Mad #483

(November 2007)

Undead And Unrated (Table of Contents)

Flight of The Living Dead / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for DVD of movie from New Line Home Entertainment.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Departments (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Toucan Sam

Indexer Notes

Art is from various places in the magazine. The feature "The Booth Fairy 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 / 1.67 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Ficarra; Caleb Oldham; Joyce Carol Oates; Sam Barron; David Norris; Cooper Maestas; William Helton

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William Helton; ? (photo)

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William Helton; ? (photo)

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William Helton; ? (photo)

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typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E.Neuman; Chuck D.

Synopsis:

Letters, photos and fan art.

Indexer Notes

Piece by Joyce Carol Oates is an excerpt from a TIME Magazine interview.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.33 page (report information)

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Genre:

fact

Human History Just Got A Little Less Human (Table of Contents)

Resistance Fall of Man / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from Insomniac games.

Indexer Notes

First page appears between pages 1-2 of letters pages.

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; The Fast 5; The Zombie Food Pyramid; Little-Known Provisions In The 2007 Immigration Bill; Duck Droppings; Movie Screw-Ups; Meet The '08 Presidential Candidates; Fundalini Asks "What If...?"; The Godfrey Report; The Yungblut / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Michael Vick; George Bush; Mitt Romney; Ralph "The Stickler" Backne; Joe Bitterman

Synopsis:

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Contributors (roles unknown) include: Sergio Aragones; John Caldwell; Duck Edwing; Todd Eisner; Garth Gerhart; Jeff Kruse; Jacob Lambers; Scott Maiko; Ben Schultz; Michael Slack; Jack Syracuse; Rick Tulka; Jason Yungbluth

Get Transformers First On DVD 10.16.07 (Table of Contents)

Transformers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for movie DVD from Dreamworks.

When Other Advertising Characters Get TV Shows (Table of Contents)

Sit-Commercials Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:

Scott Maiko

Pencils:

Tom Richmond

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Tom Richmond

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Geico cavemen; Verizon guy; Marlee Matlin; Tarvelocity gnome; Heather Locklear; Doris Roberts; Mrs. Butterworth; Toucan Sam; Steve Shirripa; Tony The Tiger; Lisa Kudrow; Andy Richter; PC guy; Mac guy

Synopsis:

Plot outlines for tv shows based on advertising characters.

Clive Barker's Jericho (Table of Contents)

Jericho / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from Imajica Productions / Alchemic Productions.

Rejected Hillary Clinton Campaign Slogans (Table of Contents)

The Phrase That Slays Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Nathaniel Stein

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Paul Coker

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Paul Coker

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Genre:

satire

Characters:

Hillary Clinton; Bill Clinton

Synopsis:

Bad campaign slogans for Hillary's presidential campaign.

Empower Your Imagination (Table of Contents)

Full Sail / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for Full Sail School of Computer Animation.

Another Fruitless Issue! (Table of Contents)

MAD Classics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for Latest issue of MAD Classics.

A MAD Look At Zombies (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

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Sergio Aragones

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Things that could go wrong for zombies, or because of them.

Drizzt Is Willing To Let The Orcs Begin A New Chapter (Table of Contents)

The Orc King / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Drizzt

Synopsis:

Ad for book by R. A. Salvatore from Wizards of The Coast.

Planet TAD!!!!! (Table of Contents)

In Blog We Trust Dept. / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Tim Carvell

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Genre:

satire

Characters:

Tad; Tad's mom; April Dawson; Kevin; Chuck; Julie Kahn; Samantha Scanlon; Violet Liu; Nina Patterson; Sara Jacobsen; Kate McLean; Susan Regan; Stu Lawrence

Synopsis:

Story of notes left on Tad's locker from a secret admirer.

Unfurl Stories Of The Great Asian Powers (Table of Contents)

Age of Empires III / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from Microsoft/Ensemble Studios/Big Huge Games.

The Strip Club (Table of Contents)

Pen And Stink Dept.; Pondering The Really Meaningful Stuff...; The Long And Short Of It; Elf Droppings; Jump Cut; Father Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions; Product Placement In Horror Movies; Just Below The Surface / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Rob Harrell; Dan Long; Jason Yungbluth; Paul Gilligan; Keith Knight; Scott Nickel; Douglas Paszkeiwicz

Pencils:

Rob Harrell; Dan Long; Jason Yungbluth; Paul Gilligan; Keith Knight; Scott Nickel; Douglas Paszkeiwicz

Inks:

Rob Harrell; Dan Long; Jason Yungbluth; Paul Gilligan; Keith Knight; Scott Nickel; Douglas Paszkeiwicz

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Letters:

Rob Harrell; Dan Long; Jason Yungbluth; Paul Gilligan; Keith Knight; Scott Nickel; Douglas Paszkeiwicz

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

King Ticklebunny; Father Flannity; Nichole Richie; The Boogieman

Synopsis:

A collection of comic strips.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Table of Contents)

Zombie Ninja Pro-Am / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from Midway Home Entertainment.

