Neuman 's famous motto is the intellectually incurious " What , me worry ? " This was changed for one issue to " Yes , me worry ! " after the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 . On the cover of current printings of the paperback '' The Ides of Mad '' , as rendered by long-time cover artist Norman Mingo , Neuman is portrayed as a Roman bust with his catch phrase engraved on the base , translated into Dog Latin — '' Quid , Me Anxius Sum ? '' Neuman 's surname is often misspelled as " Newman "
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Alfred E. Neuman