Mad #501

(October 2009)

The Battle Begins! (Table of Contents)

Smallville / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Clark Kent; Doomsday

Synopsis:

Ad for DVDs of Smallville, season 8, and for tv show on the CW Network.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Departments (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

various

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Black Spy; White Spy; Hugh Hefner; Harry Plodder; Bo; Mr. Spock; Vince

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters And Tomatoes Department / letters page / 2.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra; Terry England; Bonnie Thoma; David Cline; Eric McArthur; Dylan Dennis; Dave Geels; Kaylor Nevin

Pencils:

David Folkman (photo); N! Satterfield; Brian Gray; Big Toe; Oscar Medina; John Caldwell; Angelo Torres ?; ? (photo)

Inks:

David Folkman (photo); N! Satterfield; Brian Gray; Big Toe; Oscar Medina; John Caldwell; Angelo Torres ?; ? (photo)

Colors:

David Folkman (photo); N! Satterfield; Brian Gray; Big Toe; Oscar Medina; John Caldwell; ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Sam Viviano; Alfred E. Neuman; Black Spy; White Spy; Gray Spy; Otto; John Caldwell; Jeremy Fisher; Quip; Zero

Synopsis:

Letters, photos and fan art.

Indexer Notes

Includes reprints of single panels from "The Mary Tailor-Made Show" (MAD #127) and Cosby Show spoof (MAD, 1985), and scenes from an episode of The Simpsons.

Welcome To Heck Population: You (Table of Contents)

Heck / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Dob

Inks:

Bob Dob

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for books series by Dale E. Bayse, from Random House.

Indexer Notes

between pages 1-2 of letters pages

Get 10% Off (Table of Contents)

Batman Arkham Asylum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Batman

Synopsis:

Ad for game guide book from Bradygames.

Indexer Notes

between pages 2-3 of letters pages

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

at bottom of page 3 of letters pages

The Money You Could Be Saving (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

GEICO money stack

Synopsis:

The stack of money is much taller than normal and represents what the government is spending to bail out companies.

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

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jeffrey Lozenge

Synopsis:

A message on why lobsters are important...or not.

Indexer Notes

House ad for Mad subscriptions; #88 in a series. Jeffrey is wearing a lobster costume.

The MAD Quarterly Report May-July 2009 (Table of Contents)

Eventing Our Spleen Dept. / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sam Viviano

Inks:

Sam Viviano

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Jimmy Fallon; Adam Lambert; Kim Jong Il; Brett Michaels; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Dick Cheney; Sarah Palin; Keyboard Cat

Synopsis:

Notes about goofy news of the past quarter.

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

The Fundalini Pages; Vey To Go; Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds; Plugged Nickel; The Expedious Eight; Duck Droppings; LeLievre and Let LeLievre; Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions; Pull My Cheney; Calvin And Jobs; Sutton For Punishment; NETF%#X / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jeff Kruse; Paul Gilligan; Kiernan P. Schmitt; P. C. Vey; Scott Nickel; Duck Edwing; Jacob Lambert; Glen LeLievre; Al Jaffee; John Caldwell; Tom Cheney; Jim Hunt; Ward Sutton

Pencils:

Rick Tulka; Paul Gilligan; ? (photo); Bob Staake; P. C. Vey; Dave Berg; Evan Dorkin; Sarah Dyer; Scott Nickel; Duck Edwing; Drew Friedman; Glen LeLievre; Al Jaffee; Hermann Mejia; Paul Coker; Tom Cheney; Jim Hunt; Gary Hallgren; Ward Sutton

Inks:

Rick Tulka; Paul Gilligan; ? (photo); Bob Staake; P. C. Vey; Dave Berg; Evan Dorkin; Sarah Dyer; Scott Nickel; Duck Edwing; Drew Friedman; Glen LeLievre; Al Jaffee; Hermann Mejia; Paul Coker; Tom Cheney; Jim Hunt; Gary Hallgren; Ward Sutton

Colors:

?; ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset; Paul Gilligan; P. C. Vey; Scott Nickel; Tom Cheney; Gary Hallgren; Ward Sutton

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Maximo Goosecap IV; Michelle Obama; Queen Elizabeth II; Angela Merkel; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; The Terminators; Roger Kaputnick; Kim Kardashian; Sarah Palin; Todd Palin; Hugh Hefner; Suze Orman; GEICO money stack; Paul McCartney; Steve Jobs; Calvin; Calvin's mother; Andrew Zimmern

Synopsis:

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Additional features: Here On Gilligan's Bile; Should We Be Happy If Texas Secedes?; Least Understood Medical Conditions; The Fast Five; A Guide To Little League Coaching Signs; Financial Advice You Don't Want To Hear From Suze Orman; Relatives of The Geico "Money You Could Be Saving".

The Spys Who Came In From The Old! (Table of Contents)

Spy Vs. Spy books / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

House ad for reprints of Spy Vs. Spy paperback books with new titles.

Indexer Notes

between pages 5-6 of Fundalini Pages.

A Brutally Honest Michael Jackson Obit (Table of Contents)

After The Glove Is Gone Dept. / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Michael Jackson

Synopsis:

Fake obituary.

Harry Plodder Is A Hot-Blooded Putz (Table of Contents)

Going Over A Radcliffe Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Desmond Devlin

Pencils:

Herman Mejia

Inks:

Herman Mejia

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Amy Winehouse; Death Eater; Alpo Hussein Doubldork; Lord Druckermort; Horace Rugburn; Severly Snapped; Malformed Sr.; Mrs. Malformed; Drano Malformed; Runt Queasy; Herwhiny Grungy; Harry Plodder; Tom Riddler

Synopsis:

Satire on the movie Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.

