MAD #393 — May 2000

"Too many people think the best way to get a leg up on their finances is to look for a hand out!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for Subscriptions

  Norman Mingo art from MAD Special #15
  C2
• Contents Page

  Notes

  • Ian Is Believin' — Ian Marsden
  1, 3
• Ad for MAD "Shoddy Merchandise"

  Norman Mingo art from More Trash From MAD #5
  2
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Fans mourn the death of Don Martin / MAD Blurb: John McCain / Celebrity snaps: Mary Matalin and James Carville holding MAD #377 and MAD #375; Steve Forbes with a covered MAD
  4–5
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

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

  You've Got Jail Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Mort Drucker — 2012
  6–9
• The Last Thing You Want to Hear...

  Receiving a Strife Sentence Dept.

  John Caldwell
  10–11
• A Magazine Publisher's Sweepstakes Letter We'd Like to See

  Return Deceit Requested Dept.

  Written by Stan Sinberg / Art by Angelo Torres
  12–13
• Monroe &... The Internet

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  14–16
• Final Episodes of Peanuts You Never Saw

  What a Long Strange Strip It's Been Dept.

  Written by John Prete / Art by Jack Syracuse

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  17–20
• Practical Joke Items Guaranteed to Put the "Fun" Back in Funerals

  Dead Man Laughing Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Frank Santopadre / Art by Kevin Pope

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  • MAD #37 — June 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  21–23
• MAD's Dysfunctional Family Tree

  Kick the Clan Dept.

  Written by Ryan Pagelow / Art by Leslie Sternbergh

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #3 — November 2005
  24–25
• All-New Even Yet Still More Badly Needed Warning Labels for Rock Albums

  Disc-Claimers Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin
  26–29
• 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part IV

  The Dissing Link Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD XL #34 — July 2005
  30–31
• Spy vs. Spy — movie camera gun

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  32–33
• Political Pokémon

  Pika-Choosing a Leader Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Grey Blackwell
  34–37
• A More Complete Array of Directional and Signal Lights

  Cars and Effects Dept.

  Written by Darren Johnson / Art by James Warhola
  38
• A MAD Look at Cops

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  39–42 sample
• Settling the Howard Stern Divorce Case on Judge Judy

  Sick Degrees of Separation Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  43–47
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Mark McGwire

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #14 — April 2007
  48
• Fold-In — What frequently prosecuted crime family is trying to muscle in on New York?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About The Mob — 2002
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — One Fine Day at the Museum

  Written by Michael Gallagher / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Gross Book — 2001
  C4