MAD comic books issue 508

Cover art by Mark Fredrickson. Ad for the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon And Graphic Art. "The Fundalini Pages," featuring the work of Michael Gallagher, Jeffrey Ford, Scott Nickel, Ward Sutton, Todd Clark, Sam Vivano, and Charles Akins; Various short satires of pop culture, featuring Chip and Dale, Kanye West, Shaquille O'Neal, Sarah Palin, and Kim Kardashian. "Sadmen," script by Arnie Kogen, art by Tom Richmond; Parody of TV show "Madmen", where we see all the problems of the characters and the ad agency picks up accounts of several big businesses of the early 1960s that later went bankrupt. "What We Really Learned From WikiLeaks," script by Barry Liebmann, art by Paul Coker. "MAD's Moronic Outakes From Sarah Palin's Alaska," art by Richard Lowthian; Stills from the TV show "Sarah Palin's Alaska" with fake dialog. "A MAD Look At Murder," script and art by Sergio Aragones; A look at all a variety of things that could go wrong in attempted murders. "Spy vs. Spy" by Peter Kuper. "Justin Bieber First Step 2 Obscurity: My Story," script by Desmond Devlin, art by Scott Bricher; Parody of Justin Bieber's book "Justin Bieber First Step 2 Forever: My Story", presented as fake excerpts from the book. "It's A Recession...It's A Depression...," script by Desmond Devlin, art by Paul Coker; How to tell the difference between an economic recession and a depression. Ad for the book Sergio Aragones Five Decades of His Finest Works. "Wild, Unfounded Rumors Surrounding The