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Mad Special #14 Winter 1974
Cover Artist
:
Don Martin
The Vampire
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
The Mad Spotter's Guide to Professional Types
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Rickard
art)
The Mating Call of the Wild
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
Bob Clarke
art)
When Special Interest Magazines Review New Movies
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Mort Drucker
art)
A Mad Look at Rapunzel
(
John Jonik
)
"Specific Form Answer Letters" There Really Ought To Be
(written by
Arnie Kogen
)
Mad Greeting Cards to Shake Up People You Hate
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
The Nightmare
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Midnight Wowboy
(movie satire)
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Mort Drucker
art)
One Night at the Fights
(
Don Martin
)
Mad's Updated Modern Day Mother Goose
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Davis
art)
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Fancy Restaurant
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Sergio Aragones
art)
Ads For Movie Revivals
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Bob Clarke
art)
One Day in a Crash-Pad
(
Don Martin
)
The Lighter Side of Worry
(
Dave Berg
)
The Mad Sex Education Primer
(written by
Sy Reit
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Mad's Guaranteed Effective All-Occasion
Non-Slanderous Political Smear Speech
(written by
William Garvin
/
George Woodbridge
art)
8
Don Martin
Vital Message Posters
and 8
Don Martin
Art Depreciation Paintings
(bonus insert)
(introduction page
Don Martin
)
Watch Out For Falling Bricks
The Blue Boy
- by Thomas Gainsborough
Stamp Out Acne!
Don Manuel Osorio
- by Francisco Goya
Think
The Draper's Guild
- by Rembrandt Van Rijn
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Image courtesy of John H. Wilson
Toggle back cover for large/small views
Fight Demeaning Plebney -
Give to the United Plebney Fund
The Mona Lisa
- by Leonardo Da Vinci
Fonebone Is Watching You!
American Gothic
- by Grant Wood
Keep Our Sidewalks Clean - Toilet Train Your Dog
The Birth of Venus
- by Sandro Botticelli
Are You Getting Enough Freenacin In Your Diet?
The Unfinished Portrait
- by Gilbert Stuart
Protect Our Wild Life
Whistler's Mother
- by James A. McN. Whistler
Ironride
(TV satire) (written by
Lou Silverstone
/
Angelo Torres
art)
Spy Vs. Spy
- joke flower squirter burst (
Antonio Prohias
)
How to Read a Resort Ad
(written by
Gilbert Barnhill
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Those Wonderful Sixties!
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Wide World
,
UPI
, and
NY Daily News
photos)
You Know You're Really a Bore When...
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
One Day at the Ocean
(
Don Martin
)
The Mad Plan for Combatting the Boredom of Baseball
(written by
Earle Doud
/
Jack Davis
art)
Mad's Frozen Foods That Fake-Out Fresh
(written by
Sy Reit
/
Irving Schild
photos)
A Mad "Minute Nature Study"
(
Don Martin
)
The Lighter Side of Summer Resorts
(
Dave Berg
)
Spy Vs. Spy
- half-sawn tree pulls down (
Antonio Prohias
)
Obituaries for Traditions, Pastimes and Other Dying-Out Landmarks of the American Way of Life
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Norman Mingo
art)
While Hanging Around the Corner
(
Don Martin
)
A Mad Look at Birds
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Feature By Feature Advertising
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Irving Schild
photos)
Sleazy Riders
(movie satire) (written by
Larry Siegel
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Fold-In --
What silent majority will we never hear from?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Back Cover --
The Nightmare
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Red = First Appearance of Original Material
/ Article Title Links Go To Original Source Issues /
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