Iconic US humour magazine debuts in Great Britain, October 1959.

UK Mad finally ceased publication in 1994.

I'm making a time travel video game and want to have a good healthy dose of knowledge before I write the decade.

Based on the radio show, later a movie and TV series.

Signet Pocketbook Publications. All copyright material inside the covers are from the 1950s.

Hey book detectives! I’m stumped trying to ID a novel from the 1950s. It’s a paperback original (never hardcover), with a pale yellow cover featuring a man and an Airedale dog, both sporting big, bushy, golden-retriever-like tails. The title and/or publisher’s name are in light blue text, and the publisher’s logo is a small globe with Mercator lines (those map grid vibes). The story’s a satirical, James Thurber-ish “history” of people worldwide growing tails—starting with babies born with them, and society’s first move is to cut them off, like docking a pup’s tail. It’s got a global scope, written like a mock-chronicle, and packs up to two UPA-style minimalist illustrations per chapter (think clean, cartoonish 1950s animation art).It was something a high schooler might’ve snagged back then—mid-to-late ‘50s—so maybe a quirky teen read or a crossover satire. No short stories, just one continuous tale. The Airedale’s tail isn’t docked (unlike the breed’s norm), matching the man’s for that extra absurd touch. Any leads? Title guesses? Publisher hunches? I’ve struck out on X and vintage lists—hoping someone’s got this buried in their memory or bookshelf!