Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site

Cover Artist: Richard Williams

Dedication to Mad writers
Inside Intro Image - Cover #76 (Norman Mingo)
Acknowledgments (Don Martin art)
Contents
Hoohah! (Jack Davis art)
(written by Mark Evanier after Harvey Kurtzman)
Various Framed Mad Art Surrounds Alfred
(uses Richard Williams' Frames Cover
from Color Classics #5)
Introduction (with snippets of the following:)
Please Buy This Magazine (Harvey Kurtzman)
Marginal - (Sergio Aragones)
- Landslide takes out guru
Beware of Imitations! (Jack Davis art)
Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
at a Wrestling Match (Al Jaffee)
The A(sinine) Team (TV satire)
(written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art)
Mole!
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
The Stalking of Pamela Lee
(written by Frank Jacobs / Hermann Mejia art)
Mad's Beatles Songbook
(written by Frank Jacobs / Drew Friedman art)

CHAPTER ONE - The "Usual Gang of Idiots"
Chapter introduction page - Mad Reader!
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Basil Wolverton art)
with bits of the following written by Harvey Kurtzman:
Pot-Shot Pete (Harvey Kurtzman)
Shadow! (Jack Davis art)
Flesh Garden! (Wally Wood art)
Lone Stranger Rides Again! (Jack Davis art)
Miltie of the Mounties! (John Severin art)

Harvey Kurtzman
Comic Book Covers: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 16, 18
Hey Look!
The Mad People Watcher's Guide to a
Political Convention (written by Mike Snider)
Camouflage Tricks of City Animals
(written by Rurik Tyler / with Will Elder art)
A TV Commercial We'd Like to See -
The American Ex-Pres Card
(written by John Prete / with Will Elder art)
Fund Raisers That Never Made It!
(written by Dick DeBartolo / with Will Elder art)
Why Owning a VCR is Better Than
Going to the Movies (written by Tom Koch)

Jack Davis
Lone Stranger! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
A Guide to Better Understanding the
Fine Old Art of Boxing (written by Al Jaffee)
Horror Movie Scenes We'd Like to See
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
Groan With the Wind (written by Stan Hart)
A Fistful of Lasagna (written by Lou Silverstone)
No Hoax Barred (written by Stan Hart)
Raiders of a Lost Art
(written by Dick DeBartolo and Frank Jacobs)
The Battle of Oprah and Phil
(written by Frank Jacobs)
Mad's Reality Street (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Running Cover Special #87

Will Elder
Mole! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Starchie (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Gasoline Valley! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Mad Awards for Television Commercials
(written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Ipuna Toothpaste
Howdy Dooit! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
The Ed Suvillan Show
(written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Banana Republic Dictator of the Year (written
by Lou Silverstone / with Harvey Kurtzman art)
Mad Visits an Organ Transplant Hospital (written
by Lou Silverstone / and Harvey Kurtzman art)
Garbage Pail Adults (Harvey Kurtzman)

John Severin
Miltie of the Mounties!
(written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Sheik of Araby! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Melvin of the Apes! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)

Wallace Wood
Sound Effects! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Bat Boy and Rubin! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Flesh Garden! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
The Mad College Primer (written by Phil Hahn)
Gookum! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Blobs! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Superduperman! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Open Office Week (written by Gary Belkin)
The Mad "Comic" Opera (written by Frank Jacobs)
3-Dimensions! (written by Harvey Kurtzman)

CHAPTER TWO - How Artists Go Mad
Dave Berg
The Lighter Side of The Television Set
Mad Playgrounds That Prepare Kids for Adult Life
Pushcarts
The Lighter Side of Homeowners
The Lighter Side of Hair
The Lighter Side of Smoking
The Lighter Side of Annoyances
The Lighter Side of... Doctors
The Lighter Side of... Fast Cures
The Lighter Side of... Widebodies
The Lighter Side of... The Office

