Mad #44

(January 1959)

Clear Heads Agree Culvert D.T.'s Are Better (Table of Contents)

Culvert Reserve / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Kelly Freas (signed)

Inks:

Kelly Freas (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Phony ad for Culvert Reserve Whiskey.

Indexer Notes

Parody of ad for Calvert Reserve Whiskey.

Departments (Table of Contents)

Vital Features / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Art is excerpts from this issue.

Catch Up On What You've Missed (Table of Contents)

MAD For Keeps / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for hardcover book from Crown Publishers.

Getting Sick of TV? (Table of Contents)

The Brothers MAD / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.17 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

House ad for a MAD paperback book.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters Dept. / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein; Harold Chamberlain; Cronley's Barber Shop; Knut Schaad; Jonathan Williams; Jerry Bourasaw; Barbara Nace; Bjorn Petersson; Johnny Lunsford; Arthur Marchino; Howard Hoffman; Leslie Naman

Pencils:

Larry Maleman (photo); ? (photo)

Inks:

Larry Maleman (photo); ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Albert B. Feldstein

Synopsis:

Letters of comment, mostly about issue #42.

Indexer Notes

Two photos of Feldstein; one is from house ad for MAD tee shirts in MAD #42.

It's Yours Free! (Table of Contents)

Alfred E. Neuman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.17 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Norman Mingo (painted)

Inks:

Norman Mingo (painted)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for pinups suitable for framing.

A Christmas Gift Suggestion (Table of Contents)

MAD Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for MAD subscriptions.

Indexer Notes

Art matches art from "Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree
" article in this issue.

The Coming Attractions...Don't Always Show Exactly What's Coming! (Table of Contents)

Sneaky Prevues Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Showing the larger boring scenes that exciting movie previews are supposedly taken from.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

International Advertising (Table of Contents)

Globaloney Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Ads we might see if countries advertised like other products, instead of communicating their ideologies and accomplishments as they currently do.

The National Safety Council's Holiday-Weekend Telethon (Table of Contents)

Crash Program Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dee Caruso; Bill Levine

Pencils:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Inks:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Barry Grue; Martin Dean; Virginia Charity

Synopsis:

Telethon to pump up the number of highway fatalities to meet the numbers announced before the holiday.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. One character in cameo appears to be Scribbly Jibbet.

Junior Additions (Table of Contents)

Crib Sheet Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks:

Wally Wood (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Little Red Riding Hood; Dennis The Menace

Synopsis:

Possible kids' editions of popular magazines, including: Junior Confessions, Tiny Homes and Gardens; Sports Infantile; Truant; Tyke; Pedal Trend; The Saturday Evening Tot.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Memories of Summer (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin (signed)

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

3 cartoons of the dangers of summer.

Basketball (Table of Contents)

Dribble Drivel Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Inks:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Richard Furd

Synopsis:

Satirical look at the sport of basketball.

Indexer Notes

Not a single black player is depicted.

Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree (Table of Contents)

The Root of All Evil Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Nu Mun; Tut-Ankh-Nu-Men; Socrates Numanos; Nerd Numinus; Alfred The Hun; Alfred The Chicken-Harted; Johannes Nuemanberg; Christopher Numunbus; Amerigo Numanucci; Michaelanumano; Elder Neuman; Sir Isaac Neuman; Benjamin Neuman; General George Neuman; Paul Neuman; Patrick Neuman; Abraham Neuman; Jefferson Davis Neuman; Nikolai Neumanski; Teddy Neuman; William Jennings Neuman; Thomas Alva Neuman; Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Famous ancestors of Alfred, with very brief biographical notes and dates of birth and death.

Reprints:

• in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown, 1997 series) #[nn] (1997)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

"Walk - Don't Walk" Signals (Table of Contents)

Signals Crossed Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg (signed)

Pencils:

Dave Berg (signed)

Inks:

Dave Berg (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Thoughts on what could happen if the concept of signals were extended to everyday life events.

Reprints:

• in Dave Berg's Mad Trash (EC, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)

Custom-Made Christmas Cards (Table of Contents)

X-Missles Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Elfrida Von Nardroff; Charles Van Doren; Nikita Khrushchev; Ed Sullivan; Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Phony Christmas cards from celebrities to other celebrities.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

How To Read Graphs (Table of Contents)

Grid And Bear It Dept. / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Albert B. Feldstein ?; Joe Orlando

Inks:

Albert B. Feldstein ?; Joe Orlando

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Useless explanations of various types of graphs.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Scenes We'd Like To See: The Monster And The Villagers (Table of Contents)

Hollywood Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Joe Orlando (signed)

Inks:

Joe Orlando (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Frankenstein's monster

Synopsis:

When the villagers finally corner the monster he responds by signing autographs.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

The Search For Sleep (Table of Contents)

Mind Over Mattress Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Inks:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Various methods of inducing sleep.

Next Year's Extra-Long Book Titles (Table of Contents)

Gone To Great Lengths Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

C. Memling

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Possible long book titles based on a the recent success of book by Robert Paul Smith.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Electrical Report (Table of Contents)

Bob & Ray Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding

Pencils:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Inks:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Ludlow J. Poindexter

Synopsis:

Showing how the electrical company supposedly controls refrigerator lights and other appliance lights from a central headquarters.

Veeble People (Table of Contents)

Working Press Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Joe Orlando

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Elihu J. Sternwallow; Pop Schlepp; Woodruff Durfendorfer

Synopsis:

Fictitious company magazine for North American Veeblefetzer Co.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

A Very Merry Christmas...And A Happy New Year! (Table of Contents)

Season's Greetings Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin (signed)

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Two cartoons: a toddler unwraps his older brother instead of the present, and a woman's hair turns into a New Year's noisemaker.

You'll Be "Chairman of The Board" In Your MAD T-Shirt (Table of Contents)

MAD T-Shirts / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Larry Maleman (photo)

Inks:

Larry Maleman (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front.

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

Some Items "For Sale - Cheap" (Table of Contents)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / 0 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Items once associated with a celebrity, but no longer needed.

Indexer Notes

Appear in the margins of 20 pages of the issue.

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Alfred E. Neuman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Kelly Freas (painted, signed)

Inks:

Kelly Freas (painted, signed)

Colors:

Kelly Freas (painted, signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Moxie Cowznofsky

Indexer Notes

The front cover as seen from Alfred's viewpoint. Moxie Cowznofsky is named in letters column of issue #48.