Mad #498

(February 2009)

Naruto Shippuden (Table of Contents)

Shonen Jump / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for internet cartoons from Viz Media.

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; Barack Obama; Hillary Clinton; Monroe; Monroe's mother; Anderson Cooper

Indexer Notes

Art is from various places in the magazine. The feature "Little Blouse On The Prairie 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; Tad Becker; Cindy Hodgson; Barry Halkin; Travis Mathe; Zach Segal; Curtis Cook; Irene Brodsky; James Klausmeyer; Nick Papajcik; Jon Scieszka; Kenneth Mok

Pencils:

Tristan Wright; Curtis Cook (photo); Bob Thaves; ? (photo)

Inks:

Tristan Wright; Curtis Cook (photo); Bob Thaves; ? (photo)

Colors:

Tristan Wright; Curtis Cook (photo); ?; ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Cindy Hodgson; Barry Halkin; Jed E. Neuman; Jon Scieszka; John Hodgman; James Klausmeyer; Frank; Ernest; David Wain; Kenneth Mok

Synopsis:

Letters, photos and fan art.

Reprints:

• From Frank & Ernest daily (NEA, 2008.09.26) [strip only]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

When There's A Fight With A Dragon, It's More Fun To Be On His Side (Table of Contents)

Dungeons & Dragons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for games from Wizards of The Coast, Inc.

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; Punchlines In Search of A Joke!; Lelievre and Let Die; Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds; Melvin & Jenkins; The Godfrey Report; Covers We Didn't Use; Rejected Comic Strips; Positive Aspects of The Economic Meltdown; Ways / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

various

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Tyra Banks; Melvin; Jenkins; Barack Obama; Michelle Obama; Alfred E. Neuman; Dilbert; Grimmy; Beetle Bailey; Garfield

Synopsis:

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Contributors (roles unknown) include: Ray Alma; John Caldwell; Dave Crosland; Dick DeBartolo; Desmond Devlin; Gary Hallgren; Tim Hamilton; Darren Johnson; Jeff Kruse; Glen LeLievre; Barry Liebmann; Kevin Pope; Leonardo Rodriguez; Rick Tulla.

Special Giveaway And Contest! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for book of posters from Chronicle Books.

Lame Attempts By TV To Explain The 2008 Presidential Vote (Table of Contents)

Smart Bored Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Barry Liebmann

Pencils:

Ward Sutton

Inks:

Ward Sutton

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Anderson Cooper; Pat Buchanan; Wolf Blitzer; Sean Hannity; James Carvell; Chris Matthews; Tom Brokaw; Chris Matthews

Synopsis:

Phony statistics to explain how people voted in the presidential election.

Indexer Notes

Several other news personalities are depicted that the indexer did not recognize.

A MAD Look at Snow (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

Tom Luth

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Things that can go wrong when it snows a lot.

There's No Looking Back (Table of Contents)

Mirror's Edge / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for game from EA Digital.

MAD's 12 Surefire Tips For Stand-Up Comics (Table of Contents)

First Aid For The Joking Victim Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jeff Kruse

Pencils:

Rick Tulka

Inks:

Rick Tulka

Colors:

Ryan Flanders

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Chad Gorpley

Synopsis:

Bad ideas for stand-up comics, so they can avoid them.

Buy This Stuff Today! (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

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; George Bush; Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

House ad for various MAD books and DVDs.

MAD's Sucky Twilight Outtakes (Table of Contents)

Humor In A Jugular Vein Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Stills from the movie "Twilight" with fake dialog.

The 2009 Al Jaffee Calendar! (Table of Contents)

Annu-Al Jaffee Dept. / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Inks:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Al Jaffee

Synopsis:

Calendar illustrated with various Al Jaffee drawings from previous issues.

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:

A message on liberty.

Indexer Notes

House ad for MAD subscriptions; #27 in a series.

MAD Exposes Who's Thinking What At The Obama Inauguration (Table of Contents)

Thought In The Act Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Desmond Devlin; Jacob Lambert; Frank Santopadre; Jeff Kruse; Dennis Snee

Pencils:

Tom Richmond

Inks:

Tom Richmond

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Bill Clinton; Hillary Clinton; Joe Biden; Barack Obama; John Roberts; Michelle Obama; George Bush; Dick Cheney; Jesse Jackson; Oprah Winfrey; John Kerry; Spider-Man; Paris Hilton; Tiger Woods; John McCain; Cindy McCain; Rush Limbaugh; Sarah Palin; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (ghost); Tina Fey; Dan Rather; Monica Lewinsky; Joe The Plumber; Michael Steele; Alfred E. Neuman (cameo)

Synopsis:

Thoughts that might be happening at the inauguration.

Indexer Notes

Many other celebrities pictured who have no speaking roles.

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:

Using a dummy tied to the rails, the White Spy traps the Black Spy into being sliced by a train's wheels.

When Adults Say...Remind Them... (Table of Contents)

Generation Crap Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jacob Lambert

Pencils:

Peter Bagge

Inks:

Peter Bagge

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Comparisons between what adults tell teens today and the lives the adults lived as teens.

The MAD World of...Pets (Table of Contents)

It's Reigning Cats And Dogs Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Sinberg

Pencils:

Marc Hempel

Inks:

Marc Hempel

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Things that go wrong with pet-owning.

Monroe and...The Plane Trip (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 father; Monroe's mother; Mr. Bines; Walter; Jolinda; Chetly; federal Air Marshall

Synopsis:

Monroe attempts to go on a school trip but his parents tag along as chaperones, so he makes sure they're all kicked off the plane.

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

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

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

Reprints:

• From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #?

Indexer Notes

Answer included.

MAD's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Celebrity Scandal Blog Posting (Table of Contents)

Put It On My Tab-Loid Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs; Bill Fibbers

Pencils:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Inks:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Amy Winehouse; GEICO caveman; O. J. Simpson; Larry King; John Edwards; Ed McMahon; Joe Biden

Synopsis:

Cut-and-paste blog, containing a variety of material to create ridiculous scandals about numerous celebrities.

Indexer Notes

Other celebrities are depicted that indexer did not recognize.

Tell-Tale Signs That You've Got A Really Bad Psychic (Table of Contents)

Seer Suckers Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Pencils:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Inks:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Colors:

?

Letters:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Things bogus psychics might say.

The First 100 Minutes of The Obama Presidency (Table of Contents)

Barack Around The Clock Dept. / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Santopadre; Bill Fibbers

Pencils:

Drew Friedman

Inks:

Drew Friedman

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Barack Obama; George Bush; Dick Cheney; Michelle Obama; Ruth Bader-Ginsberg; Oprah Winfrey; Rahm Emanuel; Joe The Plumber; Hillary Clinton; John McCain

Synopsis:

Problems and opportunities for the new president.

Tattoo Regret? (Table of Contents)

Wrecking Balm / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for a tattoo fading gel.

What Transition Of Power Are Many Americans Still Feeling Uneasy About? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jay Leno; Conan O'Brien

Synopsis:

Answer is: Leno to Conan.

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 11 different pages.

Everywhere Just Got Better (Table of Contents)

PSP-3000 / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for game system from Sony.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.