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In Mad Magazine issue 9 (March, 1954), Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven is reprinted in full with absurd illustrations by Will Elder.

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Non-free / fair use media rationale for The Raven in popular culture
Description	Will Elder illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven
Source	Mad Magazine issue 9 (March, 1954)
Article	The Raven in popular culture
Portion used	5 panels of a 45 panel comic.
Low resolution?	No. Resolution preserved to make the text captions readable.
Purpose of use	To illustrate the juxtaposition of Elder's absurd imagery with the serious tone of Poe's work.
Replaceable?	No free equivalent exists.
Other information	The comic book issue in question has been out of print for 54 years at the time of this writing (January 2007). The value of the original work is unaffected. Likewise, the image is insufficient to create a copy of the full original work.

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current	14:35, 20 August 2006	962×865 (1.69 MB)	Mikkel (Talk \| contribs)	(In Mad Magazine issue 9 (March, 1954), Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven is reprinted in full with absurd illustrations by Will Elder. {{Comicscene}})