Bob Clarke
25 Cent Mad Children's Books
(written by Tom Koch)
Mad Goes HiFi (written by Frank Jacobs)
Educational Billboards (written by Tom Koch)
Photos of Poetry in Motion (written by Al Jaffee)
Madison Ave. Surplus Sale (written by Al Jaffee)
Mother's Day Cards from Some Children Who
Didn't Turn Out Very Well (written by Frank Jacobs)
The Mad "Down-To-Earth" Coloring Book
(written by Sy Reit)
Ads We Can Look For After the Next
Successful Space Mission (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Oz - Revisited (written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
Babar's Final Adventure (written by Frank Jacobs)
A Collection of Mad X-RAYvings
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts!
(written by Arnie Kogen)
Criminal Types Dept.
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
Bonus Balonus (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Spy vs Spy - Trojan Cow
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing)

Mort Drucker
True Fat (written by Larry Siegel)
Henna and Her Sickos (written by Debbee Ovitz)
MASH Cover #234
NYPD Blue Cover #329
Hulk Hogan Cover #264
East Side Story (written by Frank Jacobs)
Ronald Reagan - Now Starring at the White House
(written by Stan Hart)
Star Bores Re-Hash of the Jeti
(written by Dick DeBartolo)
Schwarzenegger (written by Frank Jacobs)
The World's Greatest Thinkers Go to a Baseball
Game (written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg)
Mild Mild Mess (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Harry Plodder and the Sorry-Ass Story
(written by Desmond Devlin)
Smellville (written by Dick DeBartolo)

Frank Kelly Freas
Enlistment Cover #48
Jackpot Cover #64
Crust Gum Paste
Mad's Ink Blot Test (with Will Elder art)
Mad Dogs and Their Owners
Neuman for President Rally Cover #56

Al Jaffee
National Perspirer (written by Larry Siegel)
Fold-In -- A "Snappy Answers to Stupid
Questions" Smoking Confrontation
Alfred E. Neuman for President Cover #217
"New-Improved" Products That Really
Are New and Improved (idea by Billy Doherty)
If Kids Designed Their Own Christmas Toys
(Lester Krauss photos)
Mad's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
Mad's Puzzle Page
Mad's Medical Mother Goose
(written by Larry Siegel)
Crime Foilers For the Average Citizen

Don Martin
One Day Last April
One Evening at the Stamp Club Meeting
One Evening at Home
Genteel Ben (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Fighting Sidewalk Santas Cover #68
The Indignant Husband
One Tuesday Morning
One Evening in Spain
Last Week in a Freensville Diner
Pay Toll - Fifty Feet
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
Don Martin's Version of a Movie of
Ecchcaliber (written by Larry Siegel)
One Fine Day with King Kong (written by
Sergio Aragones and Don (Duck) Edwing)

Norman Mingo
Mt. Rushmore Cover #31
Will Elder credited as artist for early
Alfred E. Neuman image - inside back cover of #27,
given to Norman Mingo to create the iconic version
used by every artist since
Alfred as King Kong Cover #94
Middle of the Road Cover #96
Political Balloons Cover #122
(with Mort Drucker art)
Alfred for President Straw Hat Cover #153
Mad Salutes The Big Con Cover #171
Alfred of Arabia Cover #86
Yes... Me Worry!

Joe Orlando
The Parting Shot (written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
Scenes We'd Like to See - The Monster and
the Villagers (written by E. Nelson Bridwell)
One Sad Sunday at St. Sebastian's
(written by Robert Therrien)
Reader's Disgust

Basil Wolverton & Monte Wolverton
The Face Upon the Floor! (H. Antoine d'Arcy)
(written by Harvey Kurtzman)
Beautiful Girl of the Month Cover #11
Wheelers and Dealers
Dining Etiquette Quiz
Mad Hats
Mad's Grab Bag of Helpful Hints
(written by A. Kaviraj)
One Fine Day at the Candy Store
(written by Jay Lynch)

