MAD #76

(January 1963)

If Kids Designed Their Own Christmas Toys (Table of Contents)

They Drew What They Wanted Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee (models); Lester Krauss (photos)

Inks:

Al Jaffee (models); Lester Krauss (photos)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Examples of plans for various toys and the actual to scale models of those same toys.

Reprints:

• in Norsk Mad (Semic, 1981 series) #4/1981 ([november] 1981)

Alfred's Poor Almanac (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Cynical anecdotes for every date in the month of December.

In the Doctor's Office (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A doctor examines a man with a flower growing out of his head.

Reprints:

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

If the U.S. Government Bought Like the U.S. Public Buys (Table of Contents)

Boosting the Economy-size Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Stan Hart

Pencils:

George Woodbridge

Inks:

George Woodbridge

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Pentagon purchasing based on advertising, coupons and volume discounts.

Speaking From Pictures (Table of Contents)

Freedom With Speech Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Gerald Gardner

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Characters:

John Kennedy; Barry Goldwater; Richard Nixon; Lyndon Johnson; Harry Truman; Caroline Kennedy; Robert Kennedy

Synopsis:

Satirical captions are added to news wire photos to humorous effect.

TV Pilot Films That Never Made It (Table of Contents)

Footage in the Mouth Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Stan Hart

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Dorothy Collins; Snooky Lanson; Hugh Hefner; Casey Stengel; Billy Sol Estes; Richard Burton; Burl Ives

Synopsis:

Samples of TV pilot shows that were bad ideas.

A Mad Look at the U.S. Space Effort (Table of Contents)

Capsule Humor Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A collection of single panel cartoons lampooning the space program.

Reprints:

• in Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade (Warner Books, 1982 series) #14 (September 1982)
• in Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès (Running Press Book Publishers, 2010 series) (2010)

Seeing Isn't Always Believing (Table of Contents)

Photo-play Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

How news photos can be used to distort the record of various events.

The Lighter Side of Winter (Table of Contents)

Berg's Eye View Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Series of illustrated humorous anecdotes concerning winter and winter activities.

Reprints:

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

Modern Teenage Sports (Table of Contents)

Sweet Bide of Youth Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Arnie Kogen

Pencils:

George Woodbridge

Inks:

George Woodbridge

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Examples of teenage behavior modified to become sporting events.

The Assassination (Table of Contents)

Crowning Achievement Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Joe Orlando

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A coronation goes horribly wrong.

When Advertising Takes Over Magazines Completely (Table of Contents)

Ad Nauseum Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Examples of current magazines changed to have more product placement than editorial content.

Mad's Modern Aids to Happier Living (Table of Contents)

Mother, Is This Invention a Necessity Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Don Reilly

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Joe Orlando

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Dubious solutions to some of the irritations of modern life.

Mad's Movie Theater Owner of the Year (Table of Contents)

B-O Plenty Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Jack Rickard

Inks:

Jack Rickard

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Dorothy Kilgallen [as Dorothy Killfifth]; Irving Mulet

Synopsis:

A successful movie theater owner is interviewed.

In a Sicilian Restaurant (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A diner reads a particularly scary issue of "Mafia Comics".

Mad's Merry Christmas Happy New Year Alphabet Book (Table of Contents)

Yule-O-Gee Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Satirical holiday-based items for every letter of the alphabet.

At the Barber Shop (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A barber gives a man with a huge pompadour a hair cut.

Reprints:

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

A Very Merry Christmas (Table of Contents)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Coker, Jr.

Inks:

Paul Coker, Jr.

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Santa prepares to go down the chimney of a bomb shelter, unaware that the paranoid owner is waiting for him with a shotgun.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Guzzlemidt Rotgut] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Al Jaffee ?

Pencils:

Bob Clarke (illustration); Lester Krauss (photo)

Inks:

Bob Clarke (illustration); Lester Krauss (photo)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Parody of liquor magazine ads; Guzzlemidt Rotgut is guaranteed to give you delirium tremens faster than any other brand of liquor.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.