MAD #348 — August 1996

"A college jock is someone who minds his build instead of vice versa!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself?

  last day of school trampling

  Art by Angelo Torres
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Ad for Super Special September 1996 — Double-Sided; plug for MAD Grooves album
  2–3
• Aren't You the Genius

  Dumb and Bummer Dept.

  Written by Dennis Snee
  (various places around the magazine)
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  Gays of Our Lives Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #18 — November 2002
  4–8
• MAD's Guide to Health Clubs & Fitness Centers

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  • MAD #25 — June 2022
  9–12
• The Hidden Drawbacks of Rock Superstardom

  High Life's a Bitch Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kyle Baker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  13–15 sample
• The Cast Iron Laws of Car Repair

  Them's the Brakes Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #4 — September 2001
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Amazingly Stupid MAD — Expanded Edition — 2013
  16–17
• Statues, Monuments & Historical Markers to Commemorate Generation X

  Plaques to the Future Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by James Warhola

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  18–19
• Spy Vs. Spy — missiles firing chain reaction

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Dave Manak

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #20 — March 2003
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  20–21
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  • MAD About Dad — 2004 (excerpt)
  22–26
• The Worst MTV Contests of All Time

  Do You Want Prize With That? Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #4 — September 2001
  • MAD XL #15 — June 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD XL #22 — July 2003 (excerpt)
  • MAD Classics #9 — September 2006
  27–29 sample
• Board Game Rejects

  Toys Aren't Us Dept.

  Written by Michael Goodwin / Art by Steve Smallwood

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  30–31
• Commemorative Stamps for More Recent Comic Strips

  Philately Will Get You Nowhere Dept.

  Steve Greenberg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #5 — April 2002
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  32–33
• A MAD Look at Stuntmen

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #14 — March 2002
  34–36
• You're a Crook / You're a Businessman

  Two Sides of the Con Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Color Classics #4 — September 2001
  • MAD #26 — August 2022
  37–40
• The Extremely Ultimate Fights

  Slay-Per-View Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  41–47
• The Ridiculous Renaissance Revelation

  Tales from the Duck Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #15 — June 2002
  48
• Fold-In — What crime against humanity is the government doing nothing to prevent?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — MAD's Remotely Funny Fake-Out Cable Label

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About TV — 1999
  C4