Mad Magazine Contributors


Will Elder


Contributions in Order of Appearance -
First Instances Only of Mad Subscription
and Other Comic Ads Included
(* A=Artist / I=Idea)
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* CONTRIBUTION TITLE CO-CONTRIBUTORS ISSUE / DATE
AI Ganefs! Harvey Kurtzman 1 - Oct 1952
AI Mole! Harvey Kurtzman 2 - Dec 1952
A Dragged Net! Harvey Kurtzman 3 - Jan 1953
A Shadow! Harvey Kurtzman 4 - Apr 1953
A Cover Artist - - Kane Keen Harvey Kurtzman 5 - Jun 1953
A Outer Sanctum! Harvey Kurtzman 5 - Jun 1953
A Ping Pong! Harvey Kurtzman 6 - Aug 1953
A Melvin Can't Find Mad (shark fin) / Subscription Ad 7 - Oct 1953
A Shermlock Shomes! Harvey Kurtzman 7 - Oct 1953
A Frank N. Stein! Harvey Kurtzman 8 - Dec 1953
A The Raven Edgar Allan Poe
Harvey Kurtzman		 9 - Mar 1954
A Woman Wonder! Harvey Kurtzman 10 - Apr 1954
A Dragged Net! Harvey Kurtzman 11 - May 1954
A Ad for Panic (Stoppit!) 12 - Jun 1954
A Starchie Harvey Kurtzman 12 - Jun 1954
A Robinson Crusoe! Harvey Kurtzman 13 - Jul 1954
A Manduck The Magician Harvey Kurtzman 14 - Aug 1954
A Ad for Panic! (doctor) Harvey Kurtzman 15 - Sep 1954
A Gasoline Valley! Harvey Kurtzman 15 - Sep 1954
A Shermlock Shomes in The Hound of the Basketballs! Harvey Kurtzman 16 - Oct 1954
A Restaurant! Harvey Kurtzman 16 - Oct 1954
A Bringing Back Father! Harvey Kurtzman 17 - Nov 1954
A Meet Miss Potgold Harvey Kurtzman
Basil Wolverton		 17 - Nov 1954
A Howdy Dooit! Harvey Kurtzman 18 - Dec 1954
A Mickey Rodent! Presented by Walt Dizzy Harvey Kurtzman 19 - Jan 1955
A Puzzle Pages! Harvey Kurtzman 19 - Jan 1955
A Katchandhammer Kids! Harvey Kurtzman 20 - Feb 1955
A Poopeye! Harvey Kurtzman 21 - Mar 1955
A Comic Book Ads! Harvey Kurtzman 21 - Mar 1955
A Special Art Issue - Featuring Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder Harvey Kurtzman 22 - Apr 1955
A Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder - The Child! Harvey Kurtzman 22 - Apr 1955
A Bill Elder - The Boy! Harvey Kurtzman 22 - Apr 1955
A Bill Elder - The Young Artist! Harvey Kurtzman 22 - Apr 1955
A Bill Elder - The Commercial Artist! Harvey Kurtzman 22 - Apr 1955
A Bill Elder - The Old Pro! Harvey Kurtzman 22 - Apr 1955
AI Mole! (reprint from #2) Harvey Kurtzman 22 - Apr 1955
A Bill Elder - Senility! Harvey Kurtzman 22 - Apr 1955
A Cover Border Artist - - First magazine issue Harvey Kurtzman 24 - Jul 1955
A Bofforin (ad parody) 24 - Jul 1955
A Mmboy Cream Deodorant (ad parody) 24 - Jul 1955
A Newspaper Comics Harvey Kurtzman 24 - Jul 1955
A Classy Crimes #138:
Who put the Strichnine in Mrs. Murphy's Husband?		 Bernard Shir-Cliff 24 - Jul 1955
A Is This Your Life? (TV satire) Harvey Kurtzman 24 - Jul 1955
A Tom Swiffft and His Electric Ping Pong Ball Ernie Kovacs 24 - Jul 1955
A Ad parodies for Anasprin and Rubbaban 24 - Jul 1955
A Bind-Aig Plastic Strips (ad parody) Harvey Kurtzman 24 - Jul 1955
A Back Cover -- Jell-y (ad parody) Harvey Kurtzman 24 - Jul 1955
A Cover Border Artist - - The Tweed Ring Harvey Kurtzman 25 - Sep 1955
A Ipuna Toothpaste (ad parody) 25 - Sep 1955
A Radiodetectiveland Harvey Kurtzman 25 - Sep 1955
A Leave Me Or Me Leave (movie poster parody) Harvey Kurtzman 25 - Sep 1955
A Confidential Information Harvey Kurtzman 25 - Sep 1955
A Mad Awards for Television Commercials Harvey Kurtzman 25 - Sep 1955
A Fozless Fooznick Sells Crazyroot
Cream-Oil Hair Tonic through a comic strip		 25 - Sep 1955
A "NDDDS" Chlorophyll Tablets with Gargol (ad parody) 25 - Sep 1955
A Kennt Cigarettes (ad parody) Harvey Kurtzman 25 - Sep 1955
A Back Cover -- Ol' Craw Whiskey (ad parody) Harvey Kurtzman 25 - Sep 1955
