Mad #46 December 2025

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson

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• Contents Page - kid in pre-Fold-In image appears over-
  whelmed with adolescent challenges (Al Jaffee art) (C2-1)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine (new and reprinted)
• A MAD Look at Family Functions
  (Sergio Aragones / Carrie Strachan color) (2-5)
• The Trump Family Circus
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art) (6-7)
• Spy vs. Spy - cartoonist envy / DNA TNT (8-9)
  Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy - baby carriage bomb (Peter Kuper)
• Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree
  (written by Tom Koch / Wally Wood art) (10-12)
• Subscription Ad (Antonio Prohias spies from #88) (13)
• More Scenes We'd Like to See - The Frog Prince (14)
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art)
• The Royal Paininthebums (movie satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Tom Richmond art) (15-19)
• The Mad Getting Married Primer
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Jack Rickard art) (20-22)
• Don Martin Looks at Weddings
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing) (23-25)
• Elephant in the Room (a Meltdown Badly game)
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art) (26-27)
• Spy vs. Spy - tea party footsie
  (Antonio Prohias / Carrie Strachan color) (28)
• 10 Warning Signs Your Family is Beyond Dysfunctional
  (John Caldwell) (29-31)
• The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Having a Dysfunctional Dad
  (Ivan Ehlers) (32-33)
• Sibling Misery is...
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (34-36)
• Malcontent in the Muddle (TV satire)
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art) (37-42)
• Sibling Rivalry
  (written by Mike Carlin / Hermann Mejia art) (43)
• One Fine Evening During Prime Time (Don Martin) (44)
• Ad for DC GO subscription (featuring MAD episodes)
  (Mark Fredrickson #541 cover art) (45)
• The Lighter Side of Family Gatherings (Dave Berg) (46-49)
• The Family From Hell: Home for the Holidays (50-51)
  (written by Brockton McKinney / Gideon Kendall art)
• Christmas Carols for Dysfunctional Families
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Tom Bunk art) (52-54)
• Spy vs. Spy - snowman bomb (Peter Kuper) (55)
• The Dysfunctional Family Circus (excerpts)
  (written by Desmond Devlin / George Woodbridge art) (56)
• Fold-In -- What is yet another cause of
  broken homes in the USA? (Johnny Sampson) (C3)
• Back Cover -- One Evening at Home
  (Don Martin / Carrie Strachan color)