Mad Magazine Letter Pages
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LETTER TITLE | DESCRIPTIONS | ISSUE / DATE |
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Rabbit Punch | Picture of Alfred substitutes for Mad's New York address and makes it to them from Los Angeles with no problem. Take that! Playboy bunny. |
65 - Sep 1961 |
No Address Given | New Zealander successfully tries the Alfred picture as address stunt. | 79 - Jun 1963 |
Addressee Known | The postal service passes the test a third time when Richland, Washington sender sends a letter to Mad using just Alfred's face. |
135 - Jun 1970 |
Envelope of the Month | Drawing of Bill Gaines holding a card with office address. | 278 - Apr 1988 |
Envelope of the Month | Smiling Bill Gaines with Alfred button holds a wine bottle after a big meal. | 287 - Jun 1989 |
Envelope of the Month | Prehistoric Gaines with dinosaur may have carved a MAD logo in stone with his club. | 291 - Dec 1989 |
Envelope of the Month | Mad's address is printed on the back of Alfred's trenchcoat he's opening to flash Gaines, DeBartolo, Berg, Jaffee and Aragones (reference to #257). |
294 - Apr 1990 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfred E. Simpson leans on his skateboard and says, "What, me have a cow?" | 301 - Mar 1991 |
Envelope of the Month | Writer congratulates Mad on their 300th issue, borrows Alfred from It's a World, World, World, World Mad paperback. |
302 - Apr 1991 |
Envelope of the Month | Duck Edwing style cannibal roasts Bill Gaines in "The Probable Publisher's Problem." | 308 - Jan 1992 |
Envelope of the Month - Part II |
Nurse prepares to sponge bath an old-age Alfred hooked up to an IV drip, heart monitor and oxygen. |
308 - Jan 1992 |
Envelopes of the Month - Special International Edition |
Sword-brandishing Alfred from Greece and an Alfred E. Shamir from Israel | 313 - Sep 1992 |
Envelope of the Month | Minimalistic White Spy reads a note with Mad's address on it. | 316 - Jan 1993 |
Envelope of the Month | Inexplicable fold-in involving Alfred and Dave Berg faces. | 320 - Jul 1993 |
Envelope of the Month | Bill Clinton meets his long-lost twin brother Alfred. | 325 - Feb 1994 |
Envelope of the Month | Congratulations on 500 months of Mad | 329 - Jul 1994 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfredosaurus: monstrous creature features the faces of nine notable Alfreds | 332 - Dec 1994 |
Big "Envelope of the Month" Blowout! |
Three envelopes: |
339 - Sep 1995 |
Envelope of the Month | Jerry Garcia tribute with Alfred skull and "Gratefully Mad" shirt. | 342 - Jan 1996 |
Envelope of the Month | Norwegian mountain farm scene of an Alfred cow being milked. | 343 - Mar 1996 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfred dressed in a Holstein cow costume like Gateway's computer box trademark. | 347 - Jul 1996 |
Envelope of the Month | Spy vs Spy, a Zeppelin and Bill Gaines picking his nose | 353 - Jan 1997 |
Envelope of the Month | Han Solo Alfred is frozen in carbonite from The Empire Strikes Back. | 358 - Jun 1997 |
Envelope of the Month | Collage of Alfred pieces and MAD logos done up in a sort of sixties pop-art style. | 363 - Nov 1997 |
Envelope of the Month | Pour milk over Alfred E. Neuman cereal and it says, "Subscribe to Mad Magazine." | 370 - Jun 1998 |
The Spies shed a tear over the grave of their creator, Antonio Prohias. | 371 - Jul 1998 | |
Envelope of the Month | Through a drawing of Jack Nicholson, a distant relative of the late Will Sampson, Chief from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, calls a supposed picture of Will in a Celebrity Snaps contest from #374 bogus. |
