MAD #402 — February 2001

"Men who will eat their mother's cooking have an edible complex!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Subscriptions Ad

  Richard Williams art from Special #104
  C2
• Contents Page

  Notes

  • Vey To Go — gunshot wound recovery — P. C. Vey sample; ad for The MAD Gross Book
  1–3
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photos of Al Jaffee, Sam Viviano, Jack Davis, Nick Meglin, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, John Ficarra, Richard Williams, Lenny Brenner, Charlie Kadau, Nadina Simon, David Shayne, Amy Vozeolas, Ryan Flanders, Barry Liebmann, Kyle Baker, Ray Alma, Butch D'Ambrosio, Greg Leitman, Irving Schild, and Marla Wyche at the 400th issue celebration and book signing for the release of MAD Cover to Cover at the Warner Bros. Studio Store in New York City, Nov. 9, 2000
  4–5
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• The Worst Wing (TV satire)

  Prez Dispenser Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD XL #13 — January 2002
  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Mort Drucker — 2012
  6–11
• MAD's Guide to Safe Scootering

  The Wheel World Dept.

  Tom Cheney

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  12–14
• Obituaries for Video Game Characters

  Another One Bytes the Dust Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Kevin Greene

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #9 — September 2006
  15–17
• Suburban Deviants and Their Really Minor Crimes

  Behind the Perpetrate Ball Dept.

  Written by Ryan Pagelow / Art by Amanda Conner

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  • MAD #23 — February 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 1 — May/June 2022
  18–19
• Monroe &… President's Day

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray
  20–23
• Rejected Playboy Playmates

  Flop Tarts Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #4 — January 2006
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  24–25
• Specialized State Death Penalties

  Crime and Funishment Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD Classics #7 — June 2006
  26–28
• A Bank Letter You're Sure to Get

  Savings and Groan Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #10 — October 2006
  29
• Spy vs. Spy — shark trap

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Classics #2 — September 2005
  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  30–31
• “Likelihood-of-Outcome” Charts For Those Stupid Things We All Do

  Flaws & Effect Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  • MAD #505 — October 2010 (excerpt in The MAD Vault)
  32–33
• 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything — Part V

  The Dissing Link Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Rick Tulka

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Classics #6 — April 2006
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  34–35
• A MAD Look at The World Wrestling Federation

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  36–39
• Meek With the Parents (movie satire)

  So Deniro Yet So Far Off Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #18 — October 2007
  40–44
• Gross and Beyond Gross — The Sequel

  Revoltage Meter Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Classics #20 — January 2008
  • MAD #505 — October 2010 (excerpt in The MAD Vault)
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — 2011
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  45–47
• MAD's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Jennifer Lopez

  Grieving Las Vegas Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Hermann Mejia
  48
• Fold-In — What heavy issue is weighing mightily on today's students?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #3 — November 2005
  • MAD Classics #25 — May 2009
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — One Fine Day on Main Street

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #18 — October 2007
  • MAD #28 — December 2022
  • 70th Anniversary Issue — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition
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Last issue until #517, October 2012, to have a back cover article instead of an advertisement.