MAD #426 — February 2003

"It used to be that after years of service, your company would give you a gold watch. Now you're lucky if they give you the time of day!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Frank Jacobs with 2002 Eisner Award; photos of Anton Fig with MAD #423 and the cast of Hairspray visiting the MAD offices
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Schlubs (TV satire)

  Bedpan Humor Dept.

  Written by Charlie Kadau / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #12 — January 2007
  • MAD #31 — June 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
  4–8
• Hey America, Cheer Up!

  Gloom With a View Dept.

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Hermann Mejia
  9–11
• When Veterinarians Go Bad

  It's Paining Cats and Dogs Dept.

  John Caldwell

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #25 — May 2009
  12–13
• Heart-Stopping New Improvements Planned for the Next Grand Theft Auto

  Let the Games Be Grim Dept.

  Written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Art by Scott Bricher

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #18 — October 2007
  14–16
• Shocking, Uncensored Outtakes from Eminem's 8 Mile

  The Shady Bunch Dept.

  Written by Greg Leitman
  18–19
• Spy vs. Spy — vibrating phone sets off nitroglycerin bomb

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Spy Vs. Spy 2 — The Joke and Dagger Files — 2007
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Top Secret Files — 2011
  20–21
• Ab-Fabulizer

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Irving Schild photos
  22
• Yoga Positions That Occur in Daily Life

  War of the Poses Dept.

  Written by Darren Johnson / Art by Gary Hallgren

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #21 — April 2008
  • MAD #42 — April 2025
  23–25
• Monroe and… The Super Bowl

  Angster's Paradise Dept.

  Written by Anthony Barbieri / Art by Bill Wray

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #20 — January 2008
  26–29
• The Rejected Saddam Hussein Body Doubles

  You Don't Know Dictator Dept.

  Written by David Shayne / AP & Wide World photos

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #17 — September 2007
  30–31
• MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows — The O'Reilly Factor

  The Chat 'n the Stat Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Sam Sisco
  32–35
• Who's Who in the Army of Protesters Against Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

  Complain Nonsense Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Classics #21 — April 2008
  36–37
• 2002: The Year in Film

  Title Wave Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / AP & Wide World photos
  38–39
• A MAD Look at Birthdays

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  40–42 sample
• Corporate Fraud Task Force #1

  The Men of Steal Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Amanda Conner / Color by Wildstorm

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Classics #21 — April 2008
  • MAD About Super Heroes — volume 2 — 2010
  • MAD About Super Heroes — version 2.5 — 2012
  43–47
• Duke Bissell's Tales of Undisputed Interest — shopping for the annual camping trip

  The Wizard of Odd Dept.

  P. C. Vey
  48
• Fold-In — What disturbing screen images are more and more young people being exposed to?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Classics #21 — April 2008
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3