Mad #492 August 2008
- Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson
- Contents Page (1)
- "Once you've learned to ride a bike, you'll never forget -
too bad the same's not true about the combination lock you chain it up with!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
- Letters (photos of Al Jaffee honored as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year at the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Awards with his wife, Joyce, and Sam Viviano, Sergio Aragones, Jack Davis in attendance)
(Mad promotes the San Diego Comic-Con with this!) (Celebrity Snap: Hulk Hogan with #264) (2,4,6)
- Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
- The Fundalini Pages (Desmond Devlin, Garth Gerhart,
Dave Hanson, Darren Johnson, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert,
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Barry Liebmann, Hermann Mejia, Scott Nickel, Kevin Pope, Jack Syracuse, Rick Tulka) (IMPORTANT NOTE) (8-11)
- Are You A Celebrity or Are You A Celebutard? (Hermann Mejia art)
- The Godfrey Report
- Things Hillary Clinton Supporters Can be Happy About (Jack Syracuse art)
- Solution to Last Month's "Mini-Mystery" - tapioca in his pants
- Fundalini Presents Excerpts from: Movie Screw-Ups -
A Clueless, Anal-Retentive Guide to Cinema (written by Jeff Kruse)
- The Fast 5 - Ways That You Can Protest
China's Human Rights Violations (written by Jeff Kruse / Rick Tulka art)
- Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to the Ballpark (written by Desmond Devlin / Kevin Pope art)
- Least E-Mailed Articles
- Plugged Nickel - Amish of the future (Scott Nickel)
- Words That Would Appear in Ads for Air Sickness Bags
if They Were Advertised like Other Products (written by Jeff Kruse)
- Letters to the Editor Around America (written by Jeff Kruse)
- Bitterman - shoulder injury from bowling (Garth Gerhart)
- Fundalini Goes to the MTV Movie Awards
- Mad's International Preview of the Beijing Olympics
(written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Bunk art) (12-14)
- The Knockout (poster) (Mark Fredrickson art) (15)
- Subscription Ad - "Jeffrey Lozenge" dressed as a lobster
(written by Joe Raiola / Irving Schild photos) (16)
- Ironic, Man (movie satire) (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art) (17-21)
- 10 Easy Ways to Beat High Gas Prices and Increase Your Mileage
(written by Dick DeBartolo / Tim Hamilton art) (22-23)
- Spy vs. Spy - comic-con disguise (Peter Kuper) (26-27)
- Movie Posters for the Rest of the Movie Experience (written by Russ Cooper / Scott Bricher art) (28-29)
- Mad's Cocky, But Handy Hancock Outtakes (30-31)
- Calvin and Jobs (written by Jacob Lambert / Gary Hallgren art) (32-33)
- Field Guide to Spotting America's Most Incompetent Summer Camp Counselors (John Caldwell) (34-35)
- Ad for Spy vs Spy 2 - The Joke and Dagger Files, The Mad War on Bush,
Mad About Star Wars, and The Completely Mad Don Martin books (36)
- A Mad Look At This Summer's Super Heroes (Sergio Aragones) (37-40)
- Sucker City (ad parody) (written by Scott Maiko / Scott Bricher art) (41-44)
- The Strip Club (45-47)
- Fold-In -- What is the one hero fans never seem to tire of? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
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