It was like . . . Mad magazine,

[It was before Vatican II and the liberalization of church doctrine.] You weren't meant to eat meat on Friday in deference to Christ, who died on Friday. If you did, you went to hell, ... That way, Hitler would be in hell alongside someone who ate meat on Friday. I thought there was no justice there.

Laughter can bring a new perspective.

My favorite was the Green Mile parody in Mad Magazine.

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.

I had a few comics, but I was by no means a huge aficionado. I was more of a 'Mad Magazine,' 'Calvin & Hobbes' sort of nerd.