Cracked Magazine (Revival)

Cracked is an American humor magazine and is a revival of the original run of the magazine that ran from March 1958 to February 2007, which proved to be the most durable of the many publications to be launched in the wake of Mad magazine.

In print, Cracked conspicuously copied Mad 's layouts and style, and even featured a simpleminded, wide-cheeked mascot named Sylvester P. Smythe on its covers (see Alfred E. Neuman). The Smythe character was referred to as Cracked 's janitor. Unlike Neuman, who appears primarily on covers, Smythe sometimes spoke (He talks more often in the revival) and was frequently seen inside the magazine, interacting with parody subjects and other regular characters. A 1998 reader contest led to Smythe finally getting a full middle name: "Phooey."

In Internet,The magazine frequently online As Cracked.com,mainly with Funny Articles and Hilliarious Videos,with Funny Features like ComedyNerd,Honest Commercials,If Movies made with 5 dollars,and more! And even retain Sylvester p smythe,and created tons of Exclusive Real Interviews,Collaborations and even Podcast!



Issues
See main article:Cracked Magazine (Revival)/Issues

Articles and features
A typical issue of Cracked included two TV or movie parodies illustrated by.

The magazine would sometimes include attention-grabbing giveaways inside its pages, such as iron-ons, stickers or postcards.

Recurring Features

 * Nanny Dickering: A buxom interviewer who would "interview" all sorts of subjects.
 * "Shut-Ups": A two-panel comic. The first panel presents one person in a scenario, while the second has another person respond with a quip beginning with "Shut up and..."
 * Sagebrush: An Old West-themed comic,originally created by John Severin.
 * The Cracked Lens: Still shots from various movies and TV shows, with witty captions added by the editors.
 * Spies and Sabs: Miniature drawings of stereotypical "cloak and dagger" type spies; unlike Spy vs. Spy, these were inserted into various situations with witty commentary,Created by Mike Religano.
 * Hudd & Dini: A gag comic about two prisoners trying to escape,Created by Vic Martin.
 * The Talking Blob:A Comic about the namesake Characters whose pokes fun to The Famous Characters and TV and movies,Created by John Severin.
 * The Uggly Family:A Comic about the Ugly-looked Family,Originally created by Daniel Clowes aka Stosh Gilliespie.
 * Mr. Precious:A cartoon cat created by Ed Steckley, who would meet an untimely death in each installment.
 * Cracked Parodies:Crossovers featuring Cracked's original characters (Sylvester P. Smythe, interviewer Nanny Dickering, cowboy Sagebrush, and the Talking Blob) going on various adventures to see Some Movies and TV in a Funny way!

Features based on Cracked.com's Web series

 * Agents of Cracked: portray fictionalized versions of themselves and their bizarre experiences while writing for Cracked.
 * After Hours:The staff share a meal at a diner and discuss a pop culture issue.


 * Honest Commercials:Roger Horton, a businessman who promotes products of his various companies with brutal honesty.

International Versions
Each version consisted mostly of reprinted material from the American magazine edited to localize spelling and pop-culture references but also has some exclusive content.


 * Cracked (US)
 * Blighty:Cracked for Brits (UK)
 * Dummkopf:Geknackt für Deutschland (Idiot:Cracked for Germany) (Germany)
 * Pancada:Rachado Para o Brasileiros/Brasileiras (Punch:Cracked for Brazilians) (Brazil)
 * Crickey:Cracked for Aussies (Australia)
 * Stupid:Cracked for Kiwis (New Zealand)
 * Eh!:Cracked for Canadians (Canada)
 * Panikk: Knekt for Nordmenn (Panic:Cracked for Norwegians) (Norway)
 * Bonkers : Cracked pour les Français (Bonkers: Cracked for the French) (France)
 * Ehi: Craccato Per Gli Italiani (Hey:Cracked for Italians) (Italy)
 * Brjálaður: Klikkaður Fyrir Íslendinga (Crazy:Cracked for Icelanders) (Iceland)
 * 変な:割れた にとって 日本語 (Hen'na:Wareta Ni totte Nihongo/Weird:Cracked for Japanese) (Japan)

Magazines

 * Cracked
 * Biggest Greatest Cracked
 * Cracked Blockbuster (Comes out during summer)
 * Cracked Collector's Edition
 * Cracked Monster Party (Comes out during Halloween)
 * Cracked Stocking Stuffer (Comes out during Christmas)
 * Giant Cracked
 * Super Cracked
 * NolstagiCracked - Mostly dedicated to TV shows, Movies and trends from the 70's,80's,90's and 00's (Comes out bi-monthly).
 * Cracked Spaced Out

Specials

 * Cracked Special Edition
 * Cracked Summer Special (Also known as "Tropically Cracked")
 * Another Cracked Special
 * Cracked End of Year Special

Books/Annuals

 * Biggest Greatest Super Giant Cracked Blockbuster:Collector's Edition (Also known as "Extremely Cracked")
 * The Do It Yourself Cracked
 * Cracked's Most Wanted (Known as "Infamous Cracked" in Europe)
 * Cracked 101
 * The Good,The Bad & Cracked (Also known as "Cracked Goes West" and "Cracked Rides Again")
 * Cracked World Tour (Known as "Cracked World Party" in Britain, Australia and New Zealand)
 * A Cracked Showcase on Sylvester P. Smythe:The Cracked Janitor
 * A Cracked Showcase on Nanny Dickering:The Buxom interviewer
 * A Cracked Showcase on Sagebrush:The Wildest Cowboy of The West
 * A Cracked Showcase on The Talking Blob:The Deadly Gelatinous Omnivore
 * A Cracked Showcase on Hudd and Dini:The Two Convicts At Large
 * A Cracked Showcase on Spies and Sabs:The Cynical Saboteurs & Investigators
 * A Cracked Showcase on Mr.Precious:The Un-lucky,Untimely Deadable Nine-Lives Cat
 * A Cracked Showcase on The Uggly Family:The Nation's Most Ugliest Family
 * Cracked After Hours
 * Cracked Takes Hollywood
 * Cracked Leftovers
 * Cracked Shut Ups
 * Cracked Honest Commercials
 * Cracked In Your Face
 * Cracked Unleashed
 * Agents of Cracked
 * Cracked Goes Forth (Also known as "Cracked Goes To War")
 * Night of The Living Cracked

Editor
Kevin Smith

Logan Trent

Stea Struss

Mike Zhou

Christopher Bingham

Jesse Eismann

Monty Sarhan

Art Director
Mike Zhou

Stea Struss

Suzy Hutchinson

Jon Lopez

Writers
Greg Grabianski

Mike Zhou

Matt Hargreaves

Tom Ridgewell

Bill Morrison

Chris Bingham

Artists
Mike Zhou

Ed Steckley

Jim Valentino

Jon Lopez

Mike Religano

Bob Fingerman

Tom Richmond

Live Stage Show
See Main Article:Musically Cracked

In issue 7, Cracked announced that they were going to team up with CollegeHumor and National Lampoon along with MAD Magazine and National Comedy Center and work on a musical based on the magazine and the website's Web show called "Musically Cracked". The musical opened in November to positive reviews.