A Cover Border Artist - - Basketball Satellite Harvey Kurtzman 26 - Nov 1955
A Armstronger Tire (ad parody) 26 - Nov 1955
A ads exploiting the Davy Crockett trend 26 - Nov 1955
A Confidentially - How different magazines treated Mario Labonza Harvey Kurtzman 26 - Nov 1955
A The Seven Itchy Years (movie satire) Harvey Kurtzman 26 - Nov 1955
A Sanofranized (ad parody) Harvey Kurtzman 26 - Nov 1955
A Back Cover -- Canadian Clubbed (ad parody) Harvey Kurtzman 26 - Nov 1955
A Cover Border Artist - - Baby New Year 1956 Harvey Kurtzman 27 - Apr 1956
A Marlbrando Tattoo Needles (ad parody) 27 - Apr 1956
A Cartoon Digest Harvey Kurtzman 27 - Apr 1956
A Beautydreamy mattress (ad parody) Harvey Kurtzman 27 - Apr 1956
A The Ed Suvillan Show (TV satire) Harvey Kurtzman 27 - Apr 1956
A Nightwatch (radio/TV satire) Arnold Hayne 27 - Apr 1956
A Back Cover -- Beer Belongs - Enjoy It Harvey Kurtzman 27 - Apr 1956
A Cover Border Artist - - Spring Issue Harvey Kurtzman 28 - Jul 1956
A Billows Cotton-Pick Whiskey (ad parody) Harvey Kurtzman 28 - Jul 1956
A Best Toothpaste with Frammistan (ad parody) 28 - Jul 1956
A Children's Primer Harvey Kurtzman 28 - Jul 1956
A Medical (TV satire) Harvey Kurtzman 28 - Jul 1956
A REAL ad for Silly Putty 28 - Jul 1956
A Paper Doll Page Harvey Kurtzman 28 - Jul 1956
A Cover Border Artist - - Circus poster Harvey Kurtzman 29 - Sep 1956
A Directions for Playing Gringo Ernie Kovacs 29 - Sep 1956
A Hot Weather Photos Harvey Kurtzman 29 - Sep 1956
A Back Cover -- Padst Red Ribbon (ad parody) Harvey Kurtzman 29 - Sep 1956
A Cover Border Artist - - 1st Alfred E. Neuman For President Harvey Kurtzman 30 - Dec 1956
A Pulp Magazines James Blish 30 - Dec 1956
A Ink Blot Tests Kelly Freas 31 - Feb 1957
A How to Put Out an Imitation of Mad (features #27 cover reprint) Harvey Kurtzman 41 - Sep 1958
A Mad's "Goetz Mask" - Special Bonus -
Wear This and No Mugger Will Mess With You!!!		 Harvey Kurtzman
Allan Tannenbaum		 256 - Jul 1985
A Back Cover -- What's the Beef? - The Weinburger Al Jaffee
Harvey Kurtzman		 258 - Oct 1985
A Cover Artist - - Rambo 2 / Reagan Central America Harvey Kurtzman 259 - Dec 1985
A Traveler's Blues (Glenn Frey song parody) Frank Jacobs
Harvey Kurtzman		 260 - Jan 1986
A Cover Artist - - Miami Vice Harvey Kurtzman 261 - Mar 1986
A Camouflage Tricks of City Animals Rurik Tyler
Harvey Kurtzman		 261 - Mar 1986
A Back Cover -- The Day AT&T Went Too Far John Prete
Harvey Kurtzman		 263 - Jun 1986
A How to Pick Up Guys Arnie Kogen
Harvey Kurtzman		 265 - Sep 1986
A Back Cover -- Garbage Pail Adults Harvey Kurtzman 265 - Sep 1986
A We'll Make a Fortune (TV satire) Dick DeBartolo
Harvey Kurtzman		 266 - Oct 1986
A Mad's Fearless Forecast for the Upcoming TV Season Barry Liebmann
Harvey Kurtzman		 267 - Dec 1986
A Cover Artist - - Aliens Harvey Kurtzman 268 - Jan 1987
A Fund Raisers That Never Made It! Dick DeBartolo
Harvey Kurtzman		 269 - Mar 1987
A Back Cover -- Mad Celebrity Madballs John Prete
Harvey Kurtzman		 269 - Mar 1987
A Banana Republic Dictator of the Year Lou Silverstone
Harvey Kurtzman		 270 - Apr 1987
A Back Cover -- The American Ex-Pres Card John Prete
Harvey Kurtzman		 271 - Jun 1987
A Mad Visits an Organ Transplant Hospital Lou Silverstone
Harvey Kurtzman		 272 - Jul 1987
Mad Idiot of the Issue - FAQs and Stats XL #26 -
Mar 2004
A 500 Issues of Mad: A Visual History -
Mad Issues 1-100 "Murmurs and Mumblings"		 see issue 500 - Jun 2009
A 500 Issues of Mad: A Visual History -
Mad Issues 201-300 "Snatched Glory and Bruised Knuckles"		 see issue 500 - Jun 2009