Mad #356 April 1997

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams
• Cover Idea: Tom Broderidge and Lisa DuMond
• Border Artist: Tom Bunk

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• Ad for Subscriptions -
  Help End Civilization As We Know It! (C2)
• Contents Page (new layout) (1)
• Letters (2-3)
  (Mad readers send in unsolicited photos of themselves)
  • Will Daly, Chris Ceccarelli - Seattle, WA
  • Graywolf01@aol.com
  • Dr. Henry Zimmermann - Burlington, WI
  • Anthony Reed - Ann Arbor, MI
  • Nicolas La Riviere - British Columbia, Canada
  • Jessi Taylor - Best of 1996 list - Williams, AZ
  • Bobby Radisky - Best of 1996 list - Monterey, CA
  • Doo22@aol.com
  • Hobbes013@aol.com
  • Johan, Lourdes & Junio Amador - Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  • Goddess Ambrosia - Brooklyn Heights, NY
  • Rev. David Porter Misso - Tulelake, CA
  • Denise Weick - Chicago, IL
  • Marshall Bimbaum - Baldwin, NY
  • Miami & Nikki Payne - Ontario, Canada
  • Ellie Jones - Melrose, MA
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Kids' Classic Stories as Told by Famous People
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Mort Drucker art) (4-5)
• Monroe &... The Curse (first Monroe appearance)
  (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art) (6-7)
• Absolut Kevorkian.
  (written by Al Jaffee / Greg Theakston art) (8)
• Joey Buttafuoco's Guide to Chivalry
  (written by C.J. Burke / Kyle Baker art) (9-11)
• Spy vs. Spy - training video
  (written by Michael Gallagher / Peter Kuper art) (12-13)
• One Grim Day in a Waiting Room
  (written by Sean Eisenporth / Tom Bunk art) (14)
• The 60's and The 90's
  (written by Russ Cooper / Rick Tulka art) (15-17)
• Absolut Liver.
  (written by Al Jaffee / Greg Theakston art) (18)
• PETArd's Animal Rights Newsletter
  (written by Chris Hart / Hermann Mejia art) (19-23)
• When Other Magazines Resort to
  Featuring Nude Celebrities on Their Covers
  (written by Frank Santopadre / Drew Friedman art) (24-25)
• A Mad Look at Racism (Sergio Aragones) (26-29)
• Hooked on Ebonics!
  (written by Desmond Devlin / R.J. Matson art) (30)
• The Bad Cop's Guide to Good Police Work (written by
  Andrew J. Schwartzberg / George Woodbridge art) (31-33)
• Absolut O.J. (written by Al Jaffee / Greg Theakston art) (34)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (35-38)
• Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Personal Fitness
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Kevin Pope art) (39-41)
• One Sad Sunday at St. Sebastian's
  (written by Robert Therrien / Joe Orlando art) (42)
• Future Editions of MTV's The Real World
  (written by Mike Snider / Sam Viviano art) (43-47)
• A TV Commercial We'd Like to See
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Timothy Shamey art) (48)
• Fold-In -- Where has an unexpected supply
  of crude recently been discovered? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Absolut Winter.
  (written by Al Jaffee / Greg Theakston art)