George Woodbridge
Mad's Christmas Cards to Seasonal Exploiters
(written by Frank Jacobs)
Jabber-Whacky (written by Isabelle Di Caprio)
The Hymn of the Battered Republic
(written by Frank Jacobs)
43-Man Squamish (written by Tom Koch)
O.K.! Gunfight at the Corral!
Mad Raps Up the Bible (written by Frank Jacobs)
Mad Raps Up Shakespeare (written by Frank Jacobs)

CHAPTER THREE -
The Chapter on How a Mad Article Comes to Be
Chapter introduction page - Mad Reader!
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Basil Wolverton art)
Sergio Aragones
A Mad Look at the U.S. Space Effort
On the Set of Mad TV
The Shadow Knows
LBJ Jester Cover #114
(written by Sergio Aragones / Norman Mingo art)
A Mad Look at Batman
A Mad Look at King Kong
A Mad Look at "Star Wars"
A Mad Look at Pregnancy
A Mad Look at Racism
A Mad Look at Harry Potter

Paul Coker Jr.
Horrifying Cliches (written by Frank Jacobs)
Mad's Recession Mother Goose
(written by Frank Jacobs)
Flakier (written by Dick DeBartolo)
More "Modern" Fairy Tales (written by Don Reilly)
Footnotes* to History (written by Paul Peter Porges)

Harry North
Graduation Class Pictures as Staged by Some
of the World's Best-Known Picture-Makers
(written by Paul Peter Porges)
King Korn (written by Dick DeBartolo)
The Mad Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for
You and Your Neurosis - The Hypochondriac's
Seven Day Tour of Europe (written by Stan Hart)
Star Roars
(written by Larry Siegel and Dick DeBartolo)
A Mad Report on Progress
(written by Lou Silverstone)
Purple Acid Rain (written by Arnie Kogen)

Paul Peter Porges
Pastimes for the Bedridden
A Mad Look at Other Uses for Live Lobsters
Your Pet Has Reached Blissful Retirement When...

Antonio Prohias
Spy vs. Spy Title Panel
Antonio Prohias' drawing table world
Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy - Swinging Spies
A Portfolio of Mad Blooming Idiosyncrasies
Spy vs. Spy - Footprint Weapon
Spy vs. Spy - Rollercoaster
Spy vs. Spy - Drumset
Vengeance
Spy vs. Spy - Sidewalk Rocket

Jack Rickard
Boob and Carnal and Tad and Alas Cover #137
Mannie Get Your Ghoul (written by Frank Jacobs)
Yes, Virginia...
Citizen's Arrests (written by Stan Hart)
Long Distance Runs of the Future
(written by Dennis Snee)
A CBS-TV Summer Memo to
The Smothered Brothers (written by Ronnie Nathan)
Tootsie Cover #240
Charles Darwin's Birthday Cover #238

An Inserted Random Assortment of Things in Color
First Alfred Cover #30 (Norman Mingo art)
Mad "Wall-Nuts" (was a bonus insert)
(Norman Mingo and Bob Clarke art)
Hah! Noon! Cover #9 (Harvey Kurtzman art)
1956 Baby Cover #27
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)
Chimp-Painted Cover #38 (J. Fred Muggs art)
Lesser-Known Characters Cover #39
(C.C. Beall Jr. art)
Mad 20 of 1998 Cover #377 (Roberto Parada art)
Scarecrow Cover #43
(written by Joe Orlando / Kelly Freas art)
Carolers Cover #52 (Kelly Freas art)
Gremlins II Cover #298 (Richard Williams art)
Who Needs You Cover #126 (Norman Mingo art)
L.A. Law Cover #274 (Mort Drucker art)
L.A. Law cast recreates #274 cover
The Sopranos Cover #422 (Drew Friedman art)
Snowboarding Cover #342
(written by Sergio Aragones / James Bennett art)
Whoopi Goldberg Cover #344 (C. F. Payne art)
X-Files Cover #374 (Roberto Parada art)
Cyclops Cover Special #138
(written by Michael Gallagher / Joe DeVito art)
The Osbournes Cover #420 (Scott Bricher art)
Mad Regurgitates the 20th Century -
1900-1929 (James Warhola art)
1930-1959 (Richard Williams art)
Washington Cross-Dressing the Delaware
(Richard Williams art)

