MAD #77 — March 1963

"One big reason you see so many kids running around the streets at night is that they're afraid to stay home alone!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Conniving Artists Schools — many previously used subscription pictures of staff

  Written by Larry Siegel

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #7 — 1964 Annual
  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Alfred E. Neuman bust, MAD In Orbit, Subscriptions — "You'll never be starved for laughs" (Lester Krauss photo of skull wearing straw hat), Alfred E. Neuman portrait, A Golden Trashery of MAD
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• MAD's 1963 All-Inclusive Magazine Calendar

  Palming Off the Dates Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
  4–7
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • The Indigestible MAD — 1968 (Paperback #24)
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD #45 — October 2025
  8–9
• Hollywood Surplus Sale

  Lights, Camera, Auction Dept.

  Written by Earle Doud / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • The Indigestible MAD — 1968 (Paperback #24)
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  10–13
• Speaking From Pictures

  Freedom With Speech Dept.

  Written by Gerald Gardner / Photos by UPI
  14–15
• If Five Comic Strip Cartoonists Interpreted the Age-Old Riddle: "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?"

  Fowl Play Dept.

  Written by Gary Belkin / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Indigestible MAD — 1968 (Paperback #24)
  • MAD Special #101 — January 1995
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  16–18
• Spy vs. Spy — workout barbell magnet / choking machine

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • The Indigestible MAD — 1968 (Paperback #24)
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #73 — Winter 1990
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD #25 — June 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  19
• Letters That Cross in the Mail

  Postal-Mortems Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • The Indigestible MAD — 1968 (Paperback #24)
  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo Presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  20–22
• The Defensers (TV satire)

  Dribble Across the Court Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • MAD Special #1 — Fall 1970
  23–27
• Yacht Flags for the Home

  Standards of Living Dept.

  Written by George Gladir / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Indigestible MAD — 1968 (Paperback #24)
  28–29
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — spies trapped on train tracks / target puzzle

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  • MAD #34 — December 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  30
• The MAD Guide to Astrology

  Proceed According to Planet Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
  31–34
• On a Summer's Afternoon

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD XL #8 — March 2001
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD #38 — August 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
  35
• The Lighter Side of Women

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Indigestible MAD — 1968 (Paperback #24)
  • Dave Berg's MAD Trash — 1977 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
  36–39
• A Child's Garden of Weeds — new versions of old poems

  Corn Poem Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  • The Indigestible MAD — 1968 (Paperback #24)
  40–42
• A MAD Look at Travel

  Tour De Farce Dept.

  Written by Don Reilly / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #8 — 1965 Annual
  43–48 sample
• Ad for The Fifth Annual Edition of More Trash From MAD

  featuring MAD Window Stickers
  C3 sample
• Back Cover —
  Associated Taxi Companies of America say "You can't a-Ford to own a car..."

  Photo by Lester Krauss

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Follies #2 — 1964 Annual
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