378 - Feb 1999 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfred wears a hat the editors call "old-time French Foreign Legion prison garb." | 382 - Jun 1999 |
Mad Celebrity Snaps | Fan sends a picture of herself with Jerry Springer, not only gets that Celebrity Snap printed, but her envelope art featuring Alfred printed too! |
390 - Feb 2000 |
Envelope of the Month | Homage to the late Don Martin using Digs Deeper paperback art. | 396 - Aug 2000 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfred is Super-President! | 399 - Nov 2000 |
Envelope of the Month | William M. Gaines with Arthur the plant and some alfredo | 403 - Mar 2001 |
Cheese Whizzes | In response to a cheese-related Mad question from the editors, reader sends answers in envelope decorated with cheese labels. |
411 - Nov 2001 |
Envelope of the Month | Mermaid lays atop a purple MAD logo reading her treasure trove of Mads with a fish, crab and lobster. |
422 - Oct 2002 |
Envelope of the Month | 50th birthday cake with Spy vs Spy and Alfred candles. | 425 - Jan 2003 |
Envelope of the Month | White Spy discovers "The Plan" among Black Spy's briefcase full of Mads, but sneaky Black Spy lights the TNT fuse in White Spy's back pocket. |
430 - Jun 2003 |
Envelope of the Month | The Spies launch a desert offensive against Saddam Neuman. | 431 - Jul 2003 |
Envelope of the Month | "Having fun flying a remote controlled Alfred E. Neuman." -- Can't say much more... | 435 - Nov 2003 |
Envelope of the Month | A merging of SpongeBob SquarePants with Mad Magazine characters. | 436 - Dec 2003 |
Stamp of Approval | Four examples of envelopes sent in response to Mad requesting an end to Jim Hutchings' reign as printed envelope submission king: |
438 - Feb 2004 |
Envelope of the Month | Another attempt to displace Jim Hutchings has the markings of someone from an insane asylum (Flip the bird, Monroe, a zeppelin, Spies, Alfred), according to the editors. |
441 - May 2004 |
Envelopes of the Month | A trio of Spy vs. Spy-themed envelopes: |
442 - Jun 2004 |
Envelope of the Month | "Billy!! - Are you reading Mad Magazine in class?!" "What? - Is this Mad Magazine? I thought it was my arithmetic textbook!" |
443 - Jul 2004 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfred with two girlfriends, including one with an Arthur arm tattoo. | 445 - Sep 2004 |
Envelope of the Month | Bitterman theme - "Don't get Mad... Get bitter." | 446 - Oct 2004 |
Envelope of the Month | Bush vs. Kerry -- "What, me decide?" | 447 - Nov 2004 |
Envelope of the Month | Mount Rushmore replacements: Sam Viviano, Al Jaffee, Sergio Aragones, Richard Williams, Tom Richmond, Kelly Freas, Mort Drucker and Jack Davis |
451 - Mar 2005 |
Envelope of the Month | More fun than a Barrel O' Neumans... | 453 - May 2005 |
Envelope of the Month | Four Monroe-related envelopes and postcards in honor of his 100th Mad appearance: |
457 - Sep 2005 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfred Harry Potter flies over Hogwarts on his Floor Sweeper 3000. | 460 - Dec 2005 |
Envelope of the Month: S.V.U. (Special Victims Unit) |
Mad prints a photo of an envelope that never made it to the offices featuring Alfred as a singing sunny-side-up fried egg. |
463 - Mar 2006 |
Sub Crawl | Alfred tries to negotiate peace between the Spies. | 465 - May 2006 |
Envelope of the Month | Gray Spy holds a couple strategically placed bombs with her minature rival White and Black Spies standing on each one. |
466 - Jun 2006 |
Mad Envelope of the Month | Alfred shows off his enormous tongue used for licking Mad character postage stamps. | 467 - Jul 2006 |
Mad Envelope of the Month | Howie Mandel makes the cover of a Deal or No Deal Mad. | 470 - Oct 2006 |
