Mad
#357
[Direct Sales]
(May 1997)
EC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 2.50 USD; 3.50 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 761941203539 35711
- Editing
- Nick Meglin (credited) (editor); John Ficarra (credited) (editor); Joe Orlando (credited) (consulting editor); Charlie Kadau (credited) (associate editor); Joe Raiola (credited) (associate editor); D. Shayne (credited as David Shayne) (assistant editor); Dick DeBartolo (credited) (creative consultant); Annie Gaines (credited) (managing editor); Leonard Brenner (credited) (graphics consultant); Thomas Nozkowski (credited) (production); Amy L. Vozeolas (credited) (editorial assistant); Jonathan Schneider(art director); Nadina S. Simon (assistant art director); Marla Weisenborn (production assistant)
Issue Notes
Marginal drawings (Drawn Out Dramas) by Sergio Aragones throughout the magazine.
This issue is a variant of Mad (EC, 1952 series) #357 [Newsstand].
This issue is a variant of Mad (EC, 1952 series) #357 [Newsstand].
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- C. F. Payne; Rick Tulka (border)
- Inks
- C. F. Payne; Rick Tulka (border)
- Colors
- C. F. Payne
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
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Random Samplings of Readers Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Dept. / letters page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Letters from Colin Frye, Mark B. Harrison, Haney Mardo, Chase Estes, Scott Tait, Peter Iovino; house ad for Mad About Families book.
The People vs. Larry Fylth
A Star is Porn Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Woody Harrelson [as Larry Fylth]; Edward Norton [as Alan Isuckman]; Courtney Love [as Alfeelya Fylth]; Donna Hanover Giuliani [as Ruth Carter Stapleton]; James Carville; Larry Fylth [as the Judge]; Beavis (cameo); Butthead (cameo); Marge Simpson (cameo); Homer Simpson (cameo); James Cromwell [as Charles Cheating]; Richard Paul [as Reverend Jerry Faultwell]; Oliver Stoned
Homeboy’s Life
White On! Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Joe Raiola
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photographs)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photographs)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
Mad's Etiquette Guide to Same Sex Weddings
Queerly Beloved Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Svenska Mad (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1997 series) #3/1998 [314] (1998) which is reprinted
-
Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to World Travel
The Schmucks Stop Here Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
The Mad Repertory Players Present Mad-sterpiece Theater This Issue's Production: Sportsdunk
When the Schtick Hits the Fan Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
Spy vs Spy
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; spy
Indexer Notes
Michael Gallagher credited as the writer, but credit corrected in Mad #360.
The Mad World of... Religion
Faith, Hope and Parody Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- F. Santopadre (credited as Frank Santopadre); Rick Rodgers
- Pencils
- Bob Taylor (credited as B. K. Taylor)
- Inks
- Bob Taylor (credited as B. K. Taylor)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
Mad's Male/Female Dictionary of the English Language
The Babble of the Sexes Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
Best-Sellers Cut Down to Size
Abridged Too Far Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Eric Perlin
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photographs)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photographs)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
A Mad Look at Going Out
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
Walt Disney Visits His Studio Today
A Poke in the Eisner Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
Dummy & Dummier
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Pencils
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Inks
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
What Besieged Group of People Does Our Military Seem Unwilling to Protect?
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Answer: Female recruits.
Martha Stewart Dying
photo story / 1 page
- Script
- Meredith Anthony; Larry Light; Alison Power
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photograph)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photograph)
- Colors
- Irving Schild (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Another Satisfied Mad Subscriber!
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2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
Random Samplings of Readers Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Dept. -
4.
The People vs. Larry Fylth
A Star is Porn Dept. -
5.
Homeboy’s Life
White On! Dept. -
6.
Mad's Etiquette Guide to Same Sex Weddings
Queerly Beloved Dept. -
7.
Product Recalls You May Have Missed
Defects of Life Dept. -
8.
Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to World Travel
The Schmucks Stop Here Dept. -
9.
The Mad Repertory Players Present Mad-sterpiece Theater This Issue's Production: Sportsdunk
When the Schtick Hits the Fan Dept. -
10.
Spy vs Spy
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy -
11.
A Mad Modern Report Card
The Grades of Wrath Dept. -
12.
The Mad World of... Religion
Faith, Hope and Parody Dept. -
13.
Mad's Male/Female Dictionary of the English Language
The Babble of the Sexes Dept. -
14.
Best-Sellers Cut Down to Size
Abridged Too Far Dept. -
15.
Monroe &... Mother Nature
Angster's Paradise Dept. -
16.
America Onhold
Information Superhighway Robbery Dept. -
17.
A Mad Look at Going Out
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] -
18.
Walt Disney Visits His Studio Today
A Poke in the Eisner Dept. -
19.
Dummy & Dummier
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. -
20.
What Besieged Group of People Does Our Military Seem Unwilling to Protect?
Mad Fold-In -
21.
Martha Stewart Dying
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