Mad
#501
(October 2009)
EC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 5.99 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- John Ficarra (credited) (editor); Dave Croatto (credited) (associate editor)
Will Worry For Food
Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Alfred is out of work and forced to worry.
The Battle Begins!
Smallville / advertisement / 1 page
- 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 / 1 page
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Black Spy; White Spy; Hugh Hefner; Harry Plodder; Bo; Mr. Spock; Vince
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Department [Letters and Tomatoes Dept.] / letters page / 2.75 pages
- Script
- John Ficarra; Terry England; Bonnie Thoma; David Cline; Eric McArthur; Dylan Dennis; Dave Geels; Kaylor Nevin
- Pencils
- David Folkman (photo); John Caldwell; Angelo Torres ?; N! Satterfield; Brian Gray; Big Toe; Oscar Medina; ? (photo)
- Inks
- David Folkman (photo); John Caldwell; Angelo Torres ?; N! Satterfield; Brian Gray; Big Toe; Oscar Medina; ? (photo)
- Colors
- David Folkman (photo); John Caldwell; N! Satterfield; Brian Gray; Big Toe; Oscar Medina; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- 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
Heck / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for books series by Dale E. Bayse, from Random House.
Indexer Notes
between pages 1-2 of letters pages
Get 10% Off
Batman Arkham Asylum / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Batman
- Synopsis
- Ad for game guide book from Bradygames.
Indexer Notes
between pages 2-3 of letters pages
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
at bottom of page 3 of letters pages
The Money You Could Be Saving
A MAD Ad Parody; Dollars Incensed Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- 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
Mad Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- 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
Eventing Our Spleen Dept. / text article / 1 page
- 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
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
- Script
- Jeff Kruse; Paul Gilligan; P. C. Vey; Scott Nickel; Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing); Jacob Lambert; Glen Le Lievre (credited as Glen LeLievre); Al Jaffee; John Caldwell; Tom Cheney; Ward Sutton; Kiernan P. Schmitt; Jim Hunt
- Pencils
- Rick Tulka; Paul Gilligan; Bob Staake; P. C. Vey; Dave Berg; Evan Dorkin; Sarah Dyer; Scott Nickel; Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing); Drew Friedman; Glen Le Lievre (credited as Glen LeLievre); Al Jaffee; Hermann Mejia; Paul Coker; Tom Cheney; Gary Hallgren; Ward Sutton; ? (photo); Jim Hunt
- Inks
- Rick Tulka; Paul Gilligan; Bob Staake; P. C. Vey; Dave Berg; Evan Dorkin; Sarah Dyer; Scott Nickel; Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing); Drew Friedman; Glen Le Lievre (credited as Glen LeLievre); Al Jaffee; Hermann Mejia; Paul Coker; Tom Cheney; Gary Hallgren; Ward Sutton; ? (photo); Jim Hunt
- Colors
- ?; ? (photo)
- Letters
- Paul Gilligan; P. C. Vey; Scott Nickel; Tom Cheney; Gary Hallgren; Ward Sutton; typeset
- 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!
Spy Vs. Spy books / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- 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
After The Glove Is Gone Dept. / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Michael Jackson
- Synopsis
- Fake obituary.
Harry Plodder Is A Hot-Blooded Putz
Going Over A Radcliffe Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
- Synopsis
- The Black Spy tricks the White Spy into overloading an elevator so that the cable snaps.
Bo Confidential
Chasing Its Own Tale Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- 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!
A Mad Ad Parody; The Apple Of Our Ire Dept. / text story / 2 pages
- 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
The Agony Of De-Tweet Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- F. Santopadre (credited as Frank Santopadre)
- Pencils
- AP/Wide World (photo); ? (photo); istockphoto.com/Piovesempre (photo)
- Inks
- AP/Wide World (photo); ? (photo); istockphoto.com/Piovesempre (photo)
- Colors
- AP/Wide World (photo); ? (photo); istockphoto.com/Piovesempre (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- 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
There's No Displaced Like Home Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Phony ways to acclimate Gitmo detainees into American culture.
