On The Stands: MAD #505

Well, not technically on the news stands until Aug 17th, but some subscribers are already receiving copies in their mailboxes so I figured the cat’s out of the bag anyway. BTW, this cover was shown to the crowd at the Comic-Con MAD panel and got a roaring laugh and applause…

MAD # 505 (October 2010)

• Cover (Mark Fredrickson)
• The Fundalini Pages (Sam Viviano, Jeff Kruse, Arie Kaplan, Paul Coker Jr., Emily Flake, Sam Sisco, Gary Hallgren, John Caldwell, Charles Atkins, Dave Crosland, Tom Bunk, Des Devlin, Kevin Pope)
• Glee Blows (A MAD Public Service Announcement)
• Tea Bagger Proof That Obama Is A Terrorist/Socialist (Stan Sinberg, Hermann Mejia)
• A MAD Look At Racial Profiling (Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Tom Luth)
• Worst Selling Children’s Books (Jeff Kruse, Scott Bricher)
• Spy vs Spy (Peter Kuper)
• Inspirational Wall Plaques That Never Caught On (Jeff Kruse)
• Planet TAD!!!!! (Tim Carvell, Brian Durniak)
• 9 Ways To Pass The Time In Your Doctor’s Waiting Room (Teresa Burns Parkhurst)
• MAD’s Oh-So Negative True Blood Outtakes (Uncredited)
• BP’s Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Response (Dick DeBartolo)
• The Strip Club (Joey Alison Sayers, Dustin Glick, Todd Clark, Kit Lively & Scott Nickel, Vic Black, Douglas Paszkiewicz
• If Jesus Walked Among The Gulf Coast (Richard Williams)
• TMZzz (Jacob Lambert)
• Rejected Stamp Collections (Jeff Kruse, Bob Staake, Drew Friedman)
• The Darker Side Of The Lighter Side (Dave Berg, Uncredited)
• The Wizard Of O (Des Devlin, Tom Richmond)
• The MAD Vault -2001 (Various)
• It Happened One Morning (Michael Gallagher, Tom Bunk)
• MAD Fold-In (Al Jaffee)
• Drawn Out Dramas (Sergio Aragon?¬©s)

My contribution this issue is one of my favorite jobs ever for MAD. It’s a very cleverly written political satire by Desmond Devlin set within a faux movie parody of “The Wizard of Oz”. I will post a sneak peek tomorrow.

In other news this issue is the first on the new bi-monthly schedule, so expect #506 out in October. I also officially became an old guy with my first ever appearance in “The MAD Vault” aka two pages of reprinted stuff from old MAD issues, as two panels from my parody of “Malcolm in the Middle” appears on page 53. This issue is also my 80th appearance in MAD… as October will mark my 10 year anniversary of my first appearance that’s not too bad. I hope to make it to 100 before I die.