Mad Special #120 April 1997

(Big Bad Mad)

• Cover Artist: Joe Devito
  

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• Ad for subscriptions
• Contents Page
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Letters - with Herbert "The Ax" Maxwell
  and funeral for Elron, your Mad Mailman
  (Sam Viviano art)
  (attended by various Mad UGOI in their self-caricatures)
• A Few Goofy Men (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art)
• When Roadside Signs Overlap
  (written by Henry Clark / George Woodbridge art)
• Spy vs. Spy - fully loaded secret rubber cannon
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art)
• Small Scale Examples of How History Repeats Itself!
  (written by Dan Birtcher / Tom Bunk art)
• "Hey - Look Behind You!"
  (written by Mark D'Amico / Al Jaffee art)
• Gnome Improvement (TV satire)
  (written by A. J. Marley / Angelo Torres art)
• Who Says Being Stranded Can't Be Fun (John Caldwell)
• The Dorky Downhill Distortion (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Introduction page to Mad: The Lost Pages
  (James Warhola series intro art /
  Steven Strumpf Pages design)
  • The Mad Survival Handbook (reprinted pages from
    Stan Hart's and Paul Coker's 1980 paperback)
• A Mad Look at Prison Life (Sergio Aragones)
• Mad's Video Reviews
  (written by Stan Hart / Sam Viviano art)
• Other Uses for Satellite Dishes (Paul Peter Porges)
• Mad's Instant Movie Reviews
  (written by Russ Cooper / Gerry Gersten art)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg)
• The Chilling Chopper Chapter (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Just What is an Eternal Optimist?
  (written by John Prete / Gerry Gersten art)
• Any Doofus/Bozo/Idiot/Schmuck/Moron/Schmendrick/
  Pinhead/Cretin/Fool/Boob/Ignoramus/Jerk Can...
  But It Takes a Genius To...
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Rick Tulka art)
• Spy vs. Spy - pogo schtick ceiling spikes
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art)
• Why Sports Life is Harder than Real Life
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Jack Davis art)
• Top Gunk (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art)
• Fold-In -- What ominous death-dealing device continues to threaten future generations? (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover --
  Grayola Crayons - We're Changing Our Colors!
  (written by Charlie Kadau / James Warhola art)