MAD #435 — November 2003

"Starting a war in the name of peace is like poking a hole in a balloon to get more air into it!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  2, 6, 8
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Carpool — The Video Game (ad parody)

  Bland on the Run Dept.

  Written by David Shayne / Art by Scott Bricher and Timothy Shamey

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD Kids #3 — May 2006
  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  4–5
• Trashing Places (TV satire)

  Inferior Decorators Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #23 — October 2008
  10–16
• Closet Homophobes...

  We Have Nothing to Fear But Queer Itself Dept.

  Written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Keith Seidel

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  18–20 sample
• Signs That Friends Just Doesn't Give A Damn Anymore

  Dis the Season Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Ray Alma
  22–24
• Where Do They Get Off? — Vol. II

  Gallbearers Dept.

  Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Tom Bunk
  26–27
• Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest — housewarming party

  The Wizard of Odd Dept.

  P. C. Vey

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  28
• Unintended Bumper Messages

  Sticker Schlock Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Photos by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #22 — July 2008
  30–31 sample
• More Ridiculous Friends Spinoffs We're Sure to See...

  Split-coms Dept.

  Written by Greg Leitman / Art by Drew Friedman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #12 — April 2020
  34–35
• Monroe and... The Downloads

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #24 — January 2009
  37–40
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — steamrolled abstract paintings

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  42–43
• MAD's Make Your Own Movie Sequel

  The Plot Sickens Dept.

  Written by Jonathan Bresman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Freebie MAD — 2005
  44
• A MAD Look at Fashion

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  46–48
• Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest — scheduling a doctor's appointment

  The Wizard of Odd Dept.

  P. C. Vey

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  50
• Things We Might Have Seen Had Jerry Springer Run For the Senate

  Schlock the Vote Dept.

  John Caldwell
  52–54
• Non-Sports Over/Under Bets

  The Blizzard of Odds Dept.

  Written by Mike Mikula / Art by Rick Tulka
  56
• Seebrisket (movie satire)

  May the Horse Be With You Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024
  58–62
• Some Like it Shot

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing
  63
• Fold-In — What form of terrorism does the Department of Homeland Security appear helpless to prevent?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
  C3