Mad #496

(December 2008)

Think You Know All The Moves? (Table of Contents)

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for book from Prima Games.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

Departments (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various

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various

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Monroe's dad; George W. Bush

Indexer Notes

Art is from various places in the magazine. The feature "Feel Or No Feel? Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.

Dragon Ball Z Remastered (Table of Contents)

Dragon Ball Z / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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?

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?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for November 11th 2008 DVD releases from Funimation and Toei Animation.

Indexer Notes

Occupies bottom halves of first 2 pages of letters pages.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters And Tomatoes Department / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra; Nathaniel Ritter; Zachary Weiner; Josh Kerdell; Billy Hornby; Kevin Lagowski; John Stroud

Pencils:

Bill Bramhall; ?; ? (photo)

Inks:

Bill Bramhall; ?; ? (photo)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Letters, photos and fan art.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

It's Wall-to-Wall Stupidity! (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

?

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?

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typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Bill Clinton

Synopsis:

House ad for MAD Magazine Poster Book and MAD About Politics pop-up book.

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; Control-Alt-Deleted Scenes From The Seinfeld Microsoft Ads; Least E-Mailed Articles; When The Going Gets Duff; Before And After Grocery Products;The Fast 5; Sutton For Punishment; Melvin & Jenkins; Celebrity Cause-of-Death B / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

various

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Bill Gates; Jerry Seinfeld; Melvin; Jenkins; Lil Wayne

Synopsis:

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Contributors (roles unknown) include: Charles Akins; Greg Benson; Dick DeBartolo; Desmond Devlin; J. C. Duffy; Darren Johnson; Jeff Kruse; Kevin Pope; Tom Lambert; Tom Richmond; Ward Sutton; Rick Tulka

Have You Spanked Shakespeare Today? (Table of Contents)

Spanking Shakespeare / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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? (photo)

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? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for book by Jake Wizner from Random House.

Indexer Notes

On 2nd page of Fundalini Pages.

Spy Vs. Spy Gear And Gifts (Table of Contents)

Spy Vs. Spy / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

Ad for merchandise from the International Spy Museum.

Indexer Notes

On 4th page of Fundalini Pages.

The Rise And Fall Of A Rap Star (Table of Contents)

Hip Flop Artist Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Desmond Devlin

Pencils:

Hermann Mejia

Inks:

Hermann Mejia

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Carl "Yung Carl" Pringle; Carl's parents; Carl's grandmother; Lil Wayne; Bill O'Reilly; Ja Rule; Weird Al Yankovic; Tupac; JMJ; Big Pun; Notorious B.I.G.

Synopsis:

Satire on meteoric rise and fall of rap and hip hop music stars.

What The Deal Or No Deal Models Are Thinking (Table of Contents)

Ruminations With A View Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ross Garmil; Matthew A. Cohen

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Deal Or No Deal Models

Synopsis:

Phony captions of what the models are thinking when standing on stage.

The Horse That Knew The Way (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Brian McConnachie

Pencils:

Leonardo Rodriguez

Inks:

Leonardo Rodriguez

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Cooter Smiff; Abner Smiff; Mr. Smiff; Zeus

Synopsis:

Story of a Clydesdale racing horse and a family that duct-taped dead jockeys to him.

Indexer Notes

Fifth in a series of MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories.

Sergio Aragonès Presents A Mad Look at Road Trips (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragonès

Pencils:

Sergio Aragonès

Inks:

Sergio Aragonès

Colors:

Tom Luth

Letters:

Sergio Aragonès

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

A look at some ridiculous things that could happen while traveling the country by car.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès (Running Press Book Publishers, 2010 series) #[nn] (2010)

Which Side Will You Choose? (Table of Contents)

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe / advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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?

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?

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?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for game from Midway Amusement Games, LLC.

Indexer Notes

Title given is on page 2.

Monroe and...The Natural Disaster (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; Eugene

Synopsis:

Monroe's family gets caught in a hurricane because they miss the evacuation notice, and their home is spared from destruction.

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

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

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.

Comments You'll Never Hear No Matter How Long You Live (Table of Contents)

Don't Phrase Me, Bro Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Darren Johnson

Pencils:

Tom Bunk

Inks:

Tom Bunk

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Everyday quotes too honest for anyone to actually say.

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:

In the first cartoon, the Black Spy tricks the White Spy into a trap. In the second cartoon, the White Spy outsmarts the Black Spy with a fake rocket.

Indexer Notes

Two cartoons.

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

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

Credits

Script:

Tim Carvell

Pencils:

?; ? (photo)

Inks:

?; ? (photo)

Colors:

?; ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tad; Mr. Davis; Zac Efron; Jodie Foster; Mrs. Winter; Aquaman; Sub-Mariner; Chuck; Beth

Synopsis:

Tad joins the debate team and screws up his first (and last) debate by arguing for the opposing team.

The Darker Side of The Lighter Side (Table of Contents)

Berg's-Eye Askew Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg (original); ? (revised)

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dave Berg; Roger Kaputnik

Synopsis:

New gags written for Dave Berg's drawings.

Reprints:

• From Mad (EC, 1952 Series) #?

Indexer Notes

The new gag writer is not credited.

Using Kid's Books To Explain The Awful Bush Years (Table of Contents)

And A Child Shall Read Them Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Shayne

Pencils:

Gary Hallgren

Inks:

Gary Hallgren

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

George Bush; Brownie

Synopsis:

Events of the Bush administration explained as parodies of children's books.

Indexer Notes

Three books: The Talking Tree (by Smell Silverstein), The Little Engineer That Couldn't (by Snotty Griper), Failing Up (by Smell Silverstein). Several other books mentioned.

Go Big With Viz Media This Holiday Season (Table of Contents)

Bleach; Deathnote; Dragon Ball Z / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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? (photo)

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? (photo)

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? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for manga books from Viz Media.

What's Quickly Becoming The Hottest Destination For Many Teenagers? (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:

Answer is: maternity ward.

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 20 different pages.

Wrestling So Real You Feel Pain (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

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? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for game from Midway Studios.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.