MAD #230 — April 1982

"There must be a lot of good in people because so little of it ever comes out!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscription Ad — Why Kill Yourself?

  archery target — redrawn from MAD #173

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • "MAD Around the World" section includes letters from foreign readers
  2
• Ad for A MAD Carnival paperback
  3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Video Games Based on Real Life

  Blip Schtick Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • MAD Special #105 — July 1995
  4–8
• One Fine Afternoon While Skydiving

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  9
• Questions We'd Like to Ask Some TV Advertisers

  Putting 'em on the 30-Second Spot Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Idea by Billy Doherty / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  10–13
• The MAD "Cost of Living" Index

  The Buck Flops Here Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  14–15
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  16–20
• One Fine Afternoon at the Dentist

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  21
• Only a True Rock Fan Would...

  Fan Belts Dept.

  Written by Chris Hart / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • MAD Special #93 — May 1994
  22–24 sample
• The Model Majority Manual

  Right Wing-Nuts Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • MAD Special #131 — October 1998
  25–31 sample
• A MAD Portfolio of Quotes You Can Bet Were Never Said

  Uttered Nonsense Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / UPI photos

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  32–33 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — mousetrap elevation trick

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
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• The "Star Wars" Log — The Master Plan for Future Space Films

  A Sequal Opportunity Employer Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • MAD Star Wars Spectacular — 1996
  • MAD About Star Wars — 2007
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2019
  35–39
• It's A Small Victory!

  Satisfraction Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #63 — Summer 1988
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  40–41
• DeGenerate Hospital (TV satire)

  Soap De Jour Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About TV — 1999
  42–47
• One Not So Fine Afternoon Downtown

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #140 — September 1999
  • MAD XL #25 — January 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
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• Fold-In — Why is a taxpayer like a bottle of wine?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Urologist Office Pick-Up Lines

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • MAD About the Eighties — 1999
  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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