MAD #68

(January 1962)

Who Put the Men in Mental Breakdown? (Table of Contents: 1)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lester Krauss (photo)

Inks:

Lester Krauss (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Parody of Alpine cigarette print ads; An Alpine cigarette can ease the irritating effects of constant bombardment from television cigarette ads.

Reprints:

• in Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Midnight TV Roulette (Table of Contents: 2)

Channel Crossing Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Gary Belkin

Pencils:

Jack Rickard

Inks:

Jack Rickard

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Jack Paar; Hugh Downs; Cliff Arquette [as Charley Weaver]; Joey Bishop; Genevieve Bujold; Boris Karloff; Peter Cushing; Christopher Lee; Bela Lugosi; Lawrence Olivier

Synopsis:

A viewer surfs between the three options on late night television: "Hamlet", a monster movie or The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.

The Appointment (Table of Contents: 3)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A man races to make an appointment, but every means of transportation he uses breaks in half.

If Stars Had Ordinary Jobs (Table of Contents: 4)

What Never Happened To Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Arnie Kogen

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Groucho Marx; Art Linkletter; Mitch Miller; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Boris Karloff; Ed Sullivan

Synopsis:

If celebrities had never become celebrities.

A Mad Look at Christmas (Table of Contents: 5)

The Claus That DepressesDept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Series of Christmas-based humorous situations.

Reprints:

• in Dave Berg's Mad Trash (Warner Books, 1977 series) (September 1977)

Celebrities' Wallets (Table of Contents: 6)

8-Ball in the Extreme Right Pocket Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Arnie Kogen

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Barry Goldwater; Joseph McCarthy

Synopsis:

A peek in Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater's wallet.

Inspirational Poems By, For and About the Nation's Building Men (Table of Contents: 7)

The House That Jerk Built Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Joe Orlando

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Famous poems altered to appeal to the construction industry.

The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party (Table of Contents: 8)

Never On Sunday-Pages Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Gary Belkin

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Mr. Dithers; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Moonbeam McSwine; Dick Tracy; Hi Flagston; Lois Flagston; Joe Palooka; Steve Roper; Smitty; Archie Andrews; Ponytail; Tarzan; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Gran'ma; Pigpen; Smokey Stover; Lucy Van Pelt; Sweetpea; Schroeder; Popeye; The Saint; Daddy Warbucks; Little Orphan Annie; Sandy; Moon Mullins; Charlie Brown; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead: Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Steve Canyon; Terry Lee; The Little King; Henry; Ferd'nand; Fearless Fosdick; Li'l Abner; Prince Valiant; Diana Palmer; The Phantom; Mandrake the Magician; Loathar; Nancy; Jeff; Alley Oop; Felix the Cat; Mary Worth; B.C.; The Lone Ranger; Summer Smith Olsen; Snoopy; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Junior Tracy; Mr. Magoo; Miss Peach; Mark Trail; Rip Kirby; Dondi; Gravel Gertie

Synopsis:

Various comic strip characters meet for a Christmas party.

Reprints:

• in The Menomonee Falls Gazette (Street Enterprises, 1971 series) #2 (December 20, 1971)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #36 (Fall 1981)
• in Mad about Comic Strips (EC, 2003 series) (2003)

Beer Ad (Table of Contents: 9)

Ad Libs Dept. / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lester Krauss (photo) ?

Inks:

Lester Krauss (photo) ?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Parody of magazine beer ads.

Mad's Handy Guide to Languages of the U.S.A. (Table of Contents: 10)

Watch My Line Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Gilbert Barnhill; Gary Belkin

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Joe Orlando

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Interpretations of slang terms endemic to various professions.

Reprints:

• in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #84 (April 1976)

Tovarich (Table of Contents: 11)

Nyets to You Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Antonio Prohias

Pencils:

Antonio Prohias

Inks:

Antonio Prohias

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A Soviet-style military officer plays cruel tricks on people.

Indexer Notes

These are reprints of some of Antonio Prohias's anti-communist cartoons which ran in the Cuban newspaper Prensa Libre.

College Fraternities (Table of Contents: 12)

Sorority, Wrong Number Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Don Reilly

Pencils:

George Woodbridge

Inks:

George Woodbridge

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Examples of people stretching the truth.

The Truth About Secret Ingredients (Table of Contents: 13)

Elements of Surprise Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Sy Reit

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Two Soviet scientists combine the "secret ingredients" in various household products into an efficient rocket fuel.

Reprints:

• in Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)

What Do You Do For a Living, Daddy? (Table of Contents: 14)

Pop's Concert Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Don Reilly

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Various fathers try to explain their jobs to their children.

Reprints:

• in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #45

Indexer Notes

Mad Publisher William Gaines has a cameo as one of the fathers.

The Escalator (Table of Contents: 15)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

An overweight woman attempts to ride a narrow escalator.

Reprints:

• in The Completely Mad Don Martin (Warner Books, 1974 series) (June 1974)

The Guns of Minestrone (Table of Contents: 16)

All Hellas Breaks Loose Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Gregory Peck; David Niven; Anthony Quayle; Anthony Quinn; Irene Papas; James Darren

Synopsis:

Parody of the film "The Guns of Navarone".

["Glass Bottles"] (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Kelly Freas (signed)

Inks:

Kelly Freas (signed)

Colors:

Kelly Freas (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Synopsis:

Parody of milk print ads.

Reprints:

• in Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.