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Mad #494 October 2008
Cover Artist:
Mark Fredrickson
Contents Page (
1
)
Letters (Circuit City spoof in #492 causes uproar) (
2-5
)
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
The Fundalini Pages (
Paul Coker, Jr.
,
Dick DeBartolo
,
Emily Flake
,
Garth Gerhart
,
Paul Gilligan
,
Darren Johnson
,
Bob Staake
) (
IMPORTANT NOTE
) (
6-8
)
America's Least Visited Parks (
Bob Staake
art)
The Godfrey Report
Show Me the Monkey -
writing the Republican Party platform (
Paul Gilligan
)
The Cover We Didn't Use -
"Our 500th issue is just 6 issues away!"
Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds - Tila Tequila
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When Cover Artists Haven't Read the Book
(
Emily Flake
)
Fliers Recently Found Under Windshield Wipers
A Presidential Candidate's Speech That Really Says Nothing! (
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Bitterman - how to beat the best
Halo
player in school (
Garth Gerhart
)
Mad's 50 Worst Things About The Internet (written by
Charlie Kadau
and
Jeff Kruse
)
(
Leonardo Rodriguez
,
Drew Friedman
,
Evan Dorkin
,
Sarah Dyer
,
Jose Garibaldi
,
Rick Tulka
art) (
10-15
)
The Eerie Similarities Between
Family Guy
and the Bush White House
(written by
David Shayne
/
Jack Syracuse
art) (
16-17
)
A Mad Look At Cooking Shows (
Sergio Aragones
/
Tom Luth
color) (
18-20
)
Up-And-Coming Mixed Martial Arts Fighters (written by
Jeff Kruse
/
Hermann Mejia
art) (
22-23
)
Overheard at the Barack Obama Rally in Germany (
24-25
)
The Darker Side of
The Lighter Side
(
Dave Berg
originals / uncredited altered dialogue) (
26-28
)
Subscription Ad -
"Jeffrey Lozenge" dressed as a viking
(written by
Joe Raiola
/
Irving Schild
photos) (
29
)
A Fast Food Customer Satisfaction Survey (That Tells It Like It Is)
(written by
Scott Maiko
/
Peter Bagge
art) (
30-31
)
Spy vs. Spy - elastic formula (
Peter Kuper
) (
32-33
)
The Pros & Cons of Being a Polygamy Cult Kid (
John Caldwell
) (
34-35
)
Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions (
Al Jaffee
/ color by
Ryan Flanders
) (
36-37
)
Mad Looks at a Crappy Parent's Baby Book
(written by
Teresa Burns Parkhurst
/
Kevin Pope
art) (
38-39
)
Unacknowledged Benefits of the War on Terror (written by
Jacob Lambert
/
Peter Kuper
art) (
40-41
)
Ad for
Mad Classics #23
(
42
)
Stuples Catalog (ad parody) (written by
Jeff Kruse
/
Scott Bricher
art) (
43-46
)
Ads for
Mad Magazine Poster Book
and
Mad About Politics
books (
47
)
What The Heck is the Difference? (featuring cover
#11
) (
48
)
Fold-In -- What types of increases provoke the most obsessive media scrutiny? (
Al Jaffee
) (
C3
)
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