Mad #77 March 1963

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo
• Cover Writer: Sergio Aragones
• Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman

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• Conniving Artists Schools (written by Larry Siegel)
  (many previously used subscription pictures of staff) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "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
• Letters (2-3)
• 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
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Mad's 1963 All-Inclusive Magazine Calendar
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Rickard art) (4-7)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Don Martin) (8-9)
• Hollywood Surplus Sale
  (written by Earle Doud / George Woodbridge art) (10-13)
• Speaking From Pictures
  (written by Gerald Gardner / UPI photos) (14-15)
• If Five Comic Strip Cartoonists Interpreted the
  Age-Old Riddle: "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?"
  (written by Gary Belkin / Wally Wood art) (16-18)
• Spy Vs. Spy - workout barbell magnet / choking machine (Antonio Prohias) (19)
• Letters That Cross in the Mail
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Bob Clarke art) (20-22)
• The Defensers (TV Satire)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Mort Drucker art) (23-27)
• Yacht Flags for the Home
  (written by George Gladir / Bob Clarke art) (28-29)
• Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy - spies trapped on train tracks /
  target puzzle (Antonio Prohias) (30)
• The Mad Guide to Astrology
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Rickard art) (31-34)
• On a Summer's Afternoon (Don Martin) (35)
• The Lighter Side of Women (Dave Berg) (36-39)
• A Child's Garden of Weeds (new versions of old poems)
  (written by Larry Siegel / Joe Orlando art) (40-42)
• A Mad Look at Travel
  (written by Don Reilly / Bob Clarke art) (43-48)
• Ad for The Fifth Annual Edition of More Trash From Mad
  featuring Mad Window Stickers (C3)
• Back Cover -- Associated Taxi Companies of America say
  "You can't a-Ford to own a car..." (Lester Krauss photo)