Mad #480

(August 2007)

Experience Everything (Table of Contents)

Comic Collector Live.com / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Brian Denham; Guru-Efx.com

Inks:

Brian Denham; Guru-Efx.com

Colors:

Brian Denham; Guru-Efx.com

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Agent Aries

Synopsis:

Ad for comic collection organizing software from Midten Media, Inc.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Departments (Table of Contents)

Table of Contents / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Paris Hilton; Seriously Wacked; Roger Clemens

Indexer Notes

The feature "The Incontinental Congress Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters And Tomatoes Department / letters page / 2.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra; Poppie Fricklas; Oliver Klausen; Scotter Yurdin; Josh Brandmaier; Craven M.; Joshua Hu; Cherish Kingrea; Jim Hutchings

Pencils:

? (photo); Scooter Yurdin (photo); Craven M. (photo); Jim Hutchings

Inks:

? (photo); Scooter Yurdin (photo); Craven M. (photo); Jim Hutchings

Colors:

? (photo); Scooter Yurdin (photo); Craven M. (photo); Jim Hutchings

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Donal Logue; Thomas Hayden Church; Emily Frances; John Ficarra; Pete Lepage; Ana Hurka-Robles

Synopsis:

Letters, photos and fan art.

Indexer Notes

Includes small reprint of a page from MAD Super Special #100.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Life's No Fun Without A Good Scare! (Table of Contents)

The Nightmare Before Christmas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Jack Skellington

Synopsis:

Ad for collectable figures from Hawthorne Village, based on the movie.

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; The Fast 5; Castro Comments; Thoughts Going Through Paris Hilton's Mind In Court; Don't Have A Crowther!; The Kitchen Sink; Meet THe '08 Presidential Candidates; Reasons Not To Impeach & Convict President Bush;Little Green A / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

various

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Paris Hilton; Fidel Castro; Angelina Jolie; Dick Cheney; Jimmy Neutron; Rudy Giuliani; Roger Clemens; George Bush; Bill Clinton; Richard Nixon; Andrew Johnson

Synopsis:

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Contributors (roles unknown) include: Scott Bricher; John Caldwell; Paul Coker; John Crowther; Dick DeBartolo; Jeff Kruse; Jacob Lambert; Leonardo Rodriguez; Steve Rosso; Irving Schild; Kiernan P. Schmitt; Eric Scott; Bob Staake; Jack Syracuse; Rick Tulka

On Sale Now! (Table of Contents)

The MAD War On Bush / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; George Bush

Synopsis:

House ad for book.

Harry Plodder And The Torture of The Fanbase (Table of Contents)

Pop Goes The Evil Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Desmond Devlin

Pencils:

Tom Richmond

Inks:

Tom Richmond

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Harry Plodder; Ron; Hermoine; judge; Doubledork; Harry's mother; Harry's father; Druckermort; Seriously Wacked; Dolores Mmmbop; Fred Queasy; George Queasy; Bad-Eye Moonpie; Deatheaters

Synopsis:

Harry basically hangs around while events unfold around him until the last minute, and then Druckermort gets away again.

Indexer Notes

Parody of the 5th Harry Potter movie.

Season Three...What's Next? (Table of Contents)

NBC; USA Network / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bo Bridges ? (photo)

Inks:

Bo Bridges ? (photo)

Colors:

Bo Bridges ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for AST Dew Tour tv series.

Things To Consider Before Accepting A Summer Job (Table of Contents)

Hire Education Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Pencils:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Inks:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Horrible summer jobs.

An Important Message From MAD's Director of Business & Development (Table of Contents)

Mad Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jeffrey Lozenge ?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Jeffrey Lozenge

Synopsis:

Discussion of staples and fabric of the universe in house ad for MAD Magazine subscriptions.

Indexer Notes

#10 in a series.

