Monday MADness: MAD for 15 years!

Fifteen years ago this month The Lovely Anna threw a party at our house to celebrate the release of MAD #399, which contained my very first published piece for the magazine. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since that issue hit the stands. Here are some stats and facts from my one and a half decades with MAD:

• #399 turned out to be the last fully black and white issue of MAD printed on the old paper stock. #400 was a special color anniversary issue, #401 and #402 contained color portions and were on the upgraded stock, and in #403 it was announced MAD was switching to full color.
• Current MAD Art Director Ryan Flanders started with MAD at virtually exactly the same time I did.
• My first TV parody: “Malcontent in the Muddle” in MAD #403, March 2001.
• My first movie parody: “Traff-ecch” in MAD #405, May 2001.
• MAD went quarterly as of issue #500, then switched to bi-monthly with issue #504
• Number of issues my work has appeared in (thru #536): 113
• Number of TV parodies I’ve drawn: 36
• Number of movie parodies I’ve drawn: 30
• Number of pages I’ve illustrated: 510
• Longest consecutive issue streak: 42 (495 to present)
• I’m still considered “The new guy”

I do work for a lot of clients but no question MAD is my favorite. It’s been a lot of fun working for them over the years. Here’s to another 15!!