back to and finishing off of CHAPTER THREE -
Angelo Torres
Gall in the Family Fare (written by Larry Siegel)
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the
Phone Company (written by Earle Doud)
The Mad "Effluent Society" Pollution Primer
(written by Sy Reit)
Popicorn (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Star Blecch Voyeur (written by Dick DeBartolo)
When Today's Controversial Issues Totally
Invade the Comics (written by Frank Jacobs)
Jerkules and Zima (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Busty the Vampire Spayer
(written by Dick DeBartolo)

CHAPTER FOUR -
Making Mad (Some Assembly Required)
Chapter introduction page - Mad Reader!
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Basil Wolverton art)
Tom Bunk
Video Arcade Personalities - Volume I
(written by Sean Eisenporth)
Selecting the Right High School Clique for You -
The Shredder Clique (written by Mike Snider)
The Zit (written by Michael Gallagher)
Specialized State Death Penalties
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
"Internet Ready Keyboard" Icons That Tell
It Like It Is (written by Dick DeBartolo)

John Caldwell
Gross and Beyond Gross
Unpublished NYC Marathon Cover #411
Specially Trained Dogs for Everyone
How to Tell if You've Selected a Bad HMO
When Priests Go Bad (written by Mike May)

Don (Duck) Edwing
The Avenging Oar
One Afternoon Deep in the Jungle
(was an untitled back cover)
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art)
Star Wars - Yoda Cover #220
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Jack Rickard art)
Coffee Break Cover #222 (Irving Schild photo)
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Norman Mingo art)
The Lyrical Latin Lalapalooza
The Controversial Convict's Comeuppance
The Masked Mountie and His Wonder Dog, Biscuit -
Chapter XLIII - "The Lair of Doom!"
Dummy & Dummier
The Colossal Courtroom Confrontation

Gerry Gersten
The Reagan (written by Frank Jacobs)
Don't Be Fooled (written by Frank Jacobs)
You Always Remember...You Never Remember...
(written by Mike Snider)
Mad's Beatles Songbook - "Hey, Newt"
(written by Frank Jacobs)
The Mad Nasty File - Volume VIII
(written by Tom Koch)

Tom Hachtman
Rocky V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI or The Italian
Scallion vs. The Great Hollywood Villains
Tattoo Cover #310

Dave Manak
Spy vs. Spy - Suitcase Trap
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing)

John Pound
The Oil (written by Frank Jacobs)
An Ad They'll Never Show - You've Got Cancer
of the Hump! (written by Don (Duck) Edwing)

Rick Tulka
The 60's and The 90's (written by Russ Cooper)
The ABC's of Rock (written by Desmond Devlin)
6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone
and Anything (written by Mike Snider)
A Mad Guide to Who's Who Outside the
Today Show Window (written by Mike Snider)
Livin' to Feed Al Roker (written by Frank Jacobs)

Sam Viviano
Roger Ebore and Gene Sissy
(written by Arnie Kogen)
Trypanic (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Tortured By An Angel (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Dallas J.R. Cover #223
South Park Covers #371
(written by Desmond Devlin)
Clinton Bashing Cover #361
The Hunchback and Note the Dame
(written by Dick DeBartolo)
Batsman: The Anemic Series
(written by Dick DeBartolo)
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Comedy Club
(written by Lou Silverstone)
Britney Spears Cover #417

