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Mad Special #40 Fall 1982
(Advertising)
Cover Artist
:
Jack Rickard
Note:
Frank Frazetta
's
Blecch
ad repainted by Jack Rickard
Lady Clinic Plastic Surgeons -
Is it True... Blondes Have More Fun?
(
Lester Krauss
photo)
Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
Trademark Graffiti
(
Al Jaffee
)
The Mad Madison Avenue Primer
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Wally Wood
art)
While Strolling Through the City
(
Don Martin
)
Conniving Artists Schools
(written by
Larry Siegel
)
Mad's "Do-It-Yourself" Modern Movie Ads
(written by
Sy Reit
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Violent TV Commercials
(written by
Earle Doud
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Better Vision Business Association
(
John Putnam
art)
The Mad Plan for Beating TV Commercial-Breaks
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Yellow Pages - After You Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
(written by
Sergio Aragones
/
Lester Krauss
photo)
How to Read a Resort Ad
(written by
Gilbert Barnhill
/
George Woodbridge
art)
When Advertising Takes Over Magazines Completely
(written by
Paul Laikin
/
Bob Clarke
art)
New Ad Spaces
(written by
Tom Koch
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Eight Page Color Insert of Ad Satires
Blecch Shampoos
(featuring Ringo Starr)
(
Frank Frazetta
art)
Bilked Telephone System
(
Lester Krauss
photo)
(NOTE: The fellow in the picture is Bill Gaines)
Dee Cayers
(
Kelly Freas
art)
The 60-Second Disappointment -
Parloraid Color Pack Camera
(
Irving Schild
photo)
Sucka Instant Coffee
(
Lester Krauss
photo)
Canadian Club - Alcoholics Anonymous
(
Lester Krauss
photo /
Bob Clarke
art)
Park-David Great Moments in Medicine
(
Kelly Freas
art)
Marble-Row Funeral Directors
(
Irving Schild
photo)
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If Magazine Ads Spoke the Language of the Magazines
(written by
Frank Jacobs
,
Stan Hart
and
Larry Siegel
/
Jack Rickard
art)
Out West
(
Don Martin
)
TV Commercial Aids - or, How to Live With Television Commercials -
and Still Not Go Out of Your Ever Lovin' Mind
(
Al Jaffee
)
Feature By Feature Advertising
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Irving Schild
photos)
If There'd Been a Madison Avenue Down Through History
(written by
Sy Reit
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Unspoken Messages in TV Commercials
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Joe Orlando
art)
Aren't you glad you Dial correctly?
(
Lester Krauss
photo)
Advertising Space on Road Signs
(written by
Earle Doud
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Recruiting Posters Through History
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
George Woodbridge
art)
One Fine Day While Touring Florida
(
Don Martin
)
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at an Ad Agency
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Jack Rickard
art)
Ads We Never Got to See
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Volksbuggen - Pesky Import
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Yellow Pages for Super Heroes
(written by
Don Reilly
/
John Putnam
art)
Hazards of Illuminated Signs
(written by
Sy Reit
/
Joe Orlando
art)
A Mad Guide to Classified Advertising Abbreviations
(written by
Tom Koch
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Gulp Says the Oil Corporations
(
Lester Krauss
photo)
The Subtle Science of Packaging
(written by
Don Reilly
/
Bob Clarke
art)
One Day Downtown
(
Don Martin
)
Contact Continuously Contagious Capsules
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Back Cover --
Carry-On Cigarettes
(
Lester Krauss
photo)
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