MAD #510 — August 2011

"The only thing more depressing than another presidential election is what's likely to result from it!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of the Morse code tattoo on the back of Antonio Prohias' granddaughter Alyssa / "Thank You" card from Al Jaffee to fans who sent him stuff for his 90th birthday / Ad for Subscriptions with AEN portrait offer (p.3) / Ad for Harry Potter Special (p.7)
  2, 4–6
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindlessness Dept.

  Featuring /

  • Obama-Haters' Reactions to the Killing of Osama Bin Laden — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • When the Going Gets Duff — "What would sound good on Facebook?" — J. C. Duffy
  • What Lindsay Lohan Learned During Her Community Service at the L.A. Morgue — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Rick Tulka
  • New Trends: Ironic Hipster Facial Hair — David DeGrand
  • The Cover We Didn't Use — Born This Dumb (Lady Gaga album cover parody)
  • Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Newt Gingrich — Art by Sam Viviano
  • The Top Tourist Attractions in 2058 — Written by Michael Grinspan / Art by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
  • The Fast Five — Things That Would Have Been Great If Donald Trump Had Become President — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Anton Emdin sample
  • Plugged Nickel — dog treats for a licking — Scott Nickel
  • On Sale Now — Eat This Not That! — Zombie Edition — Written by Scott Maiko
  • Worst Selling Exotic Pets — Written by Kiernan P. Schmitt / Art by Paul Coker
  8–10
• Olbermann — The Terminated (poster parody)

  In the Line of Fired Dept. — Part I

  Art by Roberto Parada
  11
• Green Lunkhead (movie satire)

  Sewing His Wild Oath Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About Super Heroes — version 2.5 — 2012
  12–17
• When Ventriloquists Go Bad

  Throwing Their Vice Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Certifiably MAD — 2012
  18–19
• A MAD Look at Celebrity Life

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  20–23
• Glenn Beck — Terminated, Too — Misjudgment Day (poster parody)

  In the Line of Fired Dept. — Part II

  Art by Richard Williams
  24
• Bored Bath & Be Gone

  Rotten to the Store Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Scott Bricher
  25–27
• How Does Captain America Stack Up Against Other Legendary Captains?

  Military Zeroes Dept.

  Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #15 — October 2020
  28–29
• Spy vs. Spy — suicide ploy / all fails but poison ivy

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  30–31
• Romance: Before & After the Economic Slump

  The Cost of Loving Index Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Peter Bagge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #36 — April 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  32–33
• Ad for MAD's Blog: The Idiotical
  34
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  Featuring /

  • That Sinking Feeling — Jason Yungbluth
  • The Machine That Travels Through Time — Joey Alison Sayers
  • I'm Afraid It's Very Serious — Phil McAndrew
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  • Nitemare Zone — KC Green
  • lil Popi — Box Brown
  • Jungle Jeff — Dan Thompson
  • Good Enough — Peet Tamburino
  • Rex in the City — Dustin Glick
  • Got Your Nose — Jacob Lambert
  35–38
• Angry Birds — Team Six Navy Seals Edition (ad parody)

  It Was App to Happen Dept.

  Art by Charles Akins
  39
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell / Art by Brian Durniak
  40–41
• The MAD Vault

  The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Lame Dept.

  Article from MAD #176: A MAD Look at Burial at Sea — Don (Duck) Edwing
  42–43
• New Monopoly Cards That Reflect the Sleazy Way Business is Really Done

  Community Jest Dept.

  Written by Nick Meglin / Art by Sam Viviano
  44–45 sample
• MAD Pins Down Some Truly Shocking WWE: Did You Know?s

  Bored of the Ring Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tim Hamilton
  46–47
• Ad for MAD's Greatest Artists — Sergio Aragones — Five Decades of His Finest Works
  48
• Yawn Stars (TV satire)

  Hock Around the Clock Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  • MAD #26 — August 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  49–52
• Terminated — The Katie Couric Chronicles (poster parody)

  In the Line of Fired Dept. — Part III

  Art by Jason Seiler
  53
• The Shadow Knows

  Light Makes Right Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • MAD #17 — February 2021
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  54–55
• Dos Equis Presents Fascinating Facts About The Least Interesting Man in the World

  We Have Nothing to Fear But Beer Itself Dept.

  Written by Scott Maiko / Photos by Irving Schild
  56
• Fold-In — What despicable group is scorned around the country wherever they go?

  Al Jaffee
  C3