Mad
#496
(December 2008)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- John Ficarra (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
ISSN 024 9319
The Rise And Fall Of A Rap Star
Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred D. Neuman
Indexer Notes
The tattoos on Alfred's arms are parts of the cover frames used for issues #24-30.
Departments
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Monroe's dad; George W. Bush
Indexer Notes
Art is from various places in the magazine. The feature "Feel Or No Feel? Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Department [Letters and Tomatoes Dept.] / letters page / 1.67 pages
- Script
- John Ficarra; Nathaniel Ritter; Zachary Weiner; Josh Kerdell; Billy Hornby; Kevin Lagowski; John Stroud
- Pencils
- Bill Bramhall; ?; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Bill Bramhall; ?; ? (photo)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Letters, photos and fan art.
The Fundalini Pages
Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; Control-Alt-Deleted Scenes From The Seinfeld Microsoft Ads; Least E-Mailed Articles; When The Going Gets Duff; Before And After Grocery Products;The Fast 5; Sutton For Punishment; Melvin & Jenkins; Celebrity Cause-of-Death B / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bill Gates; Jerry Seinfeld; Melvin; Jenkins; Lil Wayne
- Synopsis
- Various short satires of pop culture.
Indexer Notes
Contributors (roles unknown) include: Charles Akins; Greg Benson; Dick DeBartolo; Desmond Devlin; J. C. Duffy; Darren Johnson; Jeff Kruse; Kevin Pope; Tom Lambert; Tom Richmond; Ward Sutton; Rick Tulka
The Rise And Fall Of A Rap Star
Hip Flop Artist Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Carl "Yung Carl" Pringle; Carl's parents; Carl's grandmother; Lil Wayne; Bill O'Reilly; Ja Rule; Weird Al Yankovic; Tupac; JMJ; Big Pun; Notorious B.I.G.
- Synopsis
- Satire on meteoric rise and fall of rap and hip hop music stars.
What The Deal Or No Deal Models Are Thinking
Ruminations With A View Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Matt Cohen (credited as Matthew A. Cohen); Ross Garmil
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Colors
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Deal Or No Deal Models
- Synopsis
- Phony captions of what the models are thinking when standing on stage.
The Horse That Knew The Way
The Beast And The Brightest Dept.; MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cooter Smiff; Abner Smiff; Mr. Smiff; Zeus
- Synopsis
- Story of a Clydesdale racing horse and a family that duct-taped dead jockeys to him.
Indexer Notes
Fifth in a series of MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories.
Sergio Aragonès Presents A Mad Look at Road Trips
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés
- Colors
- Tom Luth
- Letters
- Sergio Aragonés
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- A look at some ridiculous things that could happen while traveling the country by car.
- Reprints
in Monroe and...The Natural Disaster
Angster's Paradise Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Monroe; Monroe's mother; Monroe's father; Monroe's grandfather; Eugene
- Synopsis
- Monroe's family gets caught in a hurricane because they miss the evacuation notice, and their home is spared from destruction.
Millions of Trees Gave Their Lives For These Books
MAD books / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Comments You'll Never Hear No Matter How Long You Live
Don't Phrase Me, Bro Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Everyday quotes too honest for anyone to actually say.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
- Synopsis
- In the first cartoon, the Black Spy tricks the White Spy into a trap. In the second cartoon, the White Spy outsmarts the Black Spy with a fake rocket.
Indexer Notes
Two cartoons.
Planet TAD!!!!!
In Blog We Trust Dept. / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tad; Mr. Davis; Zac Efron; Jodie Foster; Mrs. Winter; Aquaman; Sub-Mariner; Chuck; Beth
- Synopsis
- Tad joins the debate team and screws up his first (and last) debate by arguing for the opposing team.
The Darker Side of The Lighter Side
Berg's-Eye Askew Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Dave Berg; Roger Kaputnik
- Synopsis
- New gags written for Dave Berg's drawings.
- Reprints
- From Mad (EC, 1952 Series) #?
Indexer Notes
The new gag writer is not credited.
Using Kid's Books To Explain The Awful Bush Years
And A Child Shall Read Them Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- D. Shayne (credited as David Shayne)
- Pencils
- Gary Hallgren
- Inks
- Gary Hallgren
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- George Bush; Brownie
- Synopsis
- Events of the Bush administration explained as parodies of children's books.
Indexer Notes
Three books: The Talking Tree (by Smell Silverstein), The Little Engineer That Couldn't (by Snotty Griper), Failing Up (by Smell Silverstein). Several other books mentioned.
What's Quickly Becoming The Hottest Destination For Many Teenagers?
Mad Fold-In / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Answer is: maternity ward.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Drawn-Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Gags appear on 20 different pages.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Rise And Fall Of A Rap Star
Alfred E. Neuman -
1.
Think You Know All The Moves?
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe -
2.
Departments
-
3.
Dragon Ball Z Remastered
Dragon Ball Z -
4.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Department [Letters and Tomatoes Dept.] -
5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
It's Wall-to-Wall Stupidity!
MAD books -
7.
The Fundalini Pages
Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; Control-Alt-Deleted Scenes From The Seinfeld Microsoft Ads; Least E-Mailed Articles; When The Going Gets Duff; Before And After Grocery Products;The Fast 5; Sutton For Punishment; Melvin & Jenkins; Celebrity Cause-of-Death B -
8.
Have You Spanked Shakespeare Today?
Spanking Shakespeare -
9.
Spy Vs. Spy Gear And Gifts
Spy vs. Spy -
10.
The Rise And Fall Of A Rap Star
Hip Flop Artist Dept. -
11.
What The Deal Or No Deal Models Are Thinking
Ruminations With A View Dept. -
12.
The Horse That Knew The Way
The Beast And The Brightest Dept.; MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories -
13.
Sergio Aragonès Presents A Mad Look at Road Trips
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] -
14.
Which Side Will You Choose?
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe -
15.
Monroe and...The Natural Disaster
Angster's Paradise Dept. -
16.
Millions of Trees Gave Their Lives For These Books
MAD books -
17.
Comments You'll Never Hear No Matter How Long You Live
Don't Phrase Me, Bro Dept. -
18.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
19.
Planet TAD!!!!!
In Blog We Trust Dept. -
20.
The Darker Side of The Lighter Side
Berg's-Eye Askew Dept. -
21.
Using Kid's Books To Explain The Awful Bush Years
And A Child Shall Read Them Dept. -
22.
Go Big With Viz Media This Holiday Season
Bleach; Deathnote; Dragon Ball Z -
23.
What's Quickly Becoming The Hottest Destination For Many Teenagers?
Mad Fold-In -
24.
Drawn-Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
25.
Wrestling So Real You Feel Pain
TNA Impact!
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