MAD Magazine #437

MAD Magazine (USA)

Updated: November 5th, 2021

MAD Magazine #437 • USA • 1st Edition - New York

Country:

USA

Edition:

1st Edition - New York

Company:

E.C. Publications, Inc.

Published:

January 1st, 2004

Cover:

20 Dumbest People, Events & Things of 2003

Sale price:

$3.50

Pages:

Format:

Magazine

The second cover variant issue with the faces is much rarer! BTW, it's by far one of the worst covers in MAD history.

Editorial

Editor: Nick Meglin
Cover Artist: Bill Wray

Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson
Photographer: AP/Wide World Photos

Additional Images

Cover Variations

Featured characters

Contents Page

Page: 1

Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Department: Letters and Tomatoes

Page: 2

The Blue Shield

Department: A Chiklis Wonder

Artist: Angelo Torres Writer: Charlie Kadau Tonal Rendering: Wildstorm

Page: 8

When Department Store Santas go bad

Department: Claus and Defect

Artist, Writer: John Caldwell

Page: 14

MAD's epic outtakes from The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King

Department: Look who's Tolkien

Writer: Greg Leitman

Page: 18

The MAD 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of...

1. The California Recall: Media Circus of the Stars
Writer: Andrew J. Schwartzberg Artist: Steven Chorney
Page: 22
2. Britney and Madonna Shamelessly Swap Spit
Artist: Tom Bunk
Page: 23
3. The Fall of Geraldo
Photographer: AP/Wide World Photos Artist: Michael Elins
Page: 24
4. D'oh! Jessica replaces Homer as TV's dumbest Simpson
Photographer: Irving Schild Writer: Frank Santopadre
Page: 26
5. Sammy Sosa's Grand Sham
Writer: Frank Santopadre Photographer: AP/Wide World Photos
Page: 28
6. George W. Bush Full Metal Jacket
Writer: Russ Cooper Photographer: Irving Schild
Page: 29
7. Thinking inside the Box - Man ships himself cross-country
Writer: Charlie Kadau Artist: Timothy Shamey
Page: 32
8. Unfair and Imbalanced - Fox News sues Al Franken
Artist: Russ Cooper Artist: Michael Koelsch
Page: 33
9. Jayson Butchers The New York Times: All the lies he saw fit to print
Artist: Drew Friedman
Page: 34
10. Get a Download of this: The Music Industry sues file sharers
Artist: Hermann Mejia Writer: David Shayne
Page: 36
11. Rush Limbaugh fumbles on ESPN
Artist: Tom Nick Cocotos Writer: Johnny Styne
Page: 38
12. Kobe gifts his wife: The fraud of the ring
Photographer: Irving Schild Photographer: Getty Images Writer: Don Vaughan
Page: 40
13. And the winner is... Michael Moore's Oscar Speech
Photographer: Irving Schild Photographer: AP/Wide World Photos
Page: 41
14. Dixie Chicks Backlash: Even Cowgirls get the Boos
Artist: Rick Tulka Writer: Darren Johnson Writer: Greg Leitman
Page: 42
15. Alabama Judge plays Moses
Artist: Hermann Mejia Writer: Stan Sinberg
Page: 44
16. Hillary's Story: First Lady and the tramp
Writer: Arie Kaplan
Page: 45
17. Demi and Ashton: Dude, wehre's my P.R.?
Artist: James Warhola
Page: 46
18. Straight and Narrow-Minded: The Anti.Gay Crusade
Artist: Mark Stutzman
Page: 48
19. What despicable duo died in a horrific bomb this year? (MAD Fold-In)
Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee
Page: 49
20. Homeland Security: The duct starts here
Writer: Russ Cooper Artist: Scott Bricher
Page: 50