Mad #279

(June 1988)

EC, 1952 Series

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Price: 1.50 USD
Pages: 52
Indicia Frequency: published monthly except February, May, August and November
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
Barcode: 070989332300 04

Editing: Nick Meglin (editor); John Ficarra (editor); Charlie Kadau (associate editor); Joe Raiola (associate editor); Sara Fowler (associate editor)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

in Mad (EC, 1952 series) #502 (January 2010)

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

Pencils: James Warhola
Inks: James Warhola
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: humor; satire-parody

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Cover gallery

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: various
Inks: various
Letters: typeset

Letters and Tomatoes Dept. / letters page / 1.3 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Letters: typeset

And They Call It Yuppie Love Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Stan Hart
Pencils: Mort Drucker (signed)
Inks: Mort Drucker (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Alox; Duncy

Reprints

in Mad for Decades (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2007 series) (2007)

Indexer Notes

Parody of the movie Fatal Attraction.

Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
Pencils: Don Edwing (signed as Duck Edwing)
Inks: Don Edwing (signed as Duck Edwing)
Letters: ?

Genre: humor; satire-parody

All Jaffee Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Al Jaffee; Frank Jacobs (idea)
Pencils: Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks: Al Jaffee (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor

Better Legislate Than Never Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Tom Koch
Pencils: Paul Coker
Inks: Paul Coker
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody

Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Dave Berg
Pencils: Dave Berg (signed)
Inks: Dave Berg (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

A cynical look at relationships, modern technology, tantrums, status, self-effacement, neighbors, quotations, style, school, shopping, cars, effort, predictability, and doctors.

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #93 (May 1994)

Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
Pencils: Don Edwing (signed as Duck Edwing)
Inks: Don Edwing (signed as Duck Edwing)
Letters: ?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #93 (May 1994)

The Envelope, Sleaze! Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Charlie Kadau; Joe Raiola
Pencils: Bob Clarke
Inks: Bob Clarke
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #92 (March 1994)

The Odds Must Be Crazy Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Barry Liebmann
Pencils: Jack Davis
Inks: Jack Davis
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #92 (March 1994)

Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Inks: Sergio Aragonés (signed)

Genre: humor; satire-parody

Hire Education Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Larry Siegel
Pencils: George Woodbridge (signed as GW)
Inks: George Woodbridge (signed as GW)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody

Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Antonio Prohías (credited as Anthony Prohías)
Pencils: Antonio Prohías (credited as Anthony Prohías)
Inks: Antonio Prohías (credited as Anthony Prohías)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #93 (May 1994)

A View to a Quill Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Paul Peter Porges
Pencils: Paul Peter Porges (signed)
Inks: Paul Peter Porges (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody

Joy-Schtick Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Frank Jacobs
Pencils: Harvey Kurtzman
Inks: Harvey Kurtzman
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #92 (March 1994)

The Funny Form Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
Pencils: Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks: Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #101 (January 1995)

None Dare Call It Reason Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Mike Snider
Pencils: Harry North
Inks: Harry North
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody

Catty-Shack Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Dick DeBartolo
Pencils: Angelo Torres (signed)
Inks: Angelo Torres (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody
Characters: Foolya; Charmin; Marry-Dough; SnoozeAnne; Agony

Indexer Notes

Parody of the TV show Designing Women.

Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
Pencils: Don Edwing (signed as Duck Edwing)
Inks: Don Edwing (signed as Duck Edwing)
Letters: ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #92 (March 1994)

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

Script: Al Jaffee
Pencils: Al Jaffee
Inks: Al Jaffee
Colors: ?
Letters: typeset

Genre: satire-parody; humor

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Dick DeBartolo (credited)
Pencils: Irving Schild (credited) (photographs)
Inks: Irving Schild (credited) (photographs)
Colors: Irving Schild (credited) (photographs)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #92 (March 1994)

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

Marginal Thinking Dept. / comic story / 0 pages (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés

Genre: humor

Indexer Notes

No page count as gags appear in various places around the magazine.

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. Another Lemon Issue of Mad
Alfred E. Neuman
1. [Table of Contents]
2. Random Samplings of Readers Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
3. Feeble Attraction
And They Call It Yuppie Love Dept.
4. The Frantic Fog-Filled Folly
Tales from the Duck Side Dept.
5. Mad Looks at Handshakes
All Jaffee Dept.
6. New Laws That Congress Should Pass Right Now! Right Now! Right Now!
Better Legislate Than Never Dept.
7. The Lighter Side of...
Berg's-Eye View Dept.
8. The Befuddling Balcony Blunder
Tales from the Duck Side Dept.
9. Mad Opens a Typical Magazine Sweepstakes Package
The Envelope, Sleaze! Dept.
10. That'll Be the Day!
The Odds Must Be Crazy Dept.
11. A Mad Look at Disney Classics
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.]
12. Mad's Guide to Making It in the Business World
Hire Education Dept.
13. Spy vs. Spy
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE
14. Practical Uses for Well-Trained Porcupines
A View to a Quill Dept.
15. All-Purpose Video Game Instructions Kit
Joy-Schtick Dept.
16. Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons (The Sequel)
The Funny Form Dept.
17. A Mad Look at Real-Life Government "Logic"
None Dare Call It Reason Dept.
18. ReDesigning Women
Catty-Shack Dept.
19. The Demonic Detector Disaster
Tales from the Duck Side Dept.
20. What Popular Teenage Turn On Is a Turn Off for Parents?
Mad Fold-In
21. Bulgin' Belly Burner
22. Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept.

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mcomics
Gregory Fischer
Katy Hayhurst
Michael Hoskin
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Mad #279 (June 1988)

Issue Notes

Another Lemon Issue of Mad (Table of Contents)

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

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Random Samplings of Readers Mail (Table of Contents: 2)

Letters and Tomatoes Dept. / letters page / 1.3 pages (report information)

Feeble Attraction (Table of Contents: 3)

And They Call It Yuppie Love Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Frantic Fog-Filled Folly (Table of Contents: 4)

Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Mad Looks at Handshakes (Table of Contents: 5)

All Jaffee Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

New Laws That Congress Should Pass Right Now! Right Now! Right Now! (Table of Contents: 6)

Better Legislate Than Never Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The Lighter Side of... (Table of Contents: 7)

Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

The Befuddling Balcony Blunder (Table of Contents: 8)

Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Mad Opens a Typical Magazine Sweepstakes Package (Table of Contents: 9)

The Envelope, Sleaze! Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

That'll Be the Day! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Odds Must Be Crazy Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

A Mad Look at Disney Classics (Table of Contents: 11)

Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Mad's Guide to Making It in the Business World (Table of Contents: 12)

Hire Education Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Spy vs. Spy (Table of Contents: 13)

Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Practical Uses for Well-Trained Porcupines (Table of Contents: 14)

A View to a Quill Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

All-Purpose Video Game Instructions Kit (Table of Contents: 15)

Joy-Schtick Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons (The Sequel) (Table of Contents: 16)

The Funny Form Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

A Mad Look at Real-Life Government "Logic" (Table of Contents: 17)

None Dare Call It Reason Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

ReDesigning Women (Table of Contents: 18)

Catty-Shack Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Demonic Detector Disaster (Table of Contents: 19)

Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

What Popular Teenage Turn On Is a Turn Off for Parents? (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Bulgin' Belly Burner (Table of Contents: 21)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Drawn Out Dramas (Table of Contents: 22)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / comic story / 0 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Mad #279

(June 1988)