But There's More!Magazines Beyond Mad's Regular Issues
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Mad Annual Covers
1958 to 1969
More Trash From Mad and The Worst From Mad came on the scene in 1958 with Mad Follies joining them in 1963.
With the exception of bonus inserts and most covers, articles were reprints from earlier issues.
Each Annual's contents page has reprinted article titles linked to their regular issue sources.
Where new stuff exclusive to the Annuals happens, I note the contribution title in red.
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More Trash
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The Worst
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Mad Follies
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Mad Special and Super Special Covers
Fall 1970 to November 1999
Like the earlier annuals, Mad Specials were reprints of past articles, but with new articles thrown in at times.
Each Special's contents page has reprinted article titles linked to their regular issue sources.
Where new stuff exclusive to the Specials happens, I note the contribution title in red.
The UGOI (Usual Gang Of Idiots: contributing artists, writers, etc.) responsible for non-reprinted,
original material has been added to each idiot's respective list.
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Tales Calculated To Drive You Mad
Summer 1997 to Winter 1999
Tales Calculated To Drive You Mad was an 8-issue series of special reprints of the original 23 MAD comic books. Along with the reprints, Frank Jacobs' The Incomplete History of MAD Comics was featured in continuing segments.
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Mad XL
January 2000 to July 2005
Mad XL was a 34-issue series of "modern" special reprints much like its predecessors.
Early issues contained reprinted segments of The Mad World of William M. Gaines by Frank Jacobs.
Issues also contained Mad's Idiot of the Issue! spotlighting a different contributor each issue.
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Mad Color Classics
April 2000 to April 2005
Mad Color Classics was an 11-issue series of special reprints that ran less frequently during the same time as Mad XL.
The usual black and white Mad articles were reprinted in full color for the first time with this series.
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Mad Classics
August 2005 to May 2009
Mad Classics was a 25-issue series of special reprints that took the place of Mad XL and Mad Color Classics,
combining elements of those two previous specials. It was Mad's last series of specials in the traditional sense.
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Mad Kids
December 2005 to March 2009
Mad Kids was a 14-issue series aimed at the grade-schooler market.
Some older regular Mad Magazine content was edited into the magazine along with lots of new content.
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Mad Special Collector's Edition 'Bookazine'
2012 to the current day
These 'bookazines' are perfect-bound collections of essentially reprint material.
Some of them are abridgments of hardcover books, others themed reprints from the magazine.
Big, beautiful, glossy, substantial things... recycled Mad garbage never smelled so good!
Treasure Trove of Trash
Barnes & Noble // Yawns & Babble Editions
2022 to the current day
Partnering with Barnes & Noble, MAD made sure selected articles from their current regular reprint issues,
which had been available by subscription or in comic books stores, found a few more eyeballs at the
B&N counter in these delightful repackages of repackages. At least collectors (usually) got a new cover!
Mad Special Miscellanea
Individual special and promotional issues will be added randomly
with a focus on those that had some original, never-before-seen material.
I'm open to suggestions for what to list
(send your cards and letters to: madcoversite@yahoo.com).
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