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Mad Special #75 Summer 1991
(Computer Virus Edition)
Cover Artist
:
James Warhola
On the spine
:
What Me Worry????
quote appears when spines of Special Issues #74, #75, #77, and #78 are aligned
Fold In --
In what area of high-tech chip development
does the USA still hold a commanding lead?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
Bleak for the Future
(movie satire)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Laundromat Bingo
(written by
Rurik Tyler
/
Bob Clarke
art)
The Mad Practical Driving Test
(idea by
Elizabeth Swain
)
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Some Straight Talk About Selling Cigarettes to a Hostile Public
(written by
Billy Doherty
)
A Mad Look at Some Not-So-Famous First Attempts
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Al Jaffee
art)
Mad's Celebrity Supermarket
(written by
Charlie Kadau
and
Joe Raiola
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Mad's Lurid Romantic Textbooks
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
Hospital Bulletin Board
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Irving Schild
photo)
The Lighter Side of...
(
Dave Berg
)
Mike Hammy
(TV satire)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Sam Viviano
art)
New National Parks for a Growing America
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Jack Davis
art)
A Mad Look at Pets' Back Talk
(
Paul Peter Porges
)
Sometimes You're Much Better Off Not Knowing...
(written by
Lou Silverstone
/
Bob Jones
art)
Acronyms You Never Knew Existed
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
Introduction page for computer articles section
(
Al Jaffee
cover art from
#258
)
Mad's Guide to Computer Language
(written by
Charlie Kadau
/
Jack Davis
art)
The Mad Computer Primer
(written by
John Boni
/
Al Jaffee
art)
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The Mad Computer Program
(
Sergio Aragones
)
(designed & programmed by
Lauretta Jones
and
Toma
)
If Computers are so Brilliant...
(written by
Tom Koch
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Practical Computer Programs for Normal Everyday Use
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Spy vs. Spy
- punching projected spy (
Antonio Prohias
)
The Computer Company President of the Year
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
Exciting New Uses for Miracle Velcro
(
Al Jaffee
/ idea by
T.J. Glenn
)
The Mad Sports Page
(written by
Charlie Kadau
and
Joe Raiola
/
Bob Clarke
art)
What is an Intellectual Snob?
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Sergio Aragones
art)
The Lighter Side of...
(
Dave Berg
)
An Instant Guide to American Regional Types
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
William Shakespeare... at the Post Office
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Rickard
art)
Decision and Disaster
(
Lloyd Gola
)
Mad's Really Perplexing Mysteries of Life
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
If Advertisers Made Use of Old Masters
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Medical Breakthrough Newspaper Story
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
Commemorative Coins For Things That Might Otherwise Be Forgotten
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Al Jaffee
art)
Mate & Ali-mony
(TV satire) (written by
Dennis Snee
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Junior Inquirer
(written by
Lou Silverstone
/
Jack Rickard
art)
Ad for Subscriptions
Fold-In --
What new labor development gave this worker much more time to spend with his family?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Back Cover --
Castaway changes view
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
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