MAD #521 — June 2013

"No matter how sensible gun legislation is, it always seems to get shot down!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Contents Page

  It's the List We Can Do Dept.
  1
• Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
  2–4
• Ad for Subscriptions

  with #154 bonus print
  5
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• The Fundalini Pages

  Random Acts of Mindless Dept.

  Featuring /

  • Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Kate Upton — Art by Rick Tulka
  • The Real Reasons Pope Benedict Resigned — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Anton Emdin sample
  • Little-Known Holidays Near the Holidays — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • Monkeys are Always Funny: Oscars Edition — with Jennifer Lawrence tripping on stairs
  • Insect Lore to Ignore — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Bob Staake
  • Commissioning Gordon — The Little Tramp Stamp — Brian Gordon
  • The Drawbacks to Living a Healthy Lifestyle — Written by Matt Lassen / Art by John Kerschbaum
  • The Speedy Six — Other Admissions Made By Lance Armstrong — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Tom Bunk
  • AOL Start-Up Screens We'd Like To See — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • More Little-Known Holidays Near the Holidays — Written by Jeff Kruse
  • Ain't Life DeGrand? — cheese grated / tattoos removed — David DeGrand
  • Cliche Classified Ads — Written by Darren Johnson
  • Rejected Fortune Cookies
  • Things That Will Stop a Bad Guy With a Gun — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer
  • The Cover We Didn't Use — A. N. The 0/0 Experience (Justin Timberlake album cover parody)
  • Here on Gilligan's Bile — Elmer Fudd's Fwip Fwops — Paul Gilligan
  • How the New Pope Can Revive Interest in the Church — Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Phil McAndrew
  • Donnie the Douche's Tips on Being Green — Written by Jeff Kruse
  6–10
• Ad for MAD App for the iPad
  11
• Game of Groans (TV satire)

  Feeling Over-Realmed Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Hermann Mejia

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Unplugs TV — Special Collector's Edition 2015
  12–18 sample
• A MAD Look at Baseball

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Tom Luth
  19–23
• Planet TAD!!!!!

  In Blog We Trust Dept.

  Written by Tim Carvell
  24–25
• Overheard in Doggie Heaven

  A New Leash on Afterlife Dept.

  Written by Jeff Kruse / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #24 — April 2022
  • MAD Goes to the Dogs & Other Beasties! — Special Collector's Edition 2024
  26–27
• Second Amendment Sammy's All-American Fun N' Gun Show

  Ready, Aim, Fire Sale! Dept.

  Written by Frank Santopadre / Art by Scott Bricher
  28–29
• The Darker Side of The Lighter Side — uncredited altered dialogue

  Berg's Eye Askew Dept.

  Art by Dave Berg
  30–32
• Introducing the Stuff-E-Vest Puff Jacket

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Scott Bricher
  33
• Spy vs. Spy — manhole boxing glove / manhole puddle cover

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Spy vs. Spy — Fight to the Finish — 2013
  34–35
• Ad for Totally Useless MAD
  36
• The Strip Club

  Pen and Stink Dept.

  • Me, Myself and My Puppet — Go Bed Shopping — John Kovaleski
  • It's Good Enough — Peet Tamburino
  • Rods & Cones — Brian Gordon
  • WTF, Jeff? — Written by Kit Lively / Art by Scott Nickel
  • And now... A Bit of Magic by The Amazing Katzenstini — Jason Katzenstein
  • Party Pants — Alex Cline
  • Orwell — Jason Yungbluth
  • It Only Hurts When I Laugh — Christopher Baldwin
  37–40
• The MAD Vault

  Rotten to the Encore Dept.

  Article from MAD #388: Scenes of Americana Yesterday & Today — Written by Mike Snider / Art by George Woodbridge
  41–43
• Ad for MAD's Greatest Artists — Mort Drucker
  44
• The MAD Guide to Man Boobs — Volume 3

  The Jiggle's Up Dept.

  Written by Ryan Pagelow / Art by Drew Friedman
  45
• 8 Suggestions to Soften the Blow For Those on Death Row

  The Last Smile Dept.

  John Caldwell
  46–47
• Ad for MAD Books
  48–49
• Casebook "Spyfail" — The Battle of the Bonds

  Hacking Up Fleming Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond
  50–54
• The Best of The Idiotical

  Our Daily Dread Dept.

  Featuring /

  • Ikea Svedish Meatball
  • Twits
  • George W. Bush Paints a MAD Cover
  • Pope Benedict's Last Minute To-Do List
  55
• Fold-In — What yo-yo like activity has its painful ups and downs?

  All Jaffee Dept.

  Al Jaffee
  C3
• Back Cover — iPad teensy-weensy

  Apple of Our Ire Dept.
  C4