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Mad XL #15 June 2002
Main Image Cover Artist:
Mort Drucker
(from
Star Bores Epic Load I -
The Fandumb Megamess
from
#385
)
Cover Design:
Patrick Merrell
Words on the spine
:
"50 years of living up to our reader's low expectations"
Contents Page
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Star Bores Epic Load I -
The Fandumb Megamess
(movie satire)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Mort Drucker
art)
The Confusing Cavalry Confrontation
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
Kathie Lee's 12 Warning Signs That You're Working in a Sweatshop
(written by
John Caldwell
/
Tom Bunk
art)
A Mad Look at Do-It-Yourselfers
(
Sergio Aragones
)
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A Typical Night in the City That Never Sleeps
(written by
Andrew J. Schwartzberg
/
Rick Tulka
art)
Mad's Idiot of the Issue!
Dave Berg
- FAQs and Stats
A Mad Look at the Telephone
(
Dave Berg
)
A Mad Guide to Corporate Thinking
(written by
Barry Liebmann
/
Timothy Shamey
art)
The Revered Revolutionary Ruse
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
The Victim's Newsletter
(written by
Charlie Kadau
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Best of the Web - (tidbits from early madmag.com)
What is the most likely explanation for Mike Tyson flying into a rage at a press conference?
(written by
Greg Leitman
/
Rick Tulka
art)
Celebrity Valentine's Day Cards for 2002
(written by
Greg Leitman
/
Scott Bricher
art)
What scene is most likely to appear on MTV's new "reality-based sitcom"
The Osbournes
?
(written by
Greg Leitman
/
Rick Tulka
art from #348's
The Worst MTV Contests of All Time
)
What shocking revelation is most likely to be unearthed during the Enron investigation?
(written by
Greg Leitman
)
Moshing in Everyday Life
(
Tom Cheney
)
Appliance Story or How Other Things In Your House Behave When You're Not Around
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Steve Smallwood
art)
Mad's
Star Wars Trivial Pursuit
(written by
John Prete
/
Hermann Mejia
art)
The Lighter Side of The Revolutionary Movement
(
Dave Berg
)
The Ridiculous Renaissance Revelation
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
Works of the Great Composers That Never Made It
(
Tom Cheney
)
Mad Image-Builders
(
Al Jaffee
)
Don Martin
Looks at Spiderman
Countdown to
The Phantom Menace
(written by
Charlie Kadau
/
Amanda Conner
art)
The Real Reasons Why Your Favorite Rock Band Just Split Up
(written by
Desmond Devlin
/
Lisa Haney
art)
Spy Vs. Spy
- bomb by fax (written by
Michael Gallagher
/
Dave Manak
art)
The Lighter Side of Competition
(
Dave Berg
)
The Pitiful Postal Peril
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
New Toys That Prepare Kids for Their Crummy Job Futures
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Gunnar Johnson
art)
A Mad Look at State-of-the-Art "Advances" in Artificial Stupidity
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Glenn Barr
art)
Mad's Snappy Answers to Those Old Clichés
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
The Whimsical Warpath Wingding
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
The Tobacco Industy's Secret Marketing Plans for Attracting Young Smokers
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Sergio Aragones
Marginals XL - large reprints of originals
Roadside Plaques
(
W. G. Will
idea)
The Lighter Side of...
(
Dave Berg
)
The Perilous Pioneer Predicament
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
Hunt For Last October
(movie satire) (written by
Stan Hart
/
Angelo Torres
art)
What's the Difference?
(written by
Mark Evanier
/
Rick Tulka
art)
Fold-In --
What is fast replacing Dr. Kevorkian as the number one means of assisted suicide?
(
Al Jaffee
)
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