Envelope of the Month | Hutchings vs. Handfield in an "Envelope of the Month" boxing/chess? competition. | 471 - Nov 2006 |
Envelope of the Month | A pair of St. Patrick's Day entries: Simple leprechaun Alfred with a four-leaf clover and one with leprechaun versions of the Spies, Monroe and Alfred. |
476 - Apr 2007 |
Envelope of the Month | An audience of Mad characters watches Rosie O'Donnell pummel Donald Trump in the wrestling ring. Alfred officiates. |
479 - Jul 2007 |
Envelope of the Month | Classic Star Trek bridge scene with Uhura, Spock and Alfred as (possibly) Chekov. | 480 - Aug 2007 |
Envelope of the Month | Art Wars - The Envelope Strikes Back - More Handfield vs. Hutchings nonsense | 485 - Jan 2008 |
Envelope of the Month | Spy mayhem with some wiring making a MAD logo. | 488 - Apr 2008 |
Envelope of the Month | Spies fake each other out around a MAD logo. | 491 - Jul 2008 |
Envelope of the Month | Pumped-up Monroe sports Alfred bicep tattoo. | 494 - Oct 2008 |
Envelope of the Month | Perspective shot of Alfred's lower face in foreground with trademark tooth gap, repulsed ladies in background make faces behind him. |
499 - Apr 2009 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfred speeds along in his race car for the Indianapolis 500th Issue of Mad. | 500 - Jun 2009 |
Envelope of the Month | Black and white Alfred tears through the envelope from his Mad world into ours. | 502 - Jan 2010 |
Envelope of the Month | Daughter dedicates Mad character-covered envelope to her recently deceased mother. | 505 - Oct 2010 |
Envelopes of the Month | Mad Hatter Alfred hosts a Mad tea party and the cast of Madmen get a Spy vs. Spy presentation from Alfred. |
506 - Dec 2010 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfred E. Ninja complete with nunchucks bangs himself in the head. | 508 - Apr 2011 |
Envelope of the Month | Hands clink champagne glasses as minature Spies battle from black and white sleeves. | 509 - Jun 2011 |
Envelope of the Month | Aragones-style "The Shadow Knows" muscular MAD logo-lifter is actually a struggling skinny guy. |
510 - Aug 2011 |
Envelope of the Month | Artist places Mad within the context of some interesting "Masterpieces of Mankind": Sculpture of David, Citizen Kane, The Sopranos, Watchmen, The Mona Lisa, Hamlet, Ulysses, Clannad and South Park |
511 - Oct 2011 |
Envelope of the Month | "Technicolor, graffiti-esque, Jaffee-centric" | 512 - Dec 2011 |
Envelope of the Month | Colorful graffiti taken to a whole new level with a MAD logo in there if you really look for it. Bonus black and white stenciled Alfred head! |
515 - Jun 2012 |
Envelope of the Month | Lotus-positioned Alfred gets "Homeo-Pathetic Medicine" involving "Electric Chockra Treatments." Are those power lines or stink lines emanating from his body? |
521 - Jun 2013 |
Envelope of the Month | Royals William and Kate with baby Alfred | 523 - Oct 2013 |
Envelope of the Month | Guardians of the Parodies | 530 - Dec 2014 |
Envelope of the Month | Dopplegänger Alfred assists "Weird Al" Yankovic with his guest editorial duties. | 533 - Jun 2015 |
Envelope of the Issue | Alfred and the Spies arrives in Los Angeles. | 1 - Jun 2018 |
Envelope of the Issue | Alfred E. Linebacker | 2 - Aug 2018 |
Envelope of the Issue | Spy vs. Spy / vs. | 4 - Dec 2018 |
Envelope of the Issue | LeBron James tells Alfred, "Bring it on Neuman." | 5 - Feb 2019 |
Envelope of the Month | Devil Donald Trump | 6 - Apr 2019 |
Envelope of the Month | Ear-ringed Alfred front / Trump on back says "I'm MAD" | 7 - Jun 2019 |
Envelope of the Month | Alfred becomes a muscular Shazam! | 8 - Aug 2019 |