MAD #600 — August 2026

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — Alfred's sunburned behind

  Written by Sergio Aragones / Art by Jack Rickard — MAD #202

  Notes

  • A letter from the MAD editors covers most of page C2, announcing the return to legacy numbering, honoring founder Bill Gaines and the Usual Gang of Idiots, and thanking readers for hanging in there
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• Spy Vs. Spy — radioactive waste shower / tickled ziplining spy falls to gators

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Antonio Prohias / Color by Carrie Strachan
  2
• A Preteen's Gateway to R-Rated Movies NEW

  Fodder Figure Dept.

  Written by Patton Oswalt / Art by Tom Richmond
  3
• A MAD Look at MAD

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan
  4–6
• MAD A to Z NEW

  Alpha-Blecch! Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Sergio Aragones, Brent Engstrom, Hermann Mejia, Peter Kuper, Tom Richmond, Johnny Sampson, and Ed Steckley
  7–11
• Subscription Ad — Antonio Prohias spies
  12
• MAD-ieval Magazine NEW

  What the "What If?" Dept.

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Gideon Kendall
  13–15
• Joystick Jabberwacky

  Vidiot Vortex Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge
  16
• The MAD Clearance Catalogue of Unwanted Articles, Features, Gimmicks, and Premises

  Publisher's Over-Schlock Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard
  17–19
• Perfect Rewards for MAD's Top Devotees NEW

  Counting the Daze Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  20–21
• MAD's Tom Bunk Visits the Senior MAD Home

  Post-Bunk Revival Dept.

  Tom Bunk
  22–23
• Don Martin's Guide to Some Very Obscure Comics Sound Effects

  Noise Solution Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin
  24–27
• Special MAD 600 Spy Vs. Spy Poster NEW

  Peter Kuper
  28–29
• The World's Great Thinkers Go to a Baseball Game

  No Runs, No Hits, Several Eras Dept.

  Written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg / Art by Mort Drucker
  30–31
• Where's Alfred? NEW

  Who's Waldo Dept.

  Hurricane Ivan
  32–33
• MAD's Guide to "Traditional" Anniversary Gifting NEW

  Wedded Diss Dept.

  Written by Tammy Golden / Art by Jon Adams
  34–35
• You Might Be in an Unhealthy Relationship with MAD If... NEW

  MAD-ly In Love Dept.

  Written by Brockton McKinney / Art by Hermann Mejia
  36–37
• MAD's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions

  Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept.

  Al Jaffee
  38–40
• The Stupido (TV satire) NEW

  Hollywood and Vile Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond
  41–44
• Ad for MAD About DC comic
  45
• Presenting the Original MAD Cover and One MAD Moment Later!

  Seconding Our Notion Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Rickard

  reworking covers by Norman Mingo, Jack Davis, Mort Künstler, and Bob Clarke

  Selected pieces from

  • MAD #190 — April 1977
  • MAD #191 — June 1977
  46–49
• 600 MAD Issues from Now NEW

  Counting the Daze Dept.

  Ivan Ehlers
  50–51
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Rip-off Mail Order House

  An Embarrassment of Richard's Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Davis
  52–53
• MAD Puzzle Pages NEW

  Lame Brain Dept.

  Kerry Callen
  54–55
• Who's Who Clues — Senior MAD Home Roster

  Tom Bunk
  56
• Fold-In — What's Next for MAD Magazine? NEW

  Johnny Sampson
  C3
• Back Cover — wraparound continuation of front cover

  Art by Sergio Aragones
  C4