The Self-Made Mad
#Y6981
(circa 1971)
New American Library,
1964 Series
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- New American Library
- Brand
-
Signet [logo only]
- Editing
- Albert B. Feldstein
Issue Notes
Date is an estimate based on printings. Indexed from an 11th printing copy.
"A Signet Book, New American Library, Times Mirror"
"A Signet Book, New American Library, Times Mirror"
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Promotional copy for this book.
Art is excerpt from "Highway Squad" in this book.
The Self-Made MAD
credits, title page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Title page and publishing information.
Illustration is excerpt from story Fishing, in this book.
Fishing
Fin and Had-It Dept. / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- All aspects of the hobby of fishing are explained.
- Reprints
-
from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #57 (September 1960)
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Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
MAD's Modern Olympic Games
Five-Ring Circus Dept. / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Possible Olympic style events based on the skills of living modern city life.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #56 (July 1960)
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Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
The U.S. Army Chicken Officer's Field Manual
The Man In Command Dept. / text story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A phoney instruction book for army officers, showing how they are trained in all the things that annoy enlisted men.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #56 (July 1960)
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Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
The Chase
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man on horseback escapes some Indians when the horse leaps a chasm...sort of.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #56 (July 1960)
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Indexer Notes
Noted as a "Scenes We'd Like To See", but not listed as that Feature in Department title.
Highway Squad
Ashpalt Bungle Dept. / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Dennis Pivnik; Don Mildew
- Synopsis
- Parody of the television series "Highway Patrol".
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #58 (October 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
A Child's History of the Middle 1900's (1940-1960)
Past Tense Years Dept. / text story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Adolf Hitler; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry s. Truman; Thomas E. Dewey; Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Synopsis
- A humorous look at a 20-year period of mid-century America presented as a chapter in a future history book. Discussions on wars, television, middle-class life, presidents, medical science, and highway travel.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #58 (October 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
MAD Bubble Gum Cards
Chew's Who Dept. / text story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Ewald "Red Ink" Wierhoffer; Clyde "Unbalanced" Reeber; Dr. Boris "Thumbs Up" Acid; Walter "Botchy" Smitner; Dr. Herman Witheringpuss; "Rosemary "Battleaxe" Winecoop; Carlyle F. Burnlash; Merrill Lynch Piercefenner; Enoch Saltzpritcher; Getyer "Cotton Picken" Hanzoff; Dr. Neville Sternbrush; Rudy "The Padder" Gougewell; Seymour "Microfilm" Verblanger; Omar "Sparky" Wintermutt; John Ward Heeler, Jr.
- Synopsis
- Phony bubble gum cards honoring great players in politics, auto repair, science, stockbrokerage, tree surgery, teaching, medicine, and accounting.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #56 (July 1960) [Alfred E. Neuman card omitted]
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Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
"Cool" Casey at the Bat
Bop-Fly Dept. / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Ernest Lawrence Thayer (original); ? (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Casey; Cooney; Barrows; Flynn; Cornball Blake
- Synopsis
- The classic poem retold with hip, beat language and references.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #58 (October 1960)
-
The Mad "Comic" Opera
Song of India Ink Dept. / comic story / 23 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Tarzan; Little Orphan Annie; Sandy (Annie's dog); Mickey Finn; Rex Morgan M.D.; Dagwood Bumstead; Flash Gordon (cameo); Clark Kent (cameo); Steve Canyon (cameo); Smilin' Jack; Penny; Snuffy Smith; Lowizee Smith
- Synopsis
- A parody of Broadway musicals using comic strip characters. Rex Morgan has kidnapped Annie and intends to remove her unique eyes, but Sandy leads Dick Tracy and Tarzan to a rescue, which is aided by Snuffy Smith.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #56 (July 1960)
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Indexer Notes
Dozens of other comic strip characters appear in background and in grand finale number "Let's Fall in Love."
The original mid-page decoration featuring head shots of probably every contemporary comic strip character is not reprinted here.
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
MAD's "Pure Products" Law
What's in it for Me Dept. / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Humorous ingredient lists for products other than food.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #57 (September 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
Sailing
The Breeze and Aye-Aye Dept. / comic story / 27 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Satirical look at small-craft sailing.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #58 (October 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
The Carpenter's Assistants
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two carpenters beat each other up in impossible ways with their tools, until the boss shows up.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #58 (October 1960)
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Indexer Notes
The story was later reworked by Don Martin as "One Monday Afternoon at Joe's Concrete Works", which appears in Mad's Don Martin Carries On (Warner Books, 1973 Series) #74-116.
The characters are early unnamed versions of Don Martin's Fester Bestester and Karbunkle.
Successful Merchandising
A Profit Without Honor Dept. / text story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A series of phony ads showing how the right merchandising can sell the same product in many different markets.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #58 (October 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
MAD Goes to a Gangster Movie Preview
Gang-Green Dept. / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Ira Schlock; Fink-Face Fester; Lem Pivnik; Bessie Fester; Mr. Fester; Al Capone; Baby-Face Nelson; Machine Gun Kelly; Buggsy Siegel; John Dillinger; Pretty-Boy Floyd; Lepke Buchalter
- Synopsis
- Cliche-ridden parody of typical gangster movies.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #57 (September 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credits from original; no credits in this book.
The Moving Men
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two movers try unsuccessfully to save a woman jumping from the 17th floor of a building.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #57 (September 1960)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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2.
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More MAD Humor from Signet
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The Self-Made MAD
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Contents
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6.
Fishing
Fin and Had-It Dept. -
7.
MAD's Modern Olympic Games
Five-Ring Circus Dept. -
8.
The U.S. Army Chicken Officer's Field Manual
The Man In Command Dept. -
9.
The Chase
Don Martin Dept. -
10.
Highway Squad
Ashpalt Bungle Dept. -
11.
A Child's History of the Middle 1900's (1940-1960)
Past Tense Years Dept. -
12.
MAD Bubble Gum Cards
Chew's Who Dept. -
13.
"Cool" Casey at the Bat
Bop-Fly Dept. -
14.
The Mad "Comic" Opera
Song of India Ink Dept. -
15.
MAD's "Pure Products" Law
What's in it for Me Dept. -
16.
Sailing
The Breeze and Aye-Aye Dept. -
17.
The Carpenter's Assistants
Don Martin Dept. -
18.
Successful Merchandising
A Profit Without Honor Dept. -
19.
MAD Goes to a Gangster Movie Preview
Gang-Green Dept. -
20.
The Moving Men
Don Martin Dept. -
21.
The Clods at MAD Have Climbed to the Top of the Heap
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- Donald Dale Milne
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