Mad #533

(June 2015)

Epic Geek + Gamer Gear Delivered Monthly! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Loot Crate / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Yankovic (credited)

Pencils

Hermann Mejia (credited)

Inks

Hermann Mejia (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi. "Weird Al" Yankovic here.

Genre

humor

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman (cameo); "Weird Al" Yankovic; Bill Gaines (cameo)

Synopsis

Al discusses how honored he is to be the first ever guest editor of Mad, until he discovers that no one else would accept the job when offered.

A Special Offer for the Dentally Disturbed! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Mad Departments (Table of Contents: 4)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

various (see Notes)

Inks

various (see Notes)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis

Alfred's quote this issue is, "Lawyers spend three years trying to pass the bar - and the rest of their careers lowering it!"

Indexer Notes

Art is excerpts from the articles in the magazine.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents: 5)

Letters and Tomatoes Dept. / letters page / 2.42 pages (report information)

Script

Al Yankovic (credited)

Pencils

Sergio Aragonés; Mark Fredrickson

Inks

Sergio Aragonés; Mark Fredrickson

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman; "Weird Al" Yankovic

Synopsis

Letters, photos and fan art.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Rachel "Rocky" Powell, Raul Cantu, Brian Di Cesare, Anthoney E. Compton, Brian Sleeth, Alex Rodriguez, Gabriel McCann, Michal Jacot, Allie Vedirow, Drew Barber, Mark Theroux, Jack Vander Wees, Don Greenwood, Iggy Feldman, and Ryan McFarland. Fan art from Ed Melsinger.

Low IQ? Even Lower Standards? (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

This is Your Brain on Mad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

credits, title page / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Publishing info, credits, and note that Mad #534 is on sale June 16.
At bottom of page 3 of Letters pages.

Need Help in the Dungeon? (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Munchkin / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents: 9)

Random Acts of Mindless Department.; The Fast 5; The Faster 5; The Godfrey Report; Save the Dator; A Walk in the Parkhurst / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Kenny Keil (credited); Joe Dator (credited); Dick DeBartolo (credited); Desmond Devlin (credited); Teresa Burns Parkhurst (credited, signed)

Pencils

Chris Houghton (credited); John Kerschbaum (credited); Joe Dator (credited, signed); Ward Sutton (credited); Kevin Pope (credited); Teresa Burns Parkhurst (credited, signed)

Inks

Chris Houghton (credited); John Kerschbaum (credited); Joe Dator (credited, signed); Ward Sutton (credited); Kevin Pope (credited); Teresa Burns Parkhurst (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Dator (signed); Teresa Burns Parkhurst (signed); typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Chris Brown

Synopsis

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Other items are "Most Common Ways to Die in 2015", "How Chris Brown Spent His Community Service Hours", and "The Biggest Challenges Facing the New Baseball Commissioner."

The Weird Al-ini Pages (Table of Contents: 10)

The Friends Justify the Means Department / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Patton Oswalt (credited); Thomas Lennon (credited); Seth Green (credited); Chris Hardwick (credited); Kristen Schaal (credited); Rich Blomquist (credited); Emo Philips (credited); John Hodgman (credited)

Pencils

Scott Bricher (credited); Bob Staake (credited); James Warhola (credited); Anton Emdin (credited); ? (photo); Dreamstime (photo); Rick Rulka (signed, credited)

Inks

Scott Bricher (credited); Bob Staake (credited); James Warhola (credited); Anton Emdin (credited); ? (photo); Dreamstime (photo); Rick Rulka (signed, credited)

Colors

?; ? (photo); Dreamstime (photo)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Julius Caesar; Abraham Lincoln; Richard Nixon; "Weird Al" Yankovic; Patton Oswalt; Seth Green; Chris Hardwick; Kristen Schaal; Rich Blomquist; Emo Philips; Thomas Lennon; John Hodgman; U2

Synopsis

Various short satires of pop culture.

