MAD #312 — July 1992

"Politicians are people who get sworn in and then cursed out!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions with MAD Pin Collection Bonus
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Jack Davis artwork for White Trash album cover
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Buggy (movie satire)

  The Warren Commotion Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #139 — August 1999
  4–8
• The Pernicious Prison Plight

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #141 — November 1999
  9
• The MAD Fast Food Employees Hate Book

  Serving Counterattack Dept.

  Written by Mike Birtchet / Art by Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  • Intensely Dumb MAD — 2013
  • MAD #29 — February 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
  10–11
• Conflicting Ads That Really Make You Wonder

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #129 — July 1998
  12–13
• Rules for Games the Way They're Really Played

  Wise Guides Dept.

  Written by Michael Goodwin / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #105 — July 1995
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD #34 — December 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 7 — December 2023
  14–16
• Prince of Tirades (movie satire)

  Shrink Rapped Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  17–21
• The Couch Potato Olympics

  Ready, Sit, Go! Dept.

  Paul Peter Porges

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #115 — September 1996
  22–23
• How to Be Politic'lly Correct

  Frank on a Roll Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #130 — August 1998
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD for Decades — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Writers — Frank Jacobs — 2015
  24–25 sample
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #138 — July 1999
  • MAD #28 — December 2022 (excerpt)
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition (excerpt)
  26–30
• The Misguided Menagerie Moneymaker

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #135 — March 1999
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  31
• Spy vs. Spy — wine bottle cork pulls hand grenade pin

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Antonio Prohias / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #104 — June 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Spoofs the 90s — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  32 sample
• Is Anyone Fooled By...

  As the Charade Passes By Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by John Pound

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #138 — July 1999
  33–35
• Airbag Safety Devices for Everyday Living

  Pillows of Society Dept.

  Written by Matthew T. Smith / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  36–38
• The Jerky Jester's Justification

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #136 — April 1999
  • MAD XL #30 — November 2004
  39
• Hook'em (movie satire)

  Ever, Ever Bland Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Sam Viviano

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #136 — April 1999
  40–44
• A MAD Look at Cooking

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #132 — November 1998
  45–47
• From the Desk of William M. Gaines — politically incorrect words

  Publisher's Fearing House Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs
  48 sample
• Fold-In — What can the U.S. export to instantly cripple the Japanese auto industry?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — Smogtex Industries Koff Elixir

  Written by Vincent "Mike" Deporter / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #135 — March 1999
  • MAD About the '90s — 2005
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
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