MAD #32 — August 2023

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — parachuting Alfred variation

  MAD #106 — Norman Mingo art
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• One Day at Mount Rushmore

  Mad's Maddest Artist Dept. (Don Martin Dept. Part II)

  Don Martin / Color by Carl Peterson
  2
• Fantasy "Buy"land (TV satire)

  Paying Atoll Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Angelo Torres
  3–7
• The Tourist

  Snowed Birds Dept.

  Antonio Prohias
  8
• If Chickens Could Time Travel

  Turning Back the Cluck Dept.

  John Caldwell
  9–11
• Subscription Ad

  Antonio Prohias spies
  12
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Resort Hotel

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke
  13–15
• Ways to Avoid Paying to Check a Suitcase When You Fly

  Overhead Bin There Dept.

  Art by Peter Bagge
  16
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a National Park

  Yosemite Sham Dept.

  Written by Amy Gillett / Art by George Woodbridge
  17–19
• Spy vs. Spy — electrified harp / briefcase getaway through customs

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias
  20
• Ditched in the South Pacific

  Mad's Maddest Artist Dept. (no dept. originally published)

  Don Martin
  21
• The MAD World of... Travel

  Trip Tease Dept.

  Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Marc Hempel
  22–24
• One Morning in a Bus Terminal

  Mad's Maddest Artist Dept. (Don Martin Dept. Part III)

  Don Martin
  25
• The Worst People to Sit Near on a Plane

  Flyer Beware Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  26–27
• The Castaway

  What a Maroon Dept. (no dept. originally published)

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  28
• Spy vs. Spy: The Tourist

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by George Woodbridge
  29–31
• The Amazing Rut! (TV satire)

  Compete Morons Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Hermann Mejia
  32–37
• Future "No-Frills Air Travel" Gimmicks

  Venal Fly Traps Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Al Jaffee / Art by Al Jaffee
  38–41
• MAD Remembers Al Jaffee NEW

  Al Lang Syne Dept.

  Notes

  • Examples of Al's work spread over two pages: If Kids Designed Their Own Xmas Toys, The Television Studio, Tall Tales tile-setters, MAD's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions, A MAD Look at a TV Commercial — Wrigley's Spearmint Gum, Al Jaffee Gets Gross, The National Perspirer, Lo-Tech Inventions for Everyday Needs, Fold-Ins from #86, #191, #300, and Burbank #14, along with Fold-In cover #320, various spot art, and a photo from David Folkman of Al being honored with a 2008 Cartoonist of the Year Reuben Award
  • Two pages of remembrances and photos: Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola, Sam Viviano, Ed Steckley with Al caricature, Dick DeBartolo, Peter Kuper, Desmond Devlin, Tom Bunk with birthday card, Charles Kochman, photo of Al in studio by Will Mayo
  42–45
• Weird Al Loves Wacky Al Jaffee

  Of One's Own Accordion Dept.

  Written by "Weird Al" Yankovic / Art by Ed Steckley
  46
• Birthday Card Fold-In for Al's 102nd — "Wise Mister Jaffee..." NEW

  Al Miss You Dept.

  Sam Viviano
  47
• The Unfoldable Al Jaffee NEW

  Al's Well That Ends Well Dept.

  Tom Richmond
  48–49
• Spy vs. Spy — fold-in mixes nitro glycerine

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  50–51
• A MAD Look at Al Jaffee

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan
  52–53
• A MAD Look at Al Jaffee — two new pages added! NEW

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan
  54–55
• Suzy Hutchinson recalls meeting and working with Al NEW

  Photo by Jason Levine
  56
• Here's to you, Mr. Jaffee!

  Art by Tom Richmond
  56
• Fold-In — What's one of the hardest things about losing a giant like Al Jaffee? NEW

  Johnny Sampson
  C3
• Back Cover — Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions in Air Travel

  Art by Al Jaffee
  C4