On news stands today, November 13th:

MAD # 484 (Dec. 2007)

• Cover (Richard Williams)
• An Important Message from the Editors (Dick DeBartolo)
  
• The Fundalini Pages (John Caldwell, Matthew A. Cohen, Paul Coker, Garth Gerhart, Barry Liebmann, Hermann Meijia, Frank Santopadre, Jack Syracuse, P.C. Vey)
• A MAD Protest Poster (uncredited)
• MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows: The Colbert Report (Desmond Devlin, Sam Viviano)
  
• Juggles: The Juggling Juggler Who Juggles (Mo Willems, Tom Bunk)
• You’re Not Exactly Full of the True Spirit of Christmas If… (John Caldwell)
  
• Are We Winning the War on Terrorism? (Barry Liebmann, Ward Sutton)
  
• Blose QuiteDiscomforting Headphones (John Ficarra, Irving Schild)
  
• The Don Martin 2008 Calendar (Don Martin)
  
• Ways to Keep Voters Interested Until Election Day (Teresa Burns Parkhurst)
  
• The MAD World of…Family Life (Stan Sinberg, Marc Hempel)
• Monroe and…the Tutor (Anthony Barbieri, Tom Fowler)
• Spy vs Spy (Peter Kuper)
• What The Heck is the Difference? (Don Martin)
• A MAD Look at Sports Scandals (Sergio Aragonés)
• Not So Hot Topic Catalog (Scott Maiko, Irving Schild, Albert Crudo)
• MAD Fold-In (Al Jaffe)
• Drawn Out Dramas (Sergio Aragonés)
• Next Month In Mad #485: The MAD 20 for 2007!

Nothing by me in this issue… first time since issue number 479. Oh, well.. you can’t win ‘em all.

What are you waiting for? Go buy a copy, Clod!

On news stands today, October 16th:

MAD # 483 (Nov. 2007)

• Cover (Mark Fredrickson)
• The Fundalini Pages (Sergio Aragonés, John Caldwell, Duck Edwing, Todd Eisner, Garth Gerhart, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Scott Maiko, Ben Schultz, Jack Syracuse, Rick Tulka, Jason Yungbluth)
• When Other Advertising Characters Get TV Shows (Scott Maiko, Tom Richmond)
• Rejected Hilary Clinton Campaign Slogans (Nathaniel Stein, Paul Coker)
• A MAD Look at Zombies (Sergio Aragonés)
• Planet TAD!!!!! (Tim Carvell)
• The Strip Club (Rob Harrell, Dan Long, Jason Yungbluth, Paul Gilligan, Keith Knight, Scott Nickel, Douglas Paszekiewicz)
• The Magical Bear That Made People’s Dreams Come True (Brian McConnachie, Leonardo Rodriguez)
• One Day in Lincoln High (Eric Scott)
• Idiotic Anti-Gun Control Arguments the NRA Hasn’t Used- Yet! (Jacob Lambert, Peter Kuper)
• Things That Really Get Under a Zombie’s Skin (John Caldwell)
• Spy vs Spy (Peter Kuper)
• What School Bus Driver Are Doing While You Are In Class! Teresa Burns Parkhurst)
• 7 Periods Closer to Death (Ted Rall)
• 1 Is Worse Than 100 (Dick Debartolo, Tom Bunk)
• What The Heck is the Difference? (Don Martin)
• MAD Fold-In (Al Jaffe)
• Drawn Out Dramas (Sergio Aragonés)
• Next Month In Mad #483: The Colbert Report and our Hot Topic Catalog Parody!

My piece in this issue was based on the concept of the new fall TV show “Cavemen”, which features the cavemen from the Geiko ads who are always upset about their being portrayed as brainless. Has that show been cancelled yet?…. just give it a minute….

The piece has 5 examples of other advertising characters getting their own show. Here is a sneak peek and a couple of them. See if you can get the ads they come from. Click the image for a closer look:

So what are you waiting for? Go buy a copy today, clod!