MAD #31 — June 2023

"One MAD a day keeps the idiots in pay!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — Dr. Alfred art mix

  from MAD Bookmarks and Vending Machines of the Future

  MAD Bookmarks: Written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola / Art by Norman Mingo

  Vending Machines of the Future: Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• A MAD Look At Hospitals

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  2–5
• MAD's Practical Joke Catalogue For Doctors

  Trying Your Patients Dept.

  Written by Beppe Sabatini / Art by Al Jaffee
  6–7
• Schlubs (TV satire)

  Bedpan Humor Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Tom Richmond
  8–12
• Subscription Ad

  Antonio Prohias spies
  13
• MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Doctors

  Givin' 'em a Ribbin' Dept.

  Al Jaffee
  14
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — peace surgically sewn up / mouse tied to lion tail

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias
  15
• Great Moments in Medicine

  Anals of Humor Dept.

  Written by Nick Meglin / Art by Al Jaffee / Color by Carrie Strachan (from MAD #14)
  16
• The Bloodcurdling Blue-Cross Brouhaha

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing
  17
• Dorky Housecall, M.D. (TV satire)

  Little Boy Blue Cross Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  18–22
• In a Doctor's Office

  MAD's MADdest Artist Dept. (Don Martin Dept. Part I)

  Don Martin
  23
• Health Chairs

  Relax in Discomfort Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke
  24–25
• Get a New Psychiatrist if...

  Shrink Rapped Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin and Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Al Jaffee
  26–28
• Paging Dr. Jaffee...Dr. Al Jaffee NEW

  Snappy Birthday Dept.

  Repurposed Sam Viviano cover from MAD #14 to celebrate Al's 102nd birthday
  29
• A MAD Look At Alternative Medicine

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  30–33
• One Fine Day at the Chiropractors' Convention

  Snap Cackle Pop Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Tom Bunk
  34–35
• The Lighter Side of Minor Ailments

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  36–40
• One Balmy Morning in the Operating Room

  MAD's MADdest Artist Dept. (no dept. originally published)

  Originally untitled back cover — Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin
  41
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Hospital

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Al Jaffee
  42–43
• Contact Continuously Contagious Capsules

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke
  44
• MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Medical Workers

  Givin' 'em a Ribbin' Dept.

  Al Jaffee
  45
• Little Known and Rarely Diagnosed MAD Ailments Contracted at Hospitals

  Sick Humor Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing
  46–47
• Groin's Monotony (TV satire)

  H.M.Ho's Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Tom Richmond
  48–52
• MAD's Medical Mother Goose

  Taking a Gander at Quacks Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Al Jaffee
  53–55
• Side Effects of Drug Side Effects

  Written by Evan Waite / Art by Paul Coker
  56
• Medical Shows Coming to TLC

  Art by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
  56
• Fold-In — What food-borne illness are millions of people suffering from? NEW

  Johnny Sampson
  C3
• Back Cover — Park-David Great Moments in Medicine

  Art by Kelly Freas
  C4