James Warhola
Mad's Modern Animal Crackers
(written by Mike Snider)
The Wizard of Oz in a Chat Room
(written by Desmond Devlin)
Baseball at the Bat (written by Frank Jacobs)
eVan Gogh Holyfield - Self Portrait
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
Lemon Cover #279

Richard Williams
Mad's All-Star Flopps
If Norman Rockwell Depicted the 90's -
"First Day of School"
If Norman Rockwell Depicted the 90's -
"First Drug Test" (concept by Bob Bramble)
The Rats of Survivor
Hillary Clinton's World
War Games Cover #244
Pee Wee Herman Cover #273
Crash Test Dummies Cover #313
Frames Cover Color Classics #5
Harry Potter Cover #391
Copy Machine Cover #356
(idea by Tom Broderidge and Lisa DuMond)

CHAPTER FIVE - Picture Perfect Mad
Chapter introduction page - Mad Reader!
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Basil Wolverton art)
Irving Schild
Let's Kill-off Ridiculous Ad Campaigns
The Day That "Ajax" got the Housewife
out of the Kitchen a Little Too Fast!

Ray Alma
Planet of the Remakes (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Bobby Knight: Serial Bully

James Bennett
Survivor Cover #405

Scott Bricher
Season's Greetings from the NRA
(written by Tom Hachtman)
Mad Regurgitates the 20th Century - 1960-1989

Tom Cheney
Olympic Events for the Dead

Amanda Conner
Lunch-Packing Mom Profiles
(written by Ryan Pagelow)

Mark Fredrickson
College Roommate Cover #335
Godzilla Cover #370 (written by Don (Duck) Edwing /
Sergio Aragones border art)

Drew Friedman
The Untold History of Mad - 1974
(written by Desmond Devlin)
O.J. Trial Cover #332
What if God Was One of Us?
(written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg)
Blood, Honor & Three Credits
(written by J. Michael Shade)
The California Institute of Comedy Writing
(written by Julie Klam)
Seinfeld's Endless Farewell
(written by Mike Snider and Scott Maiko)

Peter Kuper
Spy vs. Spy - Grafitti
Spy vs. Spy - Back-Stabbing Psychologist
(written by Michael Gallagher)
The Presidential Candidate's Choose Your
Own Adventure Book (written by Eric Perlin)
A Brief History of Music
Unconscious Racists... (written by Butch D'Ambrosio)

Hermann Mejia
Maimed Flesh (written by Scott Maiko)
Mad Morphs (written by Don (Duck) Edwing)
Elton Duets With Eminem (written by Greg Leitman)
The 21 Hottest Internet Rumors Regarding Star Wars
Episode II: Attack of the Clones (written by Arie Kaplan)
David Crosby: Sperm Whale
Cheesy Angles (written by Dick DeBartolo)

Roberto Parada
Taco Bell Chihuahua Cover #397
Star Wars Limp Light Saber Cover #419

C. F. Payne
Regis Philbin Cover #392
Howard Stern and Dennis Rodman Cover #357

Kevin Pope
"So, You're Going to Prison!"
(written by Anthony Barbieri)
Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Personal Fitness
(written by Desmond Devlin)
Doomsday Cults in America Today
(written by Jeff Kruse)

Tom Richmond
Mad's 50 Worst Things About Sports
(written by Desmond Devlin)
Traff-eccch! (written by Arnie Kogen)
America's Most Wanton! (written by Dick DeBartolo)
Lotta Crotch: Bazoom Raider
(written by Desmond Devlin)

Mark Stutzman
Star Wars - Darth Maul Cover #385

Bill Wray
Monroe &... Valentine's Day
(written by Anthony Barbieri)
Walt Disney Visits His Studio Today
(written by Chris Hart)
Monroe &... Halloween (written by Anthony Barbieri)

CHAPTER SIX - And Still More Idiots...
Chapter introduction page - Mad Reader!
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Basil Wolverton art)
Kyle Baker
The All-Time Pantheon of Oddball Music Fans
(written by Desmond Devlin)

