Mad #30 April 2023

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson

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• Contents Page - Al Jaffee cover art from Mad #258 (C2-1)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine (new and reprinted)
• If Computers are so Brilliant...
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art) (2-3)
• You've Definitely Bought the Wrong Robot if...
  (John Caldwell) (4-5)
• Spy vs. Spy - robot chokers (Peter Kuper) (6-7)
• A Mad Look At Drones
  (Sergio Aragones / Jim Campbell color) (8-11)
• Subscription Ad (featuring Antonio Prohias spies) (12)
• Y2K Panic (Tom Bunk art from 20 Dumbest of 1999) (13)
• Other Y2K Problems
  Guaranteed to Make Your Life Miserable
  (written by Mike Snider / Monte Wolverton art) (14)
• 13 Things You Never Want to Hear From a Computer Tech Support Guy (written by Jeff Kruse / Peter Bagge art) (15)
• Small But Significant Inventions of the Past
  (Paul Peter Porges) (16-17)
• Messy Layered One (movie satire) (18-24)
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art)
• Low-Tech Inventions For Everyday Needs (Al Jaffee) (25-27)
• Free Speeches on the Beaches
  (written by Matt Cohen / Marc Palm art) (28-29)
• Mad's Catalogue of Practical Joke Items for the Computer
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Al Jaffee art)
  (idea by Seth Greenberg) (30-31)
• The Future of Job Automation
  (written by Kenny Keil / John Martz art) (32-33)
• Mad's 50 Worst Things About The Internet
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Jeff Kruse)
  (Leonardo Rodriguez, Drew Friedman, Evan Dorkin,
  Sarah Dyer, Jose Garibaldi, Rick Tulka art) (34-39)
• Inventions We'd Like to See
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Al Jaffee art) (40-43)
• Rob - The Evil, Backstabbing Robot Temp
  (Corey Pandolph) (two articles from #455 and #471) (44)
• Accidental Inventions
  (written by Paul Krassner / Joe Orlando art) (45-46)
• Blobs!
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Wallace Wood art) (47-53)
• A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry (Don Martin) (54)
• Spy vs. Spy - dentist drill substitute (logo) / robot on
  oil slick (Antonio Prohias / Carrie Strachan color) (55)
• Five Upsides to the Robot Apocalypse
  (written by Jeff Kruse / Bob Staake art) (56)
• The Real Reasons Why We Still Don't Have Flying Cars
  (written by Kenny Keil / Rich Powell art) (56)
• Fold-In -- What new tech innovation is sure
  to make a killing? (Johnny Sampson) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Atari E.T. Game Cartridge Pricing - OUCH!
  (updated for a modern-day ebay sale) (Irving Schild photo)