Reprints

• in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #37 (June 2024)

Things Have Gone from Bad to Verse! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pages from Weird Al's Notebook (Table of Contents: 12)

Time to Face the Musings Department / text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Yankovic (credited)

Pencils

Sam Sisco (credited)

Inks

Sam Sisco (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Gomez Addams; William Shatner; "Weird Al" Yankovic; James Taylor; John Belushi; Neil Diamond; Ziggy; Mel Brooks

Synopsis

Supposed pages from Al's notebook of song parody ideas that were not good enough to actually record.

Things You Never Want to Learn from Ancestry.com. (Table of Contents: 13)

It's All Relatives Department / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John Caldwell (credited)

Pencils

John Caldwell (credited)

Inks

John Caldwell (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Black sheep of the family and other ancestors you don't want to know about.

Spy Vs Spy (Table of Contents: 14)

Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Kuper (credited, signed)

Pencils

Peter Kuper (credited, signed)

Inks

Peter Kuper (credited, signed)

Colors

Peter Kuper (credited, signed)

Genre

humor; spy

Characters

White Spy; Black Spy

Synopsis

The White Spy creates a staff that parts waters to get through the moat on the Black Spy's fortress, but the piranha that remain behind the water prove a problem.

The Black Spy falls for the "old digging a hole through a cliff overhang" bit.

Indexer Notes

Two stories.

Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions Special "Weird Al" Edition (Table of Contents: 15)

Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions; The Retort of Appeals Department / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Jaffee (credited, signed)

Pencils

Al Jaffee (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Jaffee (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Synopsis

Al provides the typical snappy answers to morons' questions.

Complete Your Mad Library (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Mad's Tom Bunk Visits a Weird Al Concert (Table of Contents: 17)

Betting on a Show Thing Department / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Bunk

Pencils

Tom Bunk (credited, signed)

Inks

Tom Bunk (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Weird Al Yankovic; Weird Al's band

Synopsis

A scene of the ridiculous crowd at a Weird Al concert.

The Baleful Yarn of the Mourning McGees (Table of Contents: 18)

It's a Wonderful Strife Department / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

John Caldwell (credited)

Pencils

Phil McAndrew (credited) (signed as PhilM)

Inks

Phil McAndrew (credited) (signed as PhilM)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Wanda McGee; Wanda's mother; Wanda's father

Synopsis

The family gives Mr. McGee his last wish after death, without proper planning.

"Weird Al" Yankovic The Mandatory World Tour (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

"Weird Al" Yankovic / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[April 6, 2015] (Table of Contents: 20)

Planet Tad; In Blog We Trust Department / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tim Carvell (credited)

Pencils

?; Dreamstime (photo)

Inks

?; Dreamstime (photo)

Colors

?; Dreamstime (photo)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Tad; Vice Principal Brady; Liz McCarthy; Zack Chambers; Chuck

Synopsis

Zack writes a parody song about Vice Principal Brady, but Zack gets credit for it among the school students...and with Vice Principal Brady.

Indexer Notes

Includes a couple of illustrations and some photos.

A Mad Look at California (Table of Contents: 21)

Serge-In General Department / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Sergio Aragonés (credited, signed)

Pencils

Sergio Aragonés (credited, signed)

Inks

Sergio Aragonés (credited, signed)

Colors

Tom Luth (credited)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

The problems of living in California, mostly the Los Angeles area.

Things to Ask Your Sex Ed Teacher (Just to Mess with Him) (Table of Contents: 22)

The Copulate Show Department / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Kenny Keil (credited)

Pencils

Jose Garibaldi (credited)

Inks

Jose Garibaldi (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Questions meant to embarrass a sex education teacher.

The Captivating Tale of Pedro's Execution (Table of Contents: 23)

It's a Wonderful Strife Department Part II / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

John Caldwell (credited)

Pencils

Phil McAndrew (credited) (signed as PhilM)

Inks

Phil McAndrew (credited) (signed as PhilM)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Pedro

Synopsis

Condemned man Pedro asks for lethal injection instead of a firing squad, but doesn't quite get what he expected.

