Weekly Comic Review: Not Brand Echh 1-13

[El Sammo]

When I saw the title, "Not Brand Ecch", I thought it was a Mad parody special that they've done from time to time. While I haven't read the rag in many years, I used to grab one while shopping with my grandparents, I wouldn't think that they've tamed or decreased in quality through the years. They've just changed along with the audience. It also seems that the source material that they spoof these days is getting easier and easier to crack on because the quality of the film and television industries has suffered greatly through the decades. I mean, how good can a spoof of a basically spoof be? Ever crack jokes about Police Squad? I just think that back in the day, they had to TRY to make jokes and funniness. Except for their political spoofage, those guys have always been right on the line of idiocy and ripe for satire and parody.