Monroe and...Gone Internet Phishin' (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Anthony Barbieri

Pencils:

Tom Fowler

Inks:

Tom Fowler

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Monroe; Monroe's father; Monroe's mother; Monroe's grandfather; Sanja Rolando; Dr. Lance; Mr. Bines; Walter

Synopsis:

Monroe's father has Monroe fake a terminal disease and with the help of an internet posting and bad tv news reporting, they rake in the cash donations.

If Chickens Could Time Travel (Table of Contents)

Turning Back The Cluck Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Caldwell

Pencils:

John Caldwell

Inks:

John Caldwell

Colors:

?

Letters:

John Caldwell

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Colonel Sanders; Abraham Lincoln

Synopsis:

Mishaps and triumphs that chickens might face if they went back in time.

MAD Has A Gay Old Time With Outtakes From I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Table of Contents)

Lame Sex Marriage Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Stills from the movie with humorous captions.

Spy Vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

Joke And Dagger Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Kuper

Pencils:

Peter Kuper

Inks:

Peter Kuper

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

The White Spy sells a fake treasure map to the Black Spy, but falls for a trap in the Black Spy's dig.

On Sale Now! (Table of Contents)

MADKids / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Remy

Synopsis:

House ad for latest issue of MADKids.

A MAD Look At Spider-Man 3 (Table of Contents)

Serge-In General Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane; Venom; Sandman

Synopsis:

Comic situations that never happened in the movie.

Indexer Notes

Parody of movie Spider-Man 3.

Season Three...What's Next? (Table of Contents)

NBC; USA Network / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bo Bridges (photo)

Inks:

Bo Bridges (photo)

Colors:

Bo Bridges (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Beau Bamburg

Synopsis:

Ad for AST Dew Tour tv series.

Don't You Hate When Your Parents...The Sequel! (Table of Contents)

The Folks On You Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jacob Lambert

Pencils:

Dave Crosland

Inks:

Dave Crosland

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Things kids find annoying about parents.

The Simple Prisonbreak Life (Table of Contents)

You've Got Jail Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Croatto

Pencils:

Hermann Mejia

Inks:

Hermann Mejia

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Paris Hilton; Nicole Richie

Synopsis:

Nicole gets arrested to help Paris with a prison break.

Subscribe to MAD Classics...and Own This MAD Classic! (Table of Contents)

MAD Classics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for subscriptions to MAD Classics magazine.

Everyday Pet Peeves of Transformers (Table of Contents)

Wheely Pissed Off Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jacob Lambert

Pencils:

Tom Bunk

Inks:

Tom Bunk

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Transformers

Synopsis:

Things that might happen to transformers if the tried to live real life as vehicles.

The "Secret" Is Out! (Table of Contents)

That's All, Hoax! Dept.; A MAD Ad Parody / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Croatto

Pencils:

Irving Schild ? (photo)

Inks:

Irving Schild ? (photo)

Colors:

Irving Schild ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Bill Gaines [as Gibralter Tubbings]; Garfield Happlendunf IV; Bobby McFerrin; Ulysses M. Goldstein; Helvetica Narrows; Michael Fred Dackgammon

Synopsis:

Phony ad for real book "The Secret", but author changed to Blunda Byrne.

FAQs About McDonald's Trendy Makeover (Table of Contents)

America's Next Flop Remodel Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jacob Lambert

Pencils:

Evan Dorkin

Inks:

Evan Dorkin

Colors:

Sarah Dyer

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Reasons McDonald's restaurants are changing their decor, and insights into how customers will use the new "zones."

What The Heck Is The Difference? (Table of Contents)

Observation Dreck Dept. / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Kelly Freas (signed, original); ? (changes)

Inks:

Kelly Freas (signed, original); ? (changes)

Colors:

Kelly Freas (signed, original); ? (changes)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Cover of MAD #43 with a variation to find the differences on.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #43 (December 1958)

Where Has The Recent Surge In Combatants Only Increased The Level of Violence? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Pencils:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Inks:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

The answer is: The World of Warcraft.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / 0 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Gags appear on 16 different pages.

Grandpa Got Sent To Milkatraz! (Table of Contents)

Milk / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for milk by California Milk Processor Board.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.