MAD #430 — June 2003

"More people would think for themselves if someone just told them to!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  2, 5–6
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• $-MEN2 (movie satire)

  X Marks the Flop Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD About the Movies Director's Cut — 2008
  • MAD About Super Heroes — Volume 2 — 2010
  • MAD About Super Heroes — Version 2.5 — 2012
  8–15
• Splash Me if You Can

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing
  16
• Monroe and... The Brain

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  18–21
• MAD's Complete Guide to Plagiarism

  Good Copy, Bad Copy Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Kevin Pope
  22–24
• The Jerry Springer Spaniel Show

  Dog Day Afternoon Programming Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #23 — October 2008
  26–27
• Spy vs. Spy — anticipating harm wall bed

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy — January 2011
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  30–31
• Firsthand Evidence That Obesity in Your School May Be Out of Control!

  Student Body Fat Dept.

  John Caldwell
  32–34
• MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows — The View

  The Chat 'n the Stat Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #17 — September 2007
  36–38
• A Prom Night Scrapbook for a Gay Couple in Smalltown, USA

  Behind the Straight Ball Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  39–42
• LoJerk Stolen Vehicle Recovery System (ad parody)

  Return to Spender Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Timothy Shamey
  43
• A MAD Look at Mothers

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragones — 2010
  44–47
• Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest

  (job as an experimental lab test subject / talking rodent)

  The Wizard of Odd Dept.

  P. C. Vey
  48
• MAD's Unreal Outtakes from The Matrix Reloaded

  Everything Old Is Keanu Again Dept.

  Written by Greg Leitman
  50–51
• Subtle Indications that the Guy You're Dating May Not Be a Millionaire

  The Ruse of Engagement Dept.

  Written by John Prete / Art by Rick Tulka / Idea by Steve Jarczak

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #24 — January 2009
  52–53
• MAD's Spam of the Month — Magic Meat Enhancer

  Dick DePt.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • This Is Your Brain On MAD — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  54–55 sample
• Fold-In — What extreme sport will many youths soon take part in?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Presents Harry Potter — September 2011
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3