MAD #403 — March 2001

"Be wary of anyone who gives you advice that begins with, 'Be wary of…!'" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page

  Notes

  • Editor's Note about publishing in color and showing real ads with this issue, revolutionary concepts in the magazine publishing business, Ad for madmag.com, "Vey To Go" — "Me? I thought you knew him." by P. C. Vey — sample
  1–3
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for MAD XL #8 — March 2001
  4–5
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Malcontent in the Muddle (TV satire)

  Dysfoxtional Family Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  • MAD #505 — October 2010 — The MAD Vault (excerpt)
  • MAD #46 — December 2025
  7–12
• A MAD Look at the Library

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #18 — October 2007
  13–16
• A Kid's Guide to Writing Letters

  Mail Dominance Dept.

  Written by Ryan Pagelow

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  18–20
• Spy vs. Spy — spy-faced anvil graffitist

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #11 — November 2006
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  22–23
• Monroe &... The Special Delivery (continued next issue)

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  24–27
• A Bloody Mess

  I Feel Your Vein Dept.

  Written by Michael Gallagher / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #19 — November 2007
  30
• Unbearable (movie satire)

  Shyamalan-a-Ding-Dong Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  31–34 sample
• 10 Sure Signs You're Suffering From March Madness

  Hoops! They Did it Again Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #14 — April 2007
  36–37
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Eminem

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia
  38
• The Home Despot (ad satire)

  The Depths of Repair Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse and Russ Cooper / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD Classics #15 — June 2007
  39–41 sample
• 2000: The Year in Film

  Title Wave Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Photos by AP and Wide World
  42–43
• Other Fashion Brand Names That Are Actually Acronyms

  Clothes Minded Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #18 — October 2007
  • MAD #505 — October 2010 — The MAD Vault (excerpt)
  44
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #19 — November 2007
  45–48
• Cheesy Angles (movie satire)

  Chicks With Kicks Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD Classics #10 — October 2006
  50–55
• Fold-In — What major challenge is confronting many of today's teens?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — A Real Altoids Ad featuring Spy vs. Spy
  C4

With this issue, MAD starts the regular use of "real" ads —
back covers contain real ads until #517, October 2012.