The Magical Bear That Made People's Dreams Come True (Table of Contents)

The Beast And The Brightest Dept.; MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Brian McConnachie

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Leonardo Rodriguez

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Leonardo Rodriguez

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Eliot Pressman; Malvolio

Synopsis:

Story about a boy who grows up to buy a bear and his fantasies of the magic the bear performs.

Indexer Notes

Fourth in a series.

One Day At Lincoln High (Table of Contents)

Love Is In The Err Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Eric Scott

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Eric Scott

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Eric Scott

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Eric Scott

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Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A boy discovers his teacher is not into teacher-student relationships.

To End His Thirst For Blood, You Must Develop One Of Your Own. (Table of Contents)

Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from Konami.

Idiotic Anti-Gun Control Arguments The NRA Hasn't Used - Yet! (Table of Contents)

Shoot Happens Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jacob Lambert

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Peter Kuper

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Peter Kuper

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Thomas Jefferson; Michael Moore

Synopsis:

Improbable arguments for not controlling guns.

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

NBC; USA Network / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Bo Bridges (photo)

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Bo Bridges (photo)

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Bo Bridges (photo)

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Characters:

Bucky Lasek

Synopsis:

Ad for AST Dew Tour on the NBC and USA networks.

Things That Really Get Under A Zombie's Skin (Table of Contents)

Monsters' Gall Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Caldwell

Pencils:

John Caldwell

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John Caldwell

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Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Problems that zombies would run into if they tried to live normal lives.

Spy Vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

Peter Kuper

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Peter Kuper

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Peter Kuper

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

In the first strip, the Black Spy tries to get into a White facility using a lifted fingerprint from the White Spy, but is clobbered anyway. In the second strip, the White Spy is done in by a fake guillotine.

Indexer Notes

There are two strips.

What School Bus Drivers Are Doing While You're In Class! (Table of Contents)

The Wheel World Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

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Teresa Burns Parkhurst

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Teresa Burns Parkhurst

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Teresa Burns Parkhurst; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Goofy ideas of what school bus drivers do in their downtime.

7 Periods Closer To Death (Table of Contents)

Is That Rall There Is? Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ted Rall

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Ted Rall

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Ted Rall

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Ted Rall

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

What can happen when the schools remove restroom stall doors.

Battling Evil From The Sea To Outer Space (Table of Contents)

Aquaman; The Super Powers Team / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Characters:

Aquaman; Superman; Batman; Robin; Wonder Woman; Cyborg; Firestorm

Synopsis:

Ad for cartoon DVDs from Warner Home Video.

Millions of Trees Gave Their Lives For These Books (Table of Contents)

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

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Synopsis:

Ad for the following MAD books: Spy Vs. Spy 2; MAD About Star Wars; The MAD War on Bush; The Completely MAD Don Martin.

1 Is Worse Than 100 (Table of Contents)

Take This Mob And Shove It Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Tom Bunk

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Tom Bunk

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Boob Braggit; Henry Laporte; George Wendt; Paris Hilton; Vicki Newton; Bob Barker

Synopsis:

The show bumbles along at its usual slow pace until Bob Barker shows up and closes it down.

Indexer Notes

Parody of tv show 1 Versus 100.

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

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

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Script:

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Don Martin (original, signed); ? (changes)

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Don Martin (original, signed); ? (changes)

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Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Cover of MAD #165 with a variation to find the differences on.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #165 (March 1974)

Strength In Numbers (Table of Contents)

Justice League Padlocks / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for combination locks.

What Little Rat-Faced Chef Raked In Millions This Year? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Pencils:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Inks:

Al Jaffee (signed)

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

"Ratatouille" kitchen staff; Rachael Ray

Synopsis:

Answer is: Rachael Ray.

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:

gags

Indexer Notes

Gags appear on 9 different pages.

The Shadow You Cast Is The Shadow They Fear (Table of Contents)

Blue Dragon / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from Microsoft.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.