MAD Magazine Recurring Features
Horrifying Clichés
in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues
Take any familiar phrase or colloquial expression,
give it an eerie setting so you come up with a new-type monster…
| Feature Title | Example | Writer | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horrifying Clichés | Escaping The Doldrums | Phil Hahn | 103 — Jun 1966 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Hatching a Scheme | Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan | 105 — Sep 1966 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Accepting a Grim Reality | Phil Hahn and E. Nelson Bridwell | 107 — Dec 1966 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Feeding one's Ego | Phil Hahn | 109 — Mar 1967 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Picking The Lesser of Two Evils | Phil Hahn, George Woodbridge, and May Sakami | 113 — Sep 1967 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Courting a Disaster | Phil Hahn, Neal Barbera, and May Sakami | 122 — Oct 1968 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Raising a Ruckus | May Sakami and E. Nelson Bridwell | 127 — Jun 1969 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Filling a Void | May Sakami | 132 — Jan 1970 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Embracing a Belief | May Sakami | 142 — Apr 1971 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Going Through a Phase | May Sakami | 170 — Oct 1974 |
| Paul Coker illustrates reader's Horrifying Cliché — Letters Section | Deleting An Expletive | Barbara Nell King | 172 — Jan 1975 |
| Horrifying Clichés | Opening an Old Wound | Frank Jacobs | 248 — Jul 1984 |
| Horrifying Sports Clichés | Getting Hit With a Penalty | Frank Jacobs | 250 — Oct 1984 |
| Horrifying Show-Biz Clichés | Doctoring a Horrible Script | Frank Jacobs | 260 — Jan 1986 |
| Horrifying Crime Clichés | Putting Out a Contract | Frank Jacobs | 267 — Dec 1986 |
| Horrifying Political Clichés | Hammering Out a Compromise | Frank Jacobs | 311 — Jun 1992 |
| Horrifying Political Clichés — from The Fundalini Pages | Committing a Gaffe | Nick Meglin | 518 — Dec 2012 |
| Horrifying Clichés — Special Trump Edition |
Dividing a Nation | Desmond Devlin | 548 — Dec 2017 |
MAD Beastlies and A MAD Peek Through the Microscope
preceded Horrifying Clichés with their own fun with creatures.
Excerpt from Horrifying Clichés — from #105, September 1966