MisMatch.com
Meet Market Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Scott Maiko
- Pencils
- istockphoto.com (photos, see note)
- Inks
- istockphoto.com (photos, see note)
- Colors
- istockphoto.com (photos, see note)
- Letters
- typeset
- 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
MAD Calendar / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- House ad for calendar.
A MAD Look At Star Trek
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- 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.
- Reprints
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- 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
There's A Soaker Born Every Minute Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Vince
- Synopsis
- This is a parody of ShamWow commercials, with ScamWow as the product.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #35 (February 2024)
-
The Hardships Faced By The Super Obese of America's Wild West
All Fat And No Cowboy Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Teresa Burns Parkhurst
- Pencils
- Teresa Burns Parkhurst
- Inks
- Teresa Burns Parkhurst
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Teresa Burns Parkhurst; typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Problems of very fat people during the old days out west.
Sanford And Sin
A Mad Ad Parody; Republican Partying Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Mark Sanford
- Synopsis
- Fake ad for DVD of Governor Mark Sanford's sex scandal.
The Strip Club
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
- Script
- Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Joey Alison Sayers; Johnny Ringo
- Pencils
- Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Joey Alison Sayers; Johnny Ringo
- Inks
- Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Joey Alison Sayers; Johnny Ringo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Joey Alison Sayers; Johnny Ringo
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A collection of comic strips.
The MAD Vault 1973
The Articles Formerly Known As Reprints Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs; Don Martin; Dick DeBartolo; Don Epstein (credited as Donald K. Epstein); Al Jaffee; David Gantz (credited as 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
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Single panels and covers from previous issues.
What The Heck Is The Difference?
Observation Dreck Dept. / activity / 1 page
- 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?
Mad Fold-In / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Answer is Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast.
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
Drawn-Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Gags appear on 12 different pages.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Will Worry For Food
Alfred E. Neuman -
1.
The Battle Begins!
Smallville -
2.
Departments
-
3.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Department [Letters and Tomatoes Dept.] -
4.
Welcome To Heck Population: You
Heck -
5.
Get 10% Off
Batman Arkham Asylum -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
The Money You Could Be Saving
A MAD Ad Parody; Dollars Incensed Dept. -
8.
An Important Message From MAD's Director of Business & Development
Mad Magazine -
9.
The MAD Quarterly Report May-July 2009
Eventing Our Spleen Dept. -
10.
The Fundalini Pages
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 -
11.
The Spys Who Came In From The Old!
Spy Vs. Spy books -
12.
A Brutally Honest Michael Jackson Obit
After The Glove Is Gone Dept. -
13.
Harry Plodder Is A Hot-Blooded Putz
Going Over A Radcliffe Dept. -
14.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
15.
Bo Confidential
Chasing Its Own Tale Dept. -
16.
The New iPhone Apps Are Here!
A Mad Ad Parody; The Apple Of Our Ire Dept. -
17.
William Shatner Twitters While Watching Star Trek
The Agony Of De-Tweet Dept. -
18.
MAD's Guide To Making A Recently-Released Gitmo Detainee Feel Welcome In Your Town
There's No Displaced Like Home Dept. -
19.
MisMatch.com
Meet Market Dept. -
20.
The MAD 2009-2010 Calendar
MAD Calendar -
21.
A MAD Look At Star Trek
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] -
22.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
23.
A TV Commercial We'd Like To See
There's A Soaker Born Every Minute Dept. -
24.
The Hardships Faced By The Super Obese of America's Wild West
All Fat And No Cowboy Dept. -
25.
Sanford And Sin
A Mad Ad Parody; Republican Partying Dept. -
26.
The Strip Club
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 -
27.
The MAD Vault 1973
The Articles Formerly Known As Reprints Dept. -
28.
What The Heck Is The Difference?
Observation Dreck Dept. -
29.
What Potential Health Threat Has Been Linked To The Nation's Pig Population?
Mad Fold-In -
30.
Drawn-Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
31.
No Safe Haven Only Asylum
Batman Arkham Asylum
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