There was a time when you’d open up the latest issue of Mad magazine and find a wickedly written and cleverly illustrated parody of big-time Hollywood blockbusters, including eight of the nine Skywalker Saga films.
Alas the magazine has become a reprint vehicle nowadays, the victim of downsizing and budget cuts. Lost amid this change? Mad’s adaptation and satirical take on “The Rise of Skywalker,” leaving completists bereft of one final story.
But not for long. Tom Richmond and Desmond Devlin, both of whom charted years working for Mad, have undertaken an IndieGogo project — Claptrap — (https://bit.ly/2HCz3lk) that aims to expand upon Mad’s vast library of film takedowns by adapting several films that, at the time, were overlooked or ignored.
We sat down with the pair to discuss what it was like being a part of Mad, what prompted the IndieGogo and just how rich a vein “The Rise of Skywalker” was for a new version of “Mad Goes to the Movies.”
