Mad #436 December 2003

  • Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson
  • Cover Writer: Ray Alma
  • Contents Page (1)
  • "Youth is like money - it's only after it's gone that you finally realize how you should have spent it!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
  • Letters (2,4,6)
    (photos of John Ficarra, Dick DeBartolo, and
    Drew Friedman at New York is Book Country book signing)
  • Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
    **various places around the magazine
  • Is Our World Really All That Different From The Matrix?
    (written by Greg Leitman / Tom Richmond art) (8-10)
  • Mad Readers Fondly Remember Their Favorite Dysfunctional Family Thanksgiving Moments
    (John Caldwell) (12-14)
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  • 2-Letter Video Labels MTV Should Use
    (written by Desmond Devlin) (16-18)
  • More Pleasant Little Thoughts That Might Help You Sleep Better at Night
    (written by David Shayne / Ray Alma art) (20-21)
  • Monroe and... The Matrix (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art) (22-25)
  • A Series of Uneventful Misfortunes - The Similar Sequel - by Lemony Snicket
    (written by Dave Croatto / Gary Hallgren art) (27-34)
  • Spy vs. Spy - island mine (Peter Kuper) (36-37)
  • Sure Signs That Your School is Under-Funded (written by Jacob Lambert / Hermann Mejia art) (38-40)
  • Absolute Latest, Up-to-the-Minute Pick-Up Lines (written by Mike Snider / Tom Bunk art) (42-43)
  • The On-Screen / Off-Screen Videogame Sound Effects Comparison Guide
    (written by Russ Cooper / Scott Bricher and Kevin Pope art) (44-46)
  • A Mad Look at Bars (Sergio Aragones) (48-51)
  • An Urgent Warning For all Internet Users From AOL (ad parody) (written by Dick DeBartolo) (52)
  • Mad's Unreal Outtakes from The Matrix Revolutions (written by Greg Leitman) (54-56)
  • Norigami - The Ancient Japanese Art of Paper Unfolding (written by Danno Sullivan) (57)
  • If 24 Really Depicted What Life Would Be Like for America's First Black President
    (written by Mike Mikula / Timothy Shamey art) (58-59)
  • Fold-In -- What has turned out to be this year's biggest work of fiction? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
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