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30April 2023
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Mad #30

EC · April 2023 · on sale 2023-02-14

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Series
Mad (EC, 2018 series)
Issue
#30
Publication date
April 2023
Key date
2023-04-00
On-sale date
2023-02-14
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$5.99
Pages
60
Barcode
76194135676103011

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Mad Takes Apart Technologycover1pencils: Mark Fredrickson; inks: Mark Fredrickson; colors: Mark Fredrickson
1-table of contents2pencils: Al Jaffee, Norman Mingo, George Woodbridge; inks: Al Jaffee, Norman Mingo, George Woodbridge; colors: Al Jaffee, Norman Mingo
2If Computers Are So Brilliant...comic story2script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
3You've Definitely Bought the Wrong Robot If...comic story2script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell
4Robot Chokerscomic story2script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper
5A Mad Look at Dronescomic story4script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; colors: Jim Campbell; letters: Sergio Aragonés
6Manic Y2K Panicillustration1script: Tom Bunk; pencils: Tom Bunk; inks: Tom Bunk; colors: Tom Bunk
7Other Y2K Problems Guaranteed to Make Your Life Miserablecomic story1script: Mike Snider; pencils: Monte Wolverton; inks: Monte Wolverton
813 Things You Never Want to Hear from a Computer Tech Support Guycomic story1script: Jeff Kruse; pencils: Peter Bagge; inks: Peter Bagge
9Small But Significant Inventions of the Pastcomic story2script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges
10Messy Layered Onecomic story7script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom Richmond; colors: Tom Richmond
11Low-Tech Inventions for Everyday Needscomic story3script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
12Free Speeches on the Beachescomic story2script: Matt Cohen; pencils: Marc Palm; inks: Marc Palm; colors: Marc Palm
13Mad's Catalogue of Practical Joke Items for the Computercomic story2script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
14The Future of Job Automationcomic story2script: Kenny Keil; pencils: John Martz; inks: John Martz; colors: John Martz
15MAD's 50 Worst Things About the Internetcomic story6script: Charlie Kadau, Jeff Kruse; pencils: Leonardo Rodriguez, Drew Friedman, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Jose Garibaldi, Rick Tulka; inks: Leonardo Rodriguez, Drew Friedman, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Jose Garibaldi, Rick TulkaTila Tequila; Tay Zonday; Conan O'Brien; Steve Jobs; Steve Ballmer; Perez Hilton
16Inventions We'd Like to Seecomic story4script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
17Rob the Evil Backstabbing Robot Tempcomic story0.5script: Corey Pandolph; pencils: Corey Pandolph; inks: Corey Pandolph
18Rob the Evil Backstabbing Robot Tempcomic story0.5script: Corey Pandolph; pencils: Corey Pandolph; inks: Corey Pandolph
19Accidental Inventionscomic story2script: Paul Krassner; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
20Blobs!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaMelvin; Alfred
21A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundrycomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
22-comic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy; The White Spy
23Five Upsides to the Robot Apocalypseillustration0.3script: Jeff Kruse; pencils: Bob Staake; inks: Bob Staake; colors: Bob Staake
24The Real Reasons Why We Still Don't Have Flying Carsillustration0.5script: Kenny Keil; pencils: Rich Powell; inks: Rich Powell; colors: Rich Powell
25What New Tech Innovation Is Sure to Make a Killing?activity1script: Johnny Sampson; pencils: Johnny Sampson; inks: Johnny Sampson; colors: Johnny Sampson
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