Spy Vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

Joke And Dagger Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Kuper

Pencils:

Peter Kuper

Inks:

Peter Kuper

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

The Black Spy tricks the White Spy into overloading an elevator so that the cable snaps.

Bo Confidential (Table of Contents)

Chasing Its Own Tale Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Richmond

Inks:

Tom Richmond

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Bo; Barack Obama; Michelle Obama; Joe Biden

Synopsis:

Fake diary of President Obama's dog, Bo.

The New iPhone Apps Are Here! (Table of Contents)

A Mad Ad Parody; The Apple Of Our Ire Dept. / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Bobby Jindle; Verizon "Can You Hear Me" guy

Synopsis:

Parody of apps for the iPhone.

William Shatner Twitters While Watching Star Trek (Table of Contents)

The Agony Of De-Tweet Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Santopadre

Pencils:

? (photo); AP/Wide World (photo); istockphoto.com/Piovesempre (photo)

Inks:

? (photo); AP/Wide World (photo); istockphoto.com/Piovesempre (photo)

Colors:

? (photo); AP/Wide World (photo); istockphoto.com/Piovesempre (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

William Shatner; Captain James Kirk; Mr. Spock; Lt. Ohura; Mr. Spock's father

Synopsis:

Fake Tweets about new Star Trek movie.

MAD's Guide To Making A Recently-Released Gitmo Detainee Feel Welcome In Your Town (Table of Contents)

There's No Displaced Like Home Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Caldwell

Pencils:

John Caldwell

Inks:

John Caldwell

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset; John Caldwell

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Phony ways to acclimate Gitmo detainees into American culture.

MisMatch.com (Table of Contents)

Meet Market Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Scott Maiko

Pencils:

istockphoto.com (photos, see note)

Inks:

istockphoto.com (photos, see note)

Colors:

istockphoto.com (photos, see note)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Synopsis:

Parody of things found on Match.com.

Indexer Notes

Photos from istockphoto.com credited to the following people: azndc; birkholz; jwebb; maica' mrohner; rollover; sdomicik; theprint; tracks; vuk891.

The MAD 2009-2010 Calendar (Table of Contents)

MAD Calendar / 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

Synopsis:

House ad for calendar.

A MAD Look At Star Trek (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:

satire; parody

Characters:

Capt. James Kirk; Homer Simpson; The Hulk; Superman; Lt. Ohura; Dr. McCoy; Mr. Spock; Mr. Spock's father

Synopsis:

Scenes that might have been from the Star Trek movie.

Spy Vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

Joke And Dagger Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Kuper

Pencils:

Peter Kuper

Inks:

Peter Kuper

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

The Black Spy tricks the White Spy into launching himself into a target with a giant slingshot.

A TV Commercial We'd Like To See (Table of Contents)

There's A Soaker Born Every Minute Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Tom Bunk (signed)

Inks:

Tom Bunk (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Vince

Synopsis:

Parody of ShamWow commercials; with ScamWow as the product.

The Hardships Faced By The Super Obese of America's Wild West (Table of Contents)

All Fat And No Cowboy Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Pencils:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Inks:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset; Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Problems of very fat people during the old days out west.

Sanford And Sin (Table of Contents)

A Mad Ad Parody; Republican Partying Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Mark Sanford

Synopsis:

Fake ad for DVD of Governor Mark Sanford's sex scandal.

The Strip Club (Table of Contents)

Pen And Stink Dept.; Jimmy The Geek; Rex In The City; The Machine That Travels Through Time; Little Nazi Nutkicker; 360 Degrees Of Separation; Me, Myself And My Puppet; The Long And Short of It; The Insanitarium / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Johnny Ringo; Joey Alison Sayers

Pencils:

Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Johnny Ringo; Joey Alison Sayers

Inks:

Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Johnny Ringo; Joey Alison Sayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Johnny Ringo; Joey Alison Sayers

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A collection of comic strips.

The MAD Vault 1973 (Table of Contents)

The Articles Formerly Known As Reprints Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs; Don Martin; Dick DeBartolo; Donald K. Epstein; Al Jaffee; Dave Gantz; Tom Koch; Arnie Kogen; Paul Peter Porges

Pencils:

Norman Mingo; Paul Coker; Don Martin; Bob Clarke; Al Jaffee; Jack Rickard; Mort Drucker

Inks:

Norman Mingo; Paul Coker; Don Martin; Bob Clarke; Al Jaffee; Jack Rickard; Mort Drucker

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #156 (January 1973)
• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #157 (March 1973)
• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #158 (April 1973)
• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #159 (June 1973)
• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #160 (July 1973)
• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #161 (September 1973)
• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #162 (October 1973)
• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #163 (December 1973)

Indexer Notes

Single panels and covers from previous issues.

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

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?; ? (photo)

Inks:

?; ? (photo)

Colors:

?; ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

The Jonas Brothers [Kevin Jonas; Joe Jonas; Nick Jonas]

Synopsis:

CD album cover with a Photoshopped variation to find the differences on.

What Potential Health Threat Has Been Linked To The Nation's Pig Population? (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 Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast.

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Gags appear on 12 different pages.

No Safe Haven Only Asylum (Table of Contents)

Batman Arkham Asylum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Batman

Synopsis:

Ad for game from Eidos Interactive Ltd.

Indexer Notes

back cover