MAD #11 — February 2020

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted) summary
• Star Wars Funnies NEW

  You're Our Only Trope Dept.

  Kerry Callen
  2–3
• Ad for MAD Stocking Stuffer and MAD Spoofs Star Wars — Special Collector's Editions
  4
• Christmas Greedings

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke
  5
• A MAD Look at New Year's Resolutions NEW

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 3 — December 2025
  6–9
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — genie vs. magic carpet NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Peter Kuper
  10
• Meanwhile... NEW

  Laugh Chance Dept.

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Pia Guerra

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024 (excerpt)
  • MAD Fixes Cats — Special Collector's Edition 2025 (excerpt)
  11
• Ad for Gift Subscriptions
  12
• The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2019 (introduction page) NEW

  • 1. Boeing's Max Stupidity — "Repel" model kit (Revell model kit parody) — Written by Bob Merlotti / Art by Ed Steckley — pages 14–15
  • 2. Amazon HQ2 — "Headquarters Hunters" (House Hunters parody) — Written by Sheryl Zohn / Art by Gideon Kendall — page 16
  • 3. Deplorable Migrant Detention Camps — "Dora and the Search for the Deported Parents" (Dora and the Lost City of Gold poster parody) — Written by David DeGrand / Art by Michael Gambriel — page 17
  • 4. Admitting to Admissions Fraud — "Crookstarter" (Kickstarter parody) — Written by Ellis Rosen / Art by Raven Juergensen — page 18
  • 5. Mitch McConnell's Bill Killing — "Inaction Comics — The Man of Stall" (Action Comics — The Man of Steel parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kerry Callen — page 19
  • 6. Game of Thrones Forgets Coffee Cup, Story Arcs — "Game of Joe" — can you spot the Starbucks cup hidden above? — Written by Amanda Stellberg / Art by Laurie Greasley — pages 20–21
  • 7. Selfie-Destruction — "Oh, the Places You'll Croak!" (parody of Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go!) — Written by Jesse Koester / Art by Marc Palm — page 22
  • 8. New U.S. Reps Get No Respect — "Scrutinized Squad" (Suicide Squad poster parody) — Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Nathan Sims — page 23
  • 9. Lil Nas X Rattles the Country — "Taking the Old Town Road to the Bank" (K-Tel song collection parody) — Written by Brockton McKinney / Art by Dean MacAdam — pages 24–25
  • 10. On-Demand Onslaught — "Stream" (Scream poster parody) — Written by Rob Kutner / Art by Mark Fredrickson — page 26
  • 11. Amassed Shootings — "Hitbit" (Fitbit parody) — Written by Teresa Burns Parkhurst / Art by Bern Mendoza — page 27
  • 12. Robert Mueller's "Big" Reveal — a MAD Centerfold — Written by Desmond Devlin and AJ DiCosimo / Art by Hermann Mejia — pages 28–29
  • 13. Kylie Jenner's "Self-Made" Status — "Maybe She's Born With It. Oh Wait. She Definitely Was." (Maybelline ad campaign satire) — Written by Lila Ash / Art by Mike Loew — page 30
  • 14. Perverted Justice — "The Pedo Files" (The X-Files DVD collection parody) — Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Scott Anderson — page 31
  • 15. Anti-Vax Hotshots — "Madame Pus-sauds Anti-Vax Museum" — Written by Sarah Hutto / Art by Tom Richmond — pages 32–33
  • 16. Hanoi Summit Interruptus — "Call Off Duty: Noko No-No for the POS-45" (Call of Duty for the PS4 parody) — Written by Blaine Capatch / Art by Bern Mendoza — page 34
  • 17. What "Sparked Joy" for millions of people this year? — Fold-In — Johnny Sampson — page 35
  • 18. Jussie Gets Jumped — "Bandersmollet" (parody of Netflix's Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch) — Written by Grant Reed / Art by B.C. Bruce — pages 36–37
  • 19. Dems a Lot of Candidates! — "Democratic MADvent Calendar" — Written by Amanda Stellberg / Art by Tom Richmond — pages 38–39 — reprinted in MAD #40 — December 2024
  • 20. A MAD "Ending" — "What Should Be Done With MAD?" Dartboard — Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mark Fredrickson — page 40 sample
  13
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — genie vs. magic carpet NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Peter Kuper
  41
• Meanwhile... NEW

  Second-to-Laugh Chance Dept.

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Pia Guerra
  42
• Closer Encounters NEW

  OK Stupid Dept.

  Jon Adams

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #36 — April 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  43–44
• Still Dumb After All These Years! (introduction page collage)

  • R. Kelly — "Songs for Kids" (ad parody) — Art by R.J. Matson — page 46
  • The Catholic Church Sex Abuse Cover-Up: The Sins of Our Fathers — sculpture by Liz Lomax — page 47
  • Tainted Spinach — "Fecal Farms — Organic Outbreak Blend" (ad parody) — Written by Scott Maiko / Art by Jack Syracuse — page 48
  • Ebola Hysteria — "Are you suffering from Ebola symptoms?" — CDC poster parody — page 49
  • Flint, Michigan's Toxic Water — "Poisoning Children Since 2014!" — beer poster meme parody — Art by R. Sikoryak — page 50
  • Amazon's Horrific Working Conditions — "Amazon Worker's Wishlist" — page 51
  • Kanye West — "VMA-Hole Award" — Art by Hermann Mejia — page 52
  • The Israel/Palestine Conflict — "An Unending Series of Unfortunate Events" (A Series of Unfortunate Events book parody) — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by James Warhola — page 53
  • The Donald Trump Run for the Presidency — "The Toxic Contender" (The Toxic Avenger poster parody) — Art by Hermann Mejia — page 54
  • Random Acts of Senseless Violence — "A Bumper Sticker We're Sure to See" — Written by Michael Gallagher / Photo by Irving Schild — page 55
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• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — genie vs. magic carpet NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part III

  Peter Kuper
  56
• Fold-In — What crisis is putting a strain on our health care system this year?

  Art by Al Jaffee
  C3