Mad #485
(January 2008)

EC, 1952 Series
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Price
4.99 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Barcode
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Editing
John Ficarra; Amy Vozeolas (associate editor); Dave Croatto (associate editor); Greg Leitman (associate editor)

Our Tribute To The Year's Biggest Idiots! (Table of Contents)

Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mark Fredrickson
Inks
Mark Fredrickson
Colors
Mark Fredrickson
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis
Alfred is trapped in a bathroom stall as a hand and foot enter from the adjacent stall...and he looks worried.

Season 1 Uncensored (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

The Whitest Kids U'Know / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Departments (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Alfred E. Neuman; Keith Richards

Indexer Notes

Art is excerpts from this issue.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
John Ficarra; Ross Klongerbo; Conor Burke-Smith; Nick Contino; Jordan Hull; Marco Kuipers; Zach Witt; Paul LoBue; Steve Matthews; Ben Sluggett; Reesa Woolf
Pencils
Matt Handfield; Marco Kuipers (photo)
Inks
Matt Handfield; Marco Kuipers (photo)
Colors
Matt Handfield; Marco Kuipers (photo)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Alfred E. Neuman; Nick Contino; Matt Handfield; Jim Hutchings; Darth Vader; Chewbacca; Princess Leia; Black Spy; C3PO; Lando Calrissian; Monroe; Angela Lansbury; Reese Woolf; Alec Donovan; Danielle Shusterman; Jiaying Wei; Nathaniel Stein; Mekko Harjo; Max Brunstein; Nick Danzi; Erin Dameron; Grawp
Synopsis
Letters, photos and fan art. Includes photos of this season's MAD office interns.

I Am Ripper, Tearer, Slasher, Teeth In The Darkness (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Beowulf / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Free Lethal Injections...Free Black Market Brains (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

GameTap.com / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

credits, title page / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents: 7)

The Fundalini Pages; Fundalini Asks; Diary of A Wii Owner; The Fast 5; Tips To Avoid Identity Theft; Le Lievre and Let Die!; The Godfrey Report; MAD's Sketchy Comedy Outtakes From 30 Rock; Graphic Novel Review / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
various
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Prince Charles; Jenna Bush; Laura Bush; Barbara Bush; Henry Hager; Dick DeBartolo; Jerry Seinfeld; Tracy Morgan; Al Gore; Tina Fey; Alec Baldwin; Spider-Man; Aunt May
Synopsis
Various short satires of pop culture.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Contributors (roles unknown) include: Dick DeBartolo; Desmond Devlin; Harrison Greenbaum; Glen LeLievre; Merman Mejia; Todd Nauck; Bob Staake; Don Vaughan.

Millions Of Trees Gave Their Lives For These Books (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2007! (Table of Contents: 9)

The MAD 20; MAD Fold-In / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Kruse; Desmond Devlin; Dave Croatto; ?; Jacob Lambert; Scott Maiko; Matthew A. Cohen; Jason Schneider; Josh Eiserike; Nick Danzi; Al Jaffee
Pencils
Mark Fredrickson; Mark Stutzman; ?; Gary Hallgren; Dave Croatto; Irving Schild (photos); Mort Drucker; AP/Wide World (photos); Charles Akins; Richard Williams; Tom Richmond; Herman Mejia; Drew Friedman; Scott Bricher; Steve Smallwood; Mick Coulas; Al Jaffee
Inks
Mark Fredrickson; Mark Stutzman; ?; Gary Hallgren; Dave Croatto; Irving Schild (photos); Mort Drucker; AP/Wide World (photos); Charles Akins; Richard Williams; Tom Richmond; Herman Mejia; Drew Friedman; Scott Bricher; Steve Smallwood; Mick Coulas; Al Jaffee
Colors
?; Irving Schild (photos); AP/Wide World (photos)
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Michael Vick; George W. Bush; Don Imus; Britney Spears; G.I. Woe; Howard K. Stern; Larry Birkhead; Judge Larry Seidlin; Paris Hilton; Lisa Marie Nowak; Isiah Washington; Tim Hardaway; Rev. Ted Haggard; Ann Coulter; Keith Richards; Scotter Libby; Tony Soprano; Dr. Jennifer Melfi; Doomsday; Gallagher; Livia Soprano; Anthony Soprano, Jr.; Mark Burnett; Charles Darwin; O. J. Simpson; Lindsay Lohan; Alberto Gonzales; Senator Larry Craig; Sanjaya Malakar
Synopsis
Just what the title implies: a satirical look at the past year.

Own A Piece Of MAD History! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

In A Universe Full of Evil, Your Nightmares Come Alive (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Demonata / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Good News Is: I Just Got Accepted To The Kubert School! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Joe Kubert School / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shtoink! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Empower Your Imagination (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Full Sail / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Planet Tad!!!!! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
Tim Carvell
Pencils
Brian Durniak; ? (photo)
Inks
Brian Durniak; ? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Tad; Mr. Campbell; Doug Spivak; Chet; Julie Underhill; Aaron Reynolds
Synopsis
Tad relates the problems of his school's Secret Santa Christmas gift giving.

Spy Vs. Spy (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script
Peter Kuper
Pencils
Peter Kuper
Inks
Peter Kuper
Colors
Peter Kuper

Genre
humor
Characters
Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis
There are 2 stories. In the first, The White Spy is killed by guillotine-like falling blades. In the second, the epaulets on a coat kill the Black Spy.

What The Heck Is The Difference? (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis
Cover of MAD #276 with a variation to find the differences on.
Reprints

A MAD Look At Dancing With The Stars (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script
Sergio Aragones
Pencils
Sergio Aragones
Inks
Sergio Aragones
Colors
?

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Things that could go wrong on the tv show.

In The Battle of Good Vs. Evil Not All Will Survive (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Harry Potter / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents: 20)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / comic story / 0 pages (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragones
Pencils
Sergio Aragones
Inks
Sergio Aragones
Colors
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Gags appear on 5 different pages.

Hunger Gets What Hunger Wants (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Ball Park Franks / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Our Tribute To The Year's Biggest Idiots!
    Alfred E. Neuman
  2. 1. Season 1 Uncensored
    The Whitest Kids U'Know
  3. 2. Departments
  4. 3. Random Samplings of Reader Mail
    Letters And Tomatoes Department
  5. 4. I Am Ripper, Tearer, Slasher, Teeth In The Darkness
    Beowulf
  6. 5. Free Lethal Injections...Free Black Market Brains
    GameTap.com
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. The Fundalini Pages
    The Fundalini Pages; Fundalini Asks; Diary of A Wii Owner; The Fast 5; Tips To Avoid Identity Theft; Le Lievre and Let Die!; The Godfrey Report; MAD's Sketchy Comedy Outtakes From 30 Rock; Graphic Novel Review
  9. 8. Millions Of Trees Gave Their Lives For These Books
    MAD Books
  10. 9. The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2007!
    The MAD 20; MAD Fold-In
  11. 10. Own A Piece Of MAD History!
    Mad Magazine
  12. 11. In A Universe Full of Evil, Your Nightmares Come Alive
    Demonata
  13. 12. The Good News Is: I Just Got Accepted To The Kubert School!
    Joe Kubert School
  14. 13. Shtoink!
    MAD Classics
  15. 14. Empower Your Imagination
    Full Sail
  16. 15. Planet Tad!!!!!
    In Blog We Trust Dept.
  17. 16. Spy Vs. Spy
    Joke And Dagger Dept.
  18. 17. What The Heck Is The Difference?
    Observation Dreck Dept.
  19. 18. A MAD Look At Dancing With The Stars
    Serge-In General Dept.
  20. 19. In The Battle of Good Vs. Evil Not All Will Survive
    Harry Potter
  21. 20. Drawn-Out Dramas
    Marginal Thinking Dept.
  22. 21. Hunger Gets What Hunger Wants
    Ball Park Franks
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore