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434October 2003
$3.50

Mad #434

EC · October 2003

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#434
Publication date
October 2003
Key date
2003-10-10
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$3.50
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Our Deck of 52 Least Wanted Americans!cover1pencils: Mark Fredrickson; inks: Mark Fredrickson
1Chef Widgettext story1script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild
2Mad's Deck of Least Wanted Americanscomic story7script: Frank Jacobs, Desmond Devlin; pencils: Mort Drucker, Drew Friedman, Hermann Mejía, Sam Viviano; inks: Mort Drucker, Drew Friedman, Hermann Mejía, Sam Viviano
3When Hardcore Gamers Claim Their Place in Societycomic story2script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell; letters: John Caldwell
4Mad's All-Access Pass to the MTV Video Music Awards Part Twophoto story2script: Greg Leitman; pencils: Jack Syracuse, AP/Wide World; inks: Jack Syracuse, AP/Wide World; colors: Jack Syracuse, AP/Wide World
5Monroe and... Back to Skoolcomic story4script: Anthony Barbieri; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: Bill Wray; letters: Bill Wray
6A MAD Look at Trying Out for the Teamcomic story4script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
7More Mr. Fix-It Tackles Your Occult and Paranormal Home Repair Problemscomic story3script: P. C. Vey; pencils: James Warhola; inks: James Warhola
8Without Sports…comic story2script: Barry Liebmann; pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom Richmond
9The Telltale Signs of a White Trash Weddingcomic story3script: Teresa Burns Parkhurst; pencils: Teresa Burns Parkhurst; inks: Teresa Burns Parkhurst; letters: Teresa Burns Parkhurst
10How to Build Musclescomic story2script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; colors: Peter Kuper
11An Iraqi Scene We'd Like to Seecomic story1pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell
12Self-Defeating Consequences in Modern American Lifecomic story3script: Mike Snider; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker
13Using Kiddie TV to Explain the War on Terrorismcomic story3script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Gary Hallgren; inks: Gary HallgrenTinky-Winky; Dipsy; Lala; Po; Winnie the Pooh; Piglet; Tigger; Donovan Patton [as Joe]; Blue; Bob the Builder; Scoop; Grover; Saddam Hussein; Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf; Emily Elizabeth; Clifford; Dora; Boots; Barney; Angelica Pickles; Tommy Pickles; Chuckie Finster; Oswald; Henry; Eggbert; Le
14Mad’s Twisted Truisms, Axioms & Theoriescomic story1script: Stan Sinberg; pencils: Rick Tulka; inks: Rick Tulka
158 Simple Rules for Writing a Mad Spoof of a Dopey ABC-TV Sitcomcomic story6script: Josh Gordon; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo TorresJohn Ritter [as Pawl Henpekky]; Kaley Cuoco [as Briskette Henpekky]; Amy Davidson [as Quirky Henpekky]; Martin Spanjers [as Crawly Henpekky]; Katey Sagal [as Crate Henpekky]; Snake; Darth Vader (cameo); George Jetson (cameo); Homer Simpson (cameo); other unnamed cameos; Newton; Suzanne Somers (cameo
16What Does the Bush Administration Have Millions of Americans On the Lookout For?cartoon1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee

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Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs #[nn]
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