Today in Comics History, February 25: Happy birthday, Sean Astin!

It's the birthday today of everybody's favorite halfling, actor Sean Astin, who you may remember from such motion pictures and televisual shows as The Goonies, Rudy, Memphis Belle, Icebreaker, 24, Stranger Things, and a little thing called The Lord of the Rings, soon to be remade at Warner Brothers but probably without Sean, so boo hiss.

Does Sean enjoy MAD magazine? See for yourself!


from MAD #260 (January 1986)



Mind you, only two issues previously, MAD had poked fun at him and his Goonies co-stars:


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from "Goofies" in MAD #258 (October 1985), script by Stan Hart, pencils and inks by Jack Davis
Of course, later on in the all-new, all-color, all filled up with advertisements, pretty-much-rippin'-off-titles and character-names-from National Lampoon-style MAD, another bunch of small beings chase adventure and a paycheck:


from "Bored of the Rings: The Feeble Schtick of Ka-Ching!" in MAD #416 (April 2002), script by Desmond Devlin, pencils and inks by Hermann Mejia
Yes, MAD! The classic dry and subtle wit of the Algonquin Round Table in [CHEAP!] magazine format!


cover of MAD #428 (April 2003), pencils and inks by Dale Stephanos
How much do you wanna poke fun at Elijah Wood's eyes, badly scanned issue of MAD magazine from that [CHEAP!] CD-ROM set of a few years back?



from "Bored of the Rings: The Two+ Hours" in MAD #428; script by Desmond Devlin, pencils and inks by Hermann Mejia
Happy birthday, Sean Astin! See you later this year in Cash Out, an upcoming American action film directed by Randall Emmett and starring John Travolta! [—Wikipedia]