Mad #384
(August 1999)

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Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

We Shoot Down Wild Wild West (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Prete (credited as J. Prete)
Pencils
Mort Drucker
Inks
Mort Drucker
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Will Smith [as James West]

Mild Mild Mess (Table of Contents: 1)

Where There’s a Will There’s a Waste Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick DeBartolo
Pencils
Mort Drucker
Inks
Mort Drucker
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Kevin Kline [as Artymess Garden; also as President Ulysses S. Grant]; Kenneth Branagh [as Dr. Artless Lovelice]; Will Smith [as Special Agent Waste]; Kermit the Frog (cameo); Tedious Mortician; Musetta Vander [as Munitions]; Sofia Eng [as OverHearer]; Ted Levine [as General “Suicide Mission” McRath]; Salma Hayek [as Needa Candybar]; Abraham Lincoln (cameo)

MTV’s Real Real World Casting Questionnaire (Table of Contents: 2)

Generation Yecch Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Drew Friedman
Pencils
Mike Snider
Inks
Mike Snider
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

The Basic Differences Between Parents & Grandparents (Table of Contents: 3)

The Generation Crap Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Caldwell
Pencils
John Caldwell
Inks
John Caldwell
Letters
John Caldwell; typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

The Lost Poetry of Jewel (Table of Contents: 4)

A Not Ready for Rhyme Time Player Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Desmond Devlin
Pencils
Yvonne Buchanan
Inks
Yvonne Buchanan
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

A Mad Look at Veterinarians (Table of Contents: 5)

Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés

Genre
humor

Bulging Man (Table of Contents: 6)

The Abdominal Showman Dept. / photo story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

Unspoken Rules of Double Dating (Table of Contents: 7)

Order in the Courtship Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Desmond Devlin
Pencils
Timothy Shamey
Inks
Timothy Shamey
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Kuper
Pencils
Peter Kuper
Inks
Peter Kuper

Genre
humor; spy

U.S.S. Desparation Singles Cruise (Table of Contents: 9)

The Schlub Boat Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Barry Liebmann
Pencils
Tom Bunk
Inks
Tom Bunk
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

A TV Commercial We’d Like to See (Table of Contents: 10)

Ads Nauseum Dept. / photo story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Jacobs
Pencils
Irving Schild (photo)
Inks
Irving Schild (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

MasterFraud is a parody of MasterCard.

Monroe and… Goth (Table of Contents: 11)

Angster’s Paradise Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Anthony Barbieri
Pencils
Bill Wray
Inks
Bill Wray
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

The Faketrix (Table of Contents: 12)

Special Defects Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick DeBartolo
Pencils
Angelo Torres
Inks
Angelo Torres
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody; science fiction
Characters
Keanu Reeves [as TooMuch Underdone]; Laurence Fishburne [as MoreForUs]; Pikachu (cameo); Catwoman (cameo); Carrie-Anne Moss [as TryNtease]; Marcus Chong [as Thank]; Hugo Weaving [as Agent Smug]; Joe Pantoliano [as Cypher]; Control; Alt; Delete; Sigourney Weaver [as Ellen Ripley] (cameo); Gloria Foster [as the Oracle]; Sylvester (cameo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of the film 'The Matrix.'

Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds (Table of Contents: 13)

Grieving Las Vegas Dept. / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Snider
Pencils
Hermann Mejia
Inks
Hermann Mejia
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Will Smith
Synopsis
Odds on how a celeb will bite the big one.

What Dire Situation is Law Enforcement Failing to Control? (Table of Contents: 14)

Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Jaffee
Pencils
Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks
Al Jaffee (signed)
Colors
Al Jaffee
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. We Shoot Down Wild Wild West
  2. 1. Mild Mild Mess
    Where There’s a Will There’s a Waste Dept.
  3. 2. MTV’s Real Real World Casting Questionnaire
    Generation Yecch Dept.
  4. 3. The Basic Differences Between Parents & Grandparents
    The Generation Crap Dept.
  5. 4. The Lost Poetry of Jewel
    A Not Ready for Rhyme Time Player Dept.
  6. 5. A Mad Look at Veterinarians
    Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.]
  7. 6. Bulging Man
    The Abdominal Showman Dept.
  8. 7. Unspoken Rules of Double Dating
    Order in the Courtship Dept.
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy
  10. 9. U.S.S. Desparation Singles Cruise
    The Schlub Boat Dept.
  11. 10. A TV Commercial We’d Like to See
    Ads Nauseum Dept.
  12. 11. Monroe and… Goth
    Angster’s Paradise Dept.
  13. 12. The Faketrix
    Special Defects Dept.
  14. 13. Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds
    Grieving Las Vegas Dept.
  15. 14. What Dire Situation is Law Enforcement Failing to Control?
    Mad Fold-In
This issue was modified by, among others
  • mcomics
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst