MAD #19 — June 2021

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — Jack Rickard paperback cover art

  from A MAD Look at the Future
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• It's Gonna Be a MAD MAD Year!

  Crystal Ball Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood
  2–3
• A MAD Look at Fortune Tellers

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  4–7
• Bleak for the Future (movie satire)

  Present Tense, Past Imperfect Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  8–11
• Subscription Ad

  Featuring Antonio Prohias spies
  12
• MAD in the Year 2038

  Future Schlock Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Al Jaffee, Don Edwing, Sergio Aragones, Dave Manak, Dave Berg

  Notes

  • Reduced from 5 pages to 4
  13–16
• Alfred's Poor Almanac

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by John Putnam
  17
• Mishaps of the Future

  The Shape of Zings to Come Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges
  18–20
• Hand-Me-Down

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  21
• Relevant Fortune Cookies for Other Dining Spots

  Jest Desserts Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge
  22–24
• Future Shock

  Seer Suckers Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  25–26
• The Old Ball Game

  Fortune Kookie Dept.

  Antonio Prohias
  27
• The Amazing All-Seeing Al Jaffee's MAD E.S.P. NEW

  Centenarian Note Dept.

  Written by Benjamin Le Clear / Art by Tom Richmond

  With Al Jaffee excerpts from

  • MAD's Solutions to Big City Parking Problems
  • Idiot-Proof Products
  • The Space Age Razor Race
  • Some Useful MAD Gadgets for Slob-Proofing Your Home
  • MAD's Theft and Vandal-Proof Products
  • MAD Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems
  28–29
• Bleak for the Future Part II (movie satire)

  21st Century Fox Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker
  30–35
• What It Will Be Like When Every Device “Talks”

  From Bad to Voice Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  36–37
• Inventions We'd Like to See

  Necessity for That Mother Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Al Jaffee
  38–41
• Future Complaints

  Tomorrow's Mourning Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Joe Orlando
  42–44
• If Chickens Could Time Travel

  Turning Back the Cluck Dept.

  John Caldwell
  45–47
• A.I.: Absolute Idiocy (movie satire)

  The Family Circuits Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  48–51
• Body Modification Trends of the Future

  Caution! Reconstruction Ahead Dept.

  Written by Brian Farrelly and Sean Farrelly / Art by Tom Bunk / Color by Carl Peterson
  52–54
• Your MAD Horoscope

  Zodiacs Murder Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra
  55
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Middle School Nostradamus — Written by Simon Rich / Art by M. K. Perker
  • Rob — The Evil, Backstabbing Robot Temp — Corey Pandolph
  56
• Fold-In — What do a psychic and MAD Magazine both have in common? NEW

  Johnny Sampson

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  C3
• Back Cover — Early One Morning in the Near Future

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by George Woodbridge
  C4