MAD Magazine Recurring Features
What Sort of People Read MAD?
in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues
These are the more modern, categorized letter entries of people sending in unsolicited photos of themselves with and without the magazine, with a MAD-related tattoo,
or with some other MAD connection.
Of course, MAD has published tons of pictures of their fans prior to and concurrently with this grouping, but who in their right mind would want to list and describe every instance?
| Feature Title | Photo Descriptions | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|
| What Sort of People Read MAD? | 8 photos, including a dominatrix complete with whip, two MAD logo road-chalkers, and some bearded reverend | 356 — Apr 1997 |
| What Sort of People Read MAD? | 13 photos, featuring a Buster Keaton look-a-like, a kid on a toilet, and a nitwit standing with a full-sized Alfred cardboard cut-out | 380 — Apr 1999 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Students pictured with a MAD Magazine display for their History Fair submission, which was voted best in class. | 424 — Dec 2002 |
| We're Not A Fan of the Fan of the Month | MAD withdraws the “MAD Fan of the Month” title from #424's winner because it conflicts with his Boy Scout's award of Eagle Scout. | 427 — Mar 2003 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | MAD logo tattooed on a submariner's back between his shoulder blades | 428 — Apr 2003 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Guy holds a MAD through a carnival cut-out in a pumpkin patch. | 430 — Jun 2003 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Fan appears to be swallowed up by his collection of MADs. | 433 — Sep 2003 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Tattoo artist sends in photo of client's arm with Alfred. | 435 — Nov 2003 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Custom mirror art with MAD logo and Spy reflects fan's face. | 437 — Jan 2004 |
| MAD Reader of the Issue | Reader sends a 1958 Air Force picture of himself reading #43. | 438 — Feb 2004 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Woman and her cat read MAD on the toilet. | 439 — Mar 2004 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Kid with MAD shorts lays across his collection of MADs. | 440 — Apr 2004 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Mom shows off Alfred paintings while wearing her Alfred shirt. | 443 — Jul 2004 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Man cradles infant son on shoulder while reading MAD. | 444 — Aug 2004 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Patriotic Uncle Sam impersonator shows off #126 and #48. | 445 — Sep 2004 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Old Canadian fan wears an Alfred shirt and mask along with Spy vs. Spy boxer shorts. | 446 — Oct 2004 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Captured Saddam Hussein look-a-like sits with his 276 MADs. | 460 — Dec 2005 |
| Inking of You | Black Spy fisherman sits on Dad's gravestone in tattoo. | 464 — Apr 2006 |
| What Kind of Person Reads MAD? | 8 photos, including emotional father and son, man with a light saber, and a nice old lady flipping the bird | 467 — Jul 2006 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Eleven-year old girl Lotus poses on her pile of MADs. | 470 — Oct 2006 |
| Tat's All, Folks! | “What, Me Worry?” lettering surrounds Alfred on arm tattoo. | 471 — Nov 2006 |
| What Kind of Person Reads MAD? | 10 photos, featuring a MAD-burdened weight lifter, a high school drama club, a baby with paperbacks, and an “ILOV MAD” license plate | 476 — Apr 2007 |
| Tears of a Town | Subject of one of the photos from #467 writes in to complain about MAD misspelling his town's name, not printing his letter, and placing his photo below the nice old lady flipping the bird. | 485 — Jan 2008 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Kid paints a MAD logo, Alfred and the Spies on his bedroom wall. | 493 — Sep 2008 |
| MAD Fans of the Month | One picture features a serious collector showing off his memorabilia. Another picture shows two guys with MAD merchandise for their school history project on William M. Gaines. | 500 — Jun 2009 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Fan covers the floor in MAD magazines, paperbacks, and a game. | 501 — Oct 2009 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Guy sends in a photo of all his MADs which turns out to be his collection of Tom Selleck Magnum P.I. DVDs | 505 — Oct 2010 |
| The Missing Ink | Emily Flake's “Walkies” from #505 finds its way to a fellow's arm. | 508 — Apr 2011 |
| The Missing Ink | Alfred serves as a birthday tattoo. | 509 — Jun 2011 |
| The Missing Ink | Granddaughter of Spy vs. Spy's Antonio Prohias, Morse coded “Prohias” down her back. | 510 — Aug 2011 |
| The Missing Ink | Guy has “The Schmuck Stops Here” tattooed on his arm in lieu of an Alfred, who freaks out his wife. | 511 — Oct 2011 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Kid stencils an Alfred on the bottom of his skateboard. | 514 — Apr 2012 |
| MAD Fan of the Month | Home-made figures shown off by “The King of Spies” kid. | 518 — Dec 2012 |
| No Time Like The Presents | Cute kids pose in their pile of MAD stuff received as surprise Christmas gifts. | 520 — Apr 2013 |
| Take Your Pic | Non-cute guy, jealous of kids in previous issue's photo, also posed with his MAD stuff. | 521 — Jun 2013 |
| MAD Ink | All of a lady's fingers are covered with Spy vs. Spy tattoos. | 531 — Feb 2015 |
| Epic Nail | Spy vs. Spy art adorns DC Entertainment worker's nails. | 534 — Aug 2015 |
| MAD Ink | The skeleton head of Alfred haunts itself on to someone's arm. | 535 — Oct 2015 |
| MAD Tattoos | Guy has an old-school MAD logo with characters inside on his back, Alfred above “What — Me Worry?” on his arm | 537 — Feb 2016 |
| MAD Ink | Woman regrets the vampire Alfred she had done over 10 years ago. | 542 — Dec 2016 |
Compiled by John R. Racano
MAD Tattoos — from #537, February 2016