Spy vs. Spy
Spy vs. Spy is a
wordless black and white comic strip that has been
published in Mad magazine since 1961. It was
created by Antonio Prohias, a Cuban national who
fled to the United States in 1960, days before Fidel
Castro took over the Cuban free press.
The comic features two spies, Black and White, who are constantly warring against each other, and coming up with increasingly sophisticated ways of doing away with the other.
The "Spy vs. Spy" cartoon was symbolic of the Cold War, and was Prohías's comment on the futility of armed escalation and détente. Under the Spy vs. Spy title panel, the words "BY PROHIAS" are spelled out in Morse code.
