Mad #5 February 2019

  • Cover Artist: Michael Koelsch
  • Contents Page (C2-1)
  • Sergio Aragones Drawn Out Dramas (summary)
    **various places around the magazine
  • A Listless Story (movie satire)
    (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art) (2-7)
  • A Mad Look At After Christmas
    (Sergio Aragones / color by Tom Luth) (8-11)
  • Ads for Gift Subscriptions (12)
  • The Mad 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2018 (introduction page) (13)
    • 1. Hollywood Harassers - featuring Bill Cosby (14-15)
      "Infamous Monsters of Movieland" - subscription ad
      (Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine cover parody)
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      (written by Mary Trainor / Terry Wolfinger art)
    • 2. White House Corruption - "Hey, what happened to that drain the 'Swamp Thing?'"
      (Swamp Thing comic cover parody) (written by Tammy Golden / Paul Wee art) (16)
    • 3. Dentention Centers Put Children in Cages - "i.c.e. trap"
      (mouse trap board game parody) (written by Casey Boyd / Ed Steckley art) (17)
    • 4. Guilty of Being Black - "grand theft nada"
      (grand theft auto video game parody) (written by Casey Boyd / Timothy Shamey art) (18)
    • 5. Michelle Wolf Hosts Correspondents' Dinner - featuring Dennis Miller
      "Who's Afraid to Write Jokes About Michelle Wolf?" (19)
      (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf film poster parody) (written by Tammy Golden / Scott Bricher art)
    • 6. Marco Rubio Debates Parkland Students - "Dooby-Dude! How Are You?"
      (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? cartoon parody) (written by Matt Cohen / Dario Brizuela art) (20)
    • 7. A Nuclear Screw-Up (in Hawaii) - "Apocalypse? Naw"
      (Apocalypse Now film poster parody) (written by Desmond Devlin / Mark Fredrickson art) (21)
    • 8. Flotus Visits Captured Kids on the Border - "Melania and the Amazing Tone-Deaf Green Coat"
      (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat musical poster parody) (R. Wilcox Deckert) (22)
    • 9. Roseanne Shifts Blame For Racist Rant - (23)
      "Blame-ium" - New Medical Breakthrough Pill (written by Dick DeBartolo / Scott Anderson art)
    • 10. Poddy-Mouthed Kids - "Sickelodeon - Ride the Tide Pod Challenge" (24)
      (Nickelodeon Double Dare-like TV show satire) (written by Brockton McKinney / Sarah Chalek art)
    • 11. Trump Panders to Putin at Helsinki Meeting -
      "The Badford Exchange Presents 'The Helsinki Summit 2018 Commemorative Plate'"
      (written by Teresa Burns Parkhurst / Paul Shipper art) (25)
    • 12. Thai Cave Save - "The Useless Submarine" - Elon Musk (26-27)
      (sung to the tune of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine) (R. Wilcox Deckert / Nathan Kane color)
    • 13. Protesters Burning Nike Products - "Idiots on Fire"
      (Chariots of Fire film poster parody) (written by Casey Boyd / Gideon Kendall art) (28)
    • 14. Paul Manafort Flips - "Manafortnite"
      (Fortnite video game satire) (written by Desmond Devlin / Dean MacAdam art) (29)
    • 15. Doritos Pitches Chips for Ladies - "Lady Doritos. Don't snack the wrong way, baby."
      (parody in the style of the Virginia Slims cigarettes ad - You've come a long way, baby.)
      (written by Allie Goertz / Mike Loew art) (30)
    • 16. Toys Я Us Comes Back From the Dead - "Яe-Animators"
      (Re-Animator film poster parody) (written by Dan Telfer / Chris Wahl art) (31)
    • 17. Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Hearings -
      "Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Alibi-A-Day Desk Calendar!" (Teresa Burns Parkhurst) (32)
    • 18. Trump's Space Force - "Space Forced" (movie poster satire in the style of Police Academy)
      (written by Brockton McKinney / Sam Sisco art) (33)
    • 19. Sarah Huckabee Sanders - "i'm lying up here - Shilltime series"
      (i'm dying up here - Showtime TV series poster parody) (written by Kit Lively / Mike Loew art) (34)
    • 20. What prominent racist fixture was taken down this year? - Fold-In (Al Jaffee) (35)
  • The Lighter Side of The War on Christmas (written by Tammy Golden / Jon Adams art) (36-37)
  • Spy vs Spy - acid vent/ tank wheel gun / plastic explosive stuck to hand (Peter Kuper) (38-39)
  • The Wisenheim Museum - Mega Movement by Glenn Barr (40)
  • Potrzebie Comics (Kerry Callen cover art) (41)
  • Shorts & Briefs (52-53)
  • Incoming! (another envelope from Ed Meisinger!) (54-55)
  • The MADifesto - in defense of Babies New Year (written by John Ungaro / Mike Loew art) (56)
  • Real, Dumb - "Wow, what a pair, huh?" (written by Paula Sevenbergen / Mike Holmes art) (C3)
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