On the Stands: MAD #523

In comic book shops, on the iPad and in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands everywhere on Aug 27th:

MAD # 523 (October 2013)

• Cover (Mark Fredrickson)
• The Fundalini Pages (Sam Sisco, Shira Rachel Danan, Matt Lassen, Peter Bagge, Alex J. Mann, Darren Johnson, Chris Houghton, Rick Tulka, Rich Powell, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Kevin Pope, Darren Johnson, P.C. Vey, Nate Chastain, John Martz, Hermann Mejia, Nate Fakes, Jeff Kruse, John Caldwell, Tom Hart, Anton Emdin, Darren Johnson, )
• Ho-Hum Land (A MAD TV Satire) (David Shayne, Tom Richmond)
• Rules of Office Cubicle Ettiquette (Tom Cheney, Colorist: Carl Peterson)
• The MAD Vault: What Coaches Say… (Jack Davis, Peter Paul Porges)
• A Fairy Tale We’d Like to See (Matt Lassen, Tom Bunk)
• Planet TAD!!!!! (Tim Carvell)
• A MAD Look at The Theatere (Sergio Aragon?¬©s, Colorist: Tom Luth)
• Brutally Honest Marriage Vows (Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Leonardo Rodriguez)
• 9 Reasons Technology Sucks (Jeff Kruse, John Kerschmaum)
• Global Warming Haiku (Desmond Devlin, Paul Coker)
• The Strip Club (Scott Nickel, Christopher Baldwin, Jason Yungbluth, Kevin Werth, Paul Gilligan, Noah Van Scriver, Nathan Cooper, Peet Tamburino)
• The Clear-Crap X-None Digital Antenna (A MAD Ad Parody) (Dick DeBartolo)
• The Influence of 50 Shades of Grey on Modern Weddings (Teresa Burns Parkhurts)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• Chilling Thoughts- 2013 Edition (Desmond Devlin, Evan Dorkin, Colorist: Sarah Dyer)
• Silliams-Wonoma (Scott Maiko, Scott Bricher)
• The Best of The Idiotical (various)
• Another Ridiculous MAD Fold-In (Al Jaffee)
• Drawn Out Dramas (Sergio Aragon?¬©s, appear throughout the issue)

Yes, this issue came out only one month after the last one. Did you notice? I didn’t think so. You probably also didn’t notice that #522 came out three months after #521 (aka a month late). You also probably didn’t notice that in between there was a Superman Special out. Not very observant, are you? Or…more accurately…you don’t care… so you probably don’t care to know that this issue came out so fast on the heels of #522 to get the printing schedule back in line. Well, now you do. You’re welcome.

As mentioned previously, this issue I did the art for a parody of the TV show “Homeland”… I’ll post a sneak peek of some of the art tomorrow, along with some thoughts on my big 100 issue milestone.

Well . . . What are you waiting for, clod?!? Go out and buy a fershlugginer copy already!