Mad Looks at a Typical Kiddie TV Show (Table of Contents: 24)

Moppet Up Deparment.; The Mad Vault; Rotten to the Encore Department. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Mort Drucker (credited); Rick Tulka (credited) ("Weird Al" head)

Inks

Mort Drucker (credited)

Letters

typeset

Editing

Al Feldstein (original editor)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Linus Van Pelt (cameo); Uncle Nutzy; Stevie; Freddie; Brucie; Tommy; Sally; Lisa; Herbie; Nancy; two Miss Peach characters (cameo); Barry Goldwater (cameo)

Synopsis

A kid's show host tries to cope with an audience of cynical children while advertising expensive toys, violent toys, and cookies.

Reprints

• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #93 (March 1965)

Indexer Notes

Includes a typical violent cat and mouse cartoon.

The Strip Club (Table of Contents: 25)

Pen and Stink Department.; The Strip Club; It Only Hurts When I Laugh; WTF, Jeff? or My Roomate Might Be a Serial Killer; Nitemare Zone; What if Dog Was One of Us?; How's My Driving? / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Kenny Keil (credited); KC Green (credited, signed); Christopher Baldwin (credited); Kit Lively (credited); Scott Nickel (credited); Nathan Cooper (credited) (signed as Cooper); Box Brown (credited, signed)

Pencils

Kenny Keil (credited); KC Green (credited, signed); Christopher Baldwin (credited); Kit Lively (credited); Scott Nickel (credited); Nathan Cooper (credited) (signed as Cooper); Box Brown (credited, signed)

Inks

Kenny Keil (credited); KC Green (credited, signed); Christopher Baldwin (credited); Kit Lively (credited); Scott Nickel (credited); Nathan Cooper (credited) (signed as Cooper); Box Brown (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Kenny Keil (credited); KC Green (credited, signed); Christopher Baldwin (credited); Kit Lively (credited); Scott Nickel (credited); Nathan Cooper (credited) (signed as Cooper); Box Brown (credited, signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Ace Grapefruits

Indexer Notes

A collection of six comic strips.

Catch Up on the Stupidity You Were Lucky Enough to Miss! (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

Mad Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

American Sniping (Table of Contents: 27)

Some Like it Shot Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

D. Shayne (credited as David Shayne)

Pencils

Tom Richmond (credited)

Inks

Tom Richmond (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

George W. Bush; Sarah Palin; empty chair; Michael Moore; Bradley Cooper [as Chris]; Seth Rogen; Boris Badenov (cameo); Taya; Dick Cheney; Brian Williams; "Weird Al" Yankovic

Synopsis

Parody clips from the movie American Sniper with commentary by celebrities.

The Best of the Idiotical (Table of Contents: 28)

Our Daily Dread Dept. / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?; ? (photo)

Inks

?; ? (photo)

Colors

?; ? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Velma Dinkley; Gumby; Minions; Lea Michele; Angelina Jolie; Vanilla Ice

Synopsis

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Items are: movie poster for Despicable Measles, new logo for University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter, A Super Bowl Game Ball We'd Like to See, Obama's alternative to the Keystone FX Pipeline, movie poster for Fifty Shades of Clay, First Draft of A-Rod's Apology Letter, improvements to celebrity tattoos (Vol. 3), and internet news site AccurateBuzzFeed (News, Buzz, Crap).

What Demeaning, Low-paying Job Do Experts Agree is a Career Dead End? (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script

Al Jaffee (credited, signed)

Pencils

Al Jaffee (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Jaffee (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Synopsis

Answer is guest editor of Mad.

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

Drawn Out Dramas (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Sergio Aragonés (credited)

Pencils

Sergio Aragonés (credited)

Inks

Sergio Aragonés (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Black Spy; White Spy; "Weird Al" Yankovic

Indexer Notes

Gags appear on 11 different pages.

Pre-Order Now! (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

The Witcher Wild Hunt / advertisement / 1 page (report information)