▁two ▁advers aries , ▁she ▁always ▁pre va iled . ▁Although ▁Pro h ías ▁retired ▁from ▁doing ▁the ▁strip ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁" S py ▁vs . ▁Sp y " ▁continued ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁different ▁hands ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁when ▁Peter ▁K uper ▁took ▁over ▁as ▁the ▁full - time ▁writer - art ist . ▁However , ▁the ▁original ▁Mor se ▁Code ▁by line ▁" by ▁Pro hi as " ▁remains ▁in ▁each ▁strip ' s ▁title . ▁ ▁Don ▁Martin ▁g ags ▁Don ▁Martin , ▁bil led ▁as ▁" Mad ' s ▁M add est ▁Art ist ", ▁drew ▁g ag ▁cart o ons , ▁generally ▁one ▁page ▁but ▁sometimes ▁longer , ▁featuring ▁lum pen ▁characters ▁with ▁apparently ▁h ing ed ▁feet . ▁Martin ' s ▁abs urd ▁sight ▁g ags ▁were ▁frequently ▁pun ctu ated ▁by ▁an ▁array ▁of ▁on om at op oe ic ▁sound ▁effects ▁such ▁as ▁" GL OR K " ▁or ▁" P AT W ANG - F WE EE ", ▁co ined ▁by ▁Martin ▁himself ▁( or ▁by ▁frequent ▁g host ▁writer ▁Don ▁Ed wing ). ▁Martin ' s ▁wild ▁physical ▁comedy ▁would ▁eventually ▁make ▁him ▁the ▁signature ▁artist ▁of ▁the ▁magazine . ▁ ▁When ▁Martin ▁first ▁joined ▁Mad , ▁he ▁employed ▁a ▁nerv ous , ▁scratch y ▁art ▁style , ▁but ▁this ▁developed ▁into ▁a ▁round er , ▁more ▁cart o ony ▁look . ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁cart o ons ▁used ▁similar ▁titles