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Mad #41 February 2025
Cover Artist:
Mark Fredrickson
Contents Page
-
The Gap-Toothed Gallery
Alfred art
by
Jesse Jacobs
(
C2-1
)
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine (
new
and reprinted)
A MAD Look at Automation
(
Sergio Aragones
/
Carrie Strachan
color) (
2-5
)
If Computers are so Brilliant...
(written by
Tom Koch
/
George Woodbridge
art) (
6-7
)
The Future of Job Automation
(written by
Kenny Keil
/
John Martz
art) (
8-9
)
Spy vs. Spy
-
deep fake fake / password countdown (
Peter Kuper
) (
10-11
)
Meanwhile...
(written by
Ian Boothby
/
Pia Guerra
art) (
12
)
Truly Logical "Transformers"
(
Al Jaffee
) (
13-15
)
Everyday Pet Peeves of
Transformers
(written by
Jacob Lambert
/
Tom Bunk
art) (
16-17
)
A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry
(
Don Martin
) (
18
)
The MAD Artificial Intelligence Hate Book
(
Johnny Sampson
) (
19-21
)
A.I.: Absolute Idiocy
(movie satire)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Mort Drucker
art) (
22-25
)
The Mad Computer Primer
(written by
John Boni
/
Al Jaffee
art) (
26-27
)
What Lies Behind the Matching Jammies Holiday Portrait!
(
Teresa Burns Parkhurst
) (
28-29
)
Where Not to Go on Your Winter Break Vacation
(written by
Jeff Kruse
/
Bob Staake
art) (
30-31
)
Scenes We'd Like to See - The Abominable Snowman
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Joe Orlando
art) (
32
)
More Efficient Snow Removal
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
33-36
)
Frosty the Snowperson
(
Jon Adams
) (
37
)
Let's Humanize Those Automated Machines
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
38-39
)
When Delivery Drones Go Bad
(
John Caldwell
) (
40-41
)
Other "Diseases" of the Machine World
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Al Jaffee
art) (
42-44
)
Subscription Ad (featuring
Antonio Prohias
spies) (
45
)
If Wishes Were Horses
(
Ivan Ehlers
) (
46-47
)
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Roboslop
(movie satire)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Mort Drucker
art) (
48-53
)
Rob - The Evil, Backstabbing Robot Temp
- king chicken theft (
Corey Pandolph
) (
54
)
Rob - The Evil, Backstabbing Robot Temp
- gas leak (
Corey Pandolph
) (
54
)
Meanwhile...
(written by
Ian Boothby
/
Pia Guerra
art) (
55
)
Robots in Disguise (other than
Transformers
)
(written by
Matt Cohen
/
Scott Bricher
art) (
56
)
Almost Perfect Universe
- robot cartoonist (
Dakota McFadzean
) (
56
)
Fold-In --
What is one thing artists "get" that A.I. never will?
(
Johnny Sampson
) (
C3
)
Back Cover --
M A.I.D -- Giving A.I. the Middle Fingers
(concept by
Matt Cohen
/
Norman Mingo
art)
(reworking of
The Number One Ecch Magazine
cover)
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