MAD #41 — February 2025

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — The Gap-Toothed Gallery Alfred art by Jesse Jacobs
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• A MAD Look at Automation NEW

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan
  2–5
• If Computers are so Brilliant...

  Terminal Illness Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge
  6–7
• The Future of Job Automation

  A.I. Just Work Here Dept.

  Written by Kenny Keil / Art by John Martz
  8–9
• Spy vs. Spy — deep fake fake / password countdown NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  10–11
• Meanwhile... NEW

  Technically Speaking Dept.

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Pia Guerra
  12
• Truly Logical “Transformers”

  Change Reaction Dept.

  Al Jaffee
  13–15
• Everyday Pet Peeves of Transformers

  Wheely Pissed Off Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Tom Bunk
  16–17
• A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry

  MAD's Maddest Artist Dept. (Don Martin Dept. Part I)

  Don Martin
  18
• The MAD Artificial Intelligence Hate Book NEW

  Shat GPT Dept.

  Johnny Sampson
  19–21
• A.I.: Absolute Idiocy (movie satire)

  The Family Circuits Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  22–25
• The MAD Computer Primer

  Bits & P.C.'s Dept.

  Written by John Boni / Art by Al Jaffee
  26–27
• What Lies Behind the Matching Jammies Holiday Portrait! NEW

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Grrrs Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  28–29
• Where Not to Go on Your Winter Break Vacation

  Ice Deal Breakers Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Bob Staake
  30–31
• Scenes We'd Like to See — The Abominable Snowman

  Freeze Frame Dept. (Hollywood Dept.)

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Joe Orlando
  32
• More Efficient Snow Removal

  Getting the Drift Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke
  33–36
• Frosty the Snowperson

  Snow Means Snow Dept.

  Jon Adams
  37
• Let's Humanize Those Automated Machines

  Sweet Torque Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Bob Clarke
  38–39
• When Delivery Drones Go Bad

  Ship Happens Dept.

  John Caldwell
  40–41
• Other “Diseases” of the Machine World

  Having a Service Breakdown Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Al Jaffee
  42–44
• Subscription Ad

  Antonio Prohias spies
  45
• If Wishes Were Horses NEW

  Nature Vs. Future Dept.

  Ivan Ehlers
  46–47
• Roboslop (movie satire)

  Assault and Battery Included Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  48–53
• Rob — The Evil, Backstabbing Robot Temp — king chicken theft

  Silicon Dip Dept.

  Corey Pandolph
  54
• Rob — The Evil, Backstabbing Robot Temp — gas leak

  Silicon Dip Dept.

  Corey Pandolph
  54
• Meanwhile... NEW

  Laugh Chance Dept.

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Pia Guerra
  55
• Robots in Disguise (other than Transformers)

  Written by Matt Cohen / Art by Scott Bricher
  56
• Almost Perfect Universe — robot cartoonist

  Dakota McFadzean
  56
• Fold-In — What is one thing artists “get” that A.I. never will? NEW

  Johnny Sampson
  C3
• Back Cover — M A.I.D — Giving A.I. the Middle Fingers NEW

  Concept by Matt Cohen / Art by Norman Mingo
  (reworking of The Number One Ecch Magazine cover)
  C4