Mad #493

(September 2008)

Wrestling So Real You Feel Pain (Table of Contents)

TNA Impact! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Ad for game from Midway Studios.

Departments (Table of Contents)

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

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various

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typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Monroe; Amy Winehouse; Indiana Jones; Black Spy; Trumpkin

Indexer Notes

Art is from various places in the magazine. The feature "Hitting The Snail On The Head Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters And Tomatoes Department / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Ficarra

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typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Kal Penn

Indexer Notes

Letters, photos and fan art from: Josh Drubin; Izzy Grinspan; Andy Selsberg; josh Kimberlin; Matthew Zarr; Rev. John R. Haas; Abigail Garfinkle; Daniel Mardirosian; James Nolan; Vinnie Klement; Yahawa AshaquaAmy Miller; Miles Robicheaux; Victoria Salvati; Tim Caswell; Leo Traub; Emil Bubala; Anthony Zambrano; Kyle Monk; Devon Thorne; Ed Meisinger; Michael Schnell; Emily Brookstein

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.33 page (report information)

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typeset

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Genre:

fact

Win A Trip To Japan! (Table of Contents)

Jump Festa / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Ad for Shonen Jump convention by Viz Media. Appears between pages 1-2 of letters pages.

Heck (Table of Contents)

Heck: Where The Bad Kids Go / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Ad for book from Random House Children's Books. Appears between pages 3-4 of letters pages.

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; Ways To Avoid Paying To Check A Suitcase When You Fly; Calvin And Jobs; Pull My Cheney!; The Godfrey Report; Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds; Dregslist; Rejected Comic Strips; Amnesia Cop; Don Sequitur / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?; Dick DeBartolo; Jacob Lambert

Pencils:

?; Rick Tulka; Tom Cheney; Gary Hallgren

Inks:

?; Rick Tulka; Tom Cheney; Gary Hallgren

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?

Letters:

?; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; humor

Characters:

Calvin; Steve Jobs; Miley Cyrus; Grant Dullard; Don Sequitur

Synopsis:

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Contributors (roles unknown) include: Peter Bagge; Zachary Baldus; Tom Cheney; Dick DeBartolo; Jonathan Edwards; Gary Hallgren; Darren Johnson; Jeff Kruse; Jacob Lambert; Joe Quinones; Rick Tulka

The 46-Year-Old Political Virgin (Table of Contents)

A Mad Political Poster; Rookie Monster Dept. / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

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Genre:

satire

Characters:

Barack Obama

Inadiaper Jones And The Kingdom of The Creative Dry Spell (Table of Contents)

An Indy Film Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Script:

Arnie Kogen

Pencils:

Hermann Mejia

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Hermann Mejia

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?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Inbanana Jones; Ireeka Shpilkis; Muck Wilson; Marryin Ravingwood; Mack McHeel; Charles Steerforth; Lox Loxley

Synopsis:

Inbanana and company bumble throught the jungle to his marriage.

Indexer Notes

The Indiana Jones character's name changes everytime it's used, comprising the following: Inadiaper Jones; Inbanana Jones; Influenza Jones; Incontinent Jones; Incompetent Jones; Inadequate Jones; Indigestion Jones; Incorrigible Jones; Inanimate Jones; Inconsistent Jones

AST Dew Tour (Table of Contents)

NBC; USA Network / advertisement / 1 page (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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typeset

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?

Content Information

Characters:

Adam Jones

Synopsis:

Ad for AST Dew Tour tv show series.

A Mad Look At Summer Fun (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Things that can go wrong with summer fun.

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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Indexer Notes

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

Amy (Table of Contents)

Crack Is Aack! Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

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Gary Hallgren

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Gary Hallgren

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?

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Amy Winehouse

Synopsis:

Parody strips in the style of Cathy.

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

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

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Script:

Tim Carvell

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Rex [Mr. Kensington]; Hamburger Helper Hand

Synopsis:

A month in the life of Tad, as he finds and cares for a lost dog.

Spy Vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

Peter Kuper

Pencils:

Peter Kuper

Inks:

Peter Kuper

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?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

Two strips. In the first, the Black Spy is captured by a rocket he attempts to steal from the White Spy. In the second, the White Spy is attacked by a bird that was disguised as the Black Spy.

In Stores This Week! (Table of Contents)

A MAD Ad Parody; Sloppy Disc Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Darren Johnson

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

A fake ad for a music CD.

Monroe and...The New Phone (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Anthony Barbieri

Pencils:

Tom Fowler

Inks:

Tom Fowler

Colors:

Carl Peterson

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Monroe; Monroe's mother; Monroe's father; Monroe's grandfather; Phone Company Frank; Walter; Mr. Bines; Cameron Shnivle

Synopsis:

A phone company erects a cell tower in Monroe's yard and gives the family top-of-the-line phones as payment. As usual, Monroe has a great time for awhile until everything falls apart.

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

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

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Script:

Jeffrey Lozenge ?

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Characters:

Jeffrey Lozenge

Synopsis:

A message on space travel.

Indexer Notes

House ad for Mad subscriptions; #19 in a series.

When The Recession Hits Funeral Homes (Table of Contents)

The High Corpse of Living Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Pencils:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Inks:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

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Letters:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Extreme examples of funeral homes' money-saving efforts.

MAD Heads For The Hills Outtakes (Table of Contents)

Lauren Order Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Genre:

satire

Indexer Notes

Stills from the tv show "The Hills" with fake dialog.

The MAD World of Travel (Table of Contents)

Trip Tease Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Sinberg

Pencils:

Marc Hempel

Inks:

Marc Hempel

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?

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Several gags on travel subjects.

No Country For Old Man (Table of Contents)

A Mad Political Poster; Leave It To Geezer Dept. / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Genre:

satire

Characters:

John McCain

MADKids On Sale Now! (Table of Contents)

MADKids / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

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various

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Content Information

Characters:

JAck Black; Alfred E. Neuman; White Spy Jr.; Black Spy Jr.

Indexer Notes

House ad for MADKids magazine, showing several features from the next issue.

The Chronic-Ills of Yawnia Prince Thespian (Table of Contents)

Whose Lion Is It Anyway? Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Loosely; Deadmund; Snoozen; Peeper; Prince Thespian; Pumpkin; Triflehunter; Redo-Cheep; King MyAss; Grumpy (cameo); Dopey (cameo); Aslan; George W. Bush (cameo)

Synopsis:

The children and Prince Thespian defeat the forces of King MyAss.

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

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Don Martin

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Cover of MAD #229 with a variation to find the differences on.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #229 (March 1982)

Indexer Notes

Answer included.

What Horrific Disaster Is Leaving Many Experts Feeling Bewildered And Helpless? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

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Al Jaffee

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?

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Amy Winehouse

Synopsis:

Answer is: Amy Winehouse

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 17 different pages.

What's Within Your Soul? (Table of Contents)

Soulcalibur IV / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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typeset

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Content Information

Characters:

Yoda; Darth Vader

Indexer Notes

Ad for game from Namco Bandai and Lucasfilms. On back cover.