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Mad #520 April 2013

Cover Artist: Chris Houghton
Ad for Mad App for the iPad (C2)
Contents Page (1)
"Yoga is great practice for marriage - all you do is bend over backwards when someone tells you to!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
Letters (4-6)
- Eva Boyd - Detroit, MI
- Ava Gallagher - Kingston, NY
- Peter Kuper illustrated covers for German magazines
- Pat Brown - Clovis, CA
- Aidan MacSweeney - Assonet, MA
- Caleb Heideman - Sparta, MO
- Sam Caplan - Ambler, PA
- Pictures of Halloween costume wearers: Fin and Fred Karkowski, Alex Hartley, Ewan and Kieran and Ashley LaFond
- David Holderman - San Jose, CA
- Dan DeLaTorre - Lakewood, CO
Sergio Aragones Drawn Out Dramas (summary)
**various obscure places around the magazine
The Fundalini Pages (8-12)
- Cataclysmic Scenarios and Prophecies to Ignore in 2013 (written by Jeff Kruse / Charles Akins art)
- Gallup Poll Results on Creation/Evolution
  (written by Jeff Kruse)
- The Yungbluth & The Restless - mad dog conspiracist
  (Jason Yungbluth)
- Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds - Taylor Swift
  (Rick Tulka art)
- The Final "Bazooka Joe" Comic
  (written by Desmond Devlin)
- Rejected Fortune Cookies
- What to Expect from Saudi Arabia's New All-Female City (written by Matt Lassen / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
- Graphic Novel Review -
  Diary of a Walking Dead Kid
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Ty Templeton art)
- NFL Player or Game of Thrones Character?
  (Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer art)
  (written by Matt Lassen)
- The Cover We Didn't Use -
  Special "Usual Gangnam of Idiots" Issue
- Vey to Go! - gender instability (P. C. Vey)
- An Honest Item Return Label (written by Jeff Kruse)
- Easy Ways to Lose Weight
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Kevin Pope art)
- Haggerty Will Get You Nowhere -
  "Go ahead, brandish it." (Tim Haggerty)
- More Rejected Fortune Cookies
- Least Utilized Police Codes
  (written by Matt Lassen / Leonardo Rodriguez art)
- The Stupid Seven -
  Why Americans Are Still Hesitant to Embrace Soccer

Matt Lassen

Phil McAndrew

The 50 Worst Things About Cartoons
(written by Desmond Devlin, Jeff Kruse, Scott Maiko) /
(Peter Bagge, Anton Emdin, Adam Koford, Hermann Mejia art) (14-20)
Honey Boo Boo's Family Circus (written by Frank Santopadre / Tom Richmond art) (21-23)
Planet TAD!!!!! (written by Tim Carvell) (24-25)
Spy vs. Spy - top secret magic paint / traffic signal falls on texter (Peter Kuper) (26-27)
Mad's Tom Bunk Visits a High School Lunchroom (28-29)
Ad for various Mad books (30-31)
You've Hired the Wrong Life Coach If... (John Caldwell) (32-33)
A Mad Look At Washington (Sergio Aragones / Tom Luth color) (34-37)
Phrases That Left the English Language in 2012
(written by Matt Lassen / Ward Sutton art) (38-39)
Mad's Do-It-Yourself Adventure Time Episode (40-41)
Ad for Totally Mad Book (42)
The Strip Club (43-46)
- Rods & Cones (Brian Gordon)
- Sticker Shock (Matt Lassen and David DeGrand)
- What If Dog Was One Of Us? (Kenny Keil)
- Anywhere But the Face (Matt Lassen and Tom Hart)
- Brown Bear (Noah Van Sciver)
- hanging by a thread (Nate Fakes)
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh (Christopher Baldwin)
- WTF, Jeff? (written by Kit Lively / Scott Nickel art)
- Mister Morals (Lance Hansen)
Gangreens (ad parody) (written by Jeff Kruse / Scott Bricher art) (47-49)
Ad For Subscriptions with #154 bonus print (50)
The Mad Vault Article From #321 --
Spin Doctors for the Rest of Us (written by Desmond Devlin / Rick Tulka art) (51-53)
Frequently Overlooked Benefits of Being a Zombie
(Tom Cheney / color by Carl Peterson) (54-55)
The Best of The Idiotical (stuff from Mad's blog) (56)
- Life of Pee
- What To Expect When Kim's Expecting
- 5-Hour Enema
- Monopoly Pieces for Modern America
- The Unabridged NRA News Release
Fold-In -- For many Americans, what is the most important form they will ever fill out? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
Back Cover --
God Bless Our Assault Weapons - A Mad Sampler (Deborah Mills Woodbridge needlepoint)

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