Mad #28 December 2022

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson
• Cover Writer: Suzy Hutchinson

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• Contents Page (C2)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Weird Al Loves Wacky Al Jaffee
  (written by "Weird Al" Yankovic / Ed Steckley art) (1)
• Mad Reader! (reduced from 6 pages to 5)
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Basil Wolverton art) (2-3)
• The Mad "Effluent Society" Pollution Primer
  (written by Sy Reit / Angelo Torres art) (4-5)
  (reduced from 3 pages to 2)
• Another Mad Look at MAD
  (Sergio Aragones / Carrie Strachan color) (6-8)
• Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy - shark octopus water danger /
  her glove distraction (Antonio Prohias) (9)
• How to Put Out an Imitation of Mad
  (features #27 as an example cover with art by
  Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder and Jack Davis) (10-11)
• Subscription Ad (featuring Antonio Prohias spies) (12)
• One Fine Day on Main Street (Al Jaffee) (13)
• The Bathroom (movie satire)
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art) (14-18)
• The Original Mad Cover and One Mad Moment Later!
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing) (combines the first two pages from #190 with the second page from #191's "More")
  (Jack Rickard reworks cover art by
  Mort Künstler, Norman Mingo, Bob Clarke) (19-21)
• Hijinks on the High Seas!
  (written by John Ficarra / Sam Viviano art) (22-24)
• Mad's Avalanche O' Catalogs (George Woodbridge art)
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola) (25-27)
• MAD's Tom Bunk Visits the Senior MAD Home (28-29)
• Star Blecch (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (30-34)
• Alfred and Omega
  (written by Jordan Peele / Richard Williams art) (35)
• Spy vs Spy - numerous assaults (Peter Kuper) (36-37)
• Mad Dogs and Their Owners
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Kelly Freas art) (38-39)
• Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions (Al Jaffee)
  (combines first two pages from #512 using Tom Luth color and selections from #486 and #494 for the third page using Ryan Flanders color) (40-42)
• The Castaway
  (written by Al Jaffee / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (43)
• One Fine Morning in Miami
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Jack Davis art) (44)
• A Swinging Jungle Tale
  (written by Humberto De La Torre / Jack Davis art) (45)
• Don Martin Beats the High Cost of Gasoline (46-48)
• MADical History Tour
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Suzy Hutchinson art) (49-51)
• The Best of The Lighter Side of The MAD Office
  (Dave Berg selections from twelve issues: #293, #298, #299, #303, #304, #305, #306, #307, #308, #312, #315, #317) (52-53)
• MAD Remembers Paul Coker Jr. - 1929-2022
  (written by Benjamin Le Clear) (54-55)
  with Paul Coker examples from the following articles:
  • Self-Portrait from Gotcha - Mug Shots of Common (But Despicable) Criminals (written by Scott Maiko)
  • A Fish Tale (written by Al Jaffee)
  • The Mad Love Book (written by George Hart)
  • The Nightmare (written by Al Jaffee)
  • Mad's "Romance-Love-Relationship" Book
    (written by Frank Jacobs)
  • A Mad Look at Bugs 'N Worms 'N Things
    (written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
  • Mad Beastlies (written by Phil Hahn)
  • At the Movies (written by Sergio Aragones)
  • Night Deposit (written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
  • Why Do We Assume It Makes Sense?
    (written by Tom Koch)
  • A Beginner's Guide to Cartoon Sound Effects
    (written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
  • Horrifying Cliches from #105
    (written by Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan)
    and #142 (written by May Sakami)
  • More Scenes We'd Like to See - The Princess
    in the Tower (written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
  • You Never Really Get Used To...
    (written by Tom Koch)
  • Good Sounds / Bad Sounds (written by Stan Hart)
  • You Know You're Really a Nobody When...
    (written by Jack Kent)
• Who's Who Schematics from Hijinks on the High Seas! and MAD's Tom Bunk Visits the Senior MAD Home (56)
• Double Fold-In -- Which decade was arguably
  the best era of MAD Magazine? (Johnny Sampson) (C3)
• Inner back cover --
  Fool-Aid (written by Al Jaffee / Kelly Freas art)
• Back cover -- continuation of front cover