measuring three inches in diameter, from a 1953 kit for readers sponsored by EC Comics (Educational Comics).

EXTRA INFO: Other original club kit items were: membership certificate, ID card, bronze pin, all offered for 25¢ to EC Comics (publishers of MAD Magazine) readers.

PIC #2: Legendary American fantasy painter/illustrator, Frank Frazetta (1928-2010), wearing an EC Comics "Fan-Addict Club Mad Member" embroidered patch in 1953.