Grey Blackwell
Instant TV Reviews (written by Russ Cooper)

Max Brandel
A Portfolio of Mad Namelies
Great Moments in Politics -
Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam Scar

Joe DeVito
King Kong Cover Special #111

Shary Flenniken
Job Hunting with the Single Career Girl in the Big City
(written by Peggy Doody)

Frank Frazetta
Early One Morning in the Jungle
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing)

Rick Geary
Martha Stewart Remakes the O.J. Trial "Perfect"
(written by Julie Klam)

Gary Hallgren
Haiku Study Guides
(written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg)

Phil_Interlandi
Scenes We'd Like to See - The Fighter Who Didn't Rally
Scenes We'd Like to See - Escaping the Cannibals
Scenes We'd Like to See - The Runaway Stagecoach
Bob_Jones
"Bring Back Arbor Day" Cover #184
Politically Inspired Olympic Events
(written by Mike Snider)
A TV Ad We'd Like to See - Budweiser Frogs
(written by John Prete)

Bernie Krigstein
From Eternity Back to Here! (Bernie Krigstein art)

R. J. Matson
"How We First Met" Stories That Today's Young
Lovers Will Be Stuck With (written by Mike Snider)

David O'Keefe
Jeopardy Cover #380

David Anson Russo
Alfred E. Neuman "What, Me Worry?" Maze Poster

Keith Seidel
Settling the Microsoft Monopoly Lawsuit on Judge Judy
(written by Desmond Devlin)

Timothy Shamey
Mad Interviews the Defense Attorney of the Year
(written by Stan Hart)

Sam Sisco
When Other Comedians Become Monday Night
Football Commentators (written by Russ Cooper)
The Subtle Differences Between Tony Soprano and
George W. Bush (written by Stan Sinberg)

Bob Staake
Mad's Stuck-In-Traffic, Second-By-Second Timetable
(written by Dave Croatto)

Greg Theakston
Absolut Kevorkian.

P. C. Vey
Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest
-- illegal firearms and explosives

CHAPTER SEVEN - Last Word
Chapter introduction page - Mad Reader!
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Basil Wolverton art)
Alfred Back Cover #30 (Norman Mingo art)
Don Martin "Sound Effects" Stickers Bonus
Fold-In -- What recent spiritual movement has
(Thank God!) burned itself out? (Al Jaffee)
Fold-In -- What creature recently
became extinct in Alaska? (Al Jaffee)
Scenes We'd Like to See
(written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Jack Rickard art)
One Night in the City
(written by Al Jaffee / Jack Davis art)
Commercial Characters Cover #35 (Norman Mingo art)
Park-David Great Moments in Medicine -
Presenting the Bill (Kelly Freas art)
Beer Belongs - Enjoy It
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
Lady Clinic Plastic Surgeons (Lester Krauss photo)
Concertina Expanding Can (Lester Krauss photo)
Likely Strife Cigarettes (Lester Krauss photo)
Bilked Telephone System (Lester Krauss photo)
Blecch Shampoos (Frank Frazetta art)
A Scene We'd Like to See -
Exxon Board Chairman Gets Oiled (Irving Schild photo)
I'm the NRA. (Nature's Revenge Association)
(written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola)
(Irving Schild photo / computer imaging by Peter Sun)
Dear & Departed / Bentsome & Hedges
(written by Darren Johnson / Scott Bricher art)
Monicagate - Starr Wars (Mark Stutzman art)
Spider-Sham
(written by Dick DeBartolo / Tom Richmond art)
Bored of the Rings - The Feebleschtick of Ka-Ching!
(written by Desmond Devlin / Hermann Mejia art)
Spy vs. Spy - Exploding Bird Seed
(written by Michael Gallagher / Peter Kuper art)
Photomosaic Cover #400 (Robert Silvers art)

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