MAD Magazine #495

MAD Magazine (USA)

Updated: November 25th, 2021

MAD Magazine #495 • USA • 1st Edition - New York

Country:

USA

Edition:

1st Edition - New York

Company:

E.C. Publications, Inc.

Published:

November 1st, 2008

Cover:

Comedy before country Election Issue

Sale price:

$4.99

Pages:

Format:

Magazine

Editorial

Editor: John Ficarra

Cover Artist: Sam Viviano

Featured characters

Contents Page

Page: 1

Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Department: Letters and Tomatoes

Page: 2

Advertisement for Heritage Auctions Nov 13, 2008 featuring The Mad Magazine Archive of Original Artwork

Page: 2

Subscription Advertisement - Jeffrey Lozenge dressed in Revolutionary War garb

Writer: Joe Raiola Photographer: Irving Schild

Page: 3

The Fundalini Pages

List of all contributors
Author: Tom Bunk Author: Dick DeBartolo Author: Desmond Devlin Author: Scott Bricher Author: Jeff Kruse Author: Garth Gerhart Author: Sam Sisco Author: Tom Cheney
Page: 8
Questions You May Hear During the Vice Presidential Debates
Fundalini Voter Guide to Third Party Candidates
Least Popular Halloween Costumes of 2008
The "Real" Reasons Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Was Delayed
Bitterman - noise in the movie theater
Pull My Cheney! - Two Blind Dudes Sign Co.
Advantages and Disadvantages of High Def TV
Outtakes from John Edward's Nightline Interview

The dork knight

Department: Don't wayne on my parade

Writer: Desmond Devlin Artist: Tom Richmond

Page: 12

MAD's updated Glossary to the War on terror

Department: Lexicon-Job

Artist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Desmond Devlin

Page: 18

A MAD Look at Fortune Tellers

Department: Serge-In General

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Page: 20

Reprinted in: US MAD Magazine #19

Hopeless

Department: A MAD Political Poster

Page: 24

MAD Deconstructs TV Talkshows

Department: The Chat'n the stat

Writer: Desmond Devlin Artist: Peter Kuper

Page: 26

A Look Back at the Historical Carrer of John McCain

Department: Antique Slideshow

Artist: Scott Bricher

Page: 30

Monroe and... Domestic Terror

Department: Angster's Paradise

Writer: Anthony Barbieri Artist: Tom Fowler Colorist: Carl Peterson

Page: 33

The Strip Club

Man on the street
Artist, Writer: Ryan Pagelow
Page: 37
It only hurts when I laugh
Artist, Writer: Christopher Baldwin
Page: 37
How to dump an Invisible Man!
Artist, Writer: Glen LeLievre
Page: 38
The machine that travels through time
Artist, Author, Writer: Joey Alison Sayers
Page: 38
The Family Follies!
Artist, Writer: Rob Harrell
Page: 39
Me, myself and my puppet
Artist, Writer: John Kovaleski
Page: 39
The roommates: John, Joe and Jerry
Artist, Writer: Todd Clark
Page: 39
Just below the surface
Artist, Writer: Douglas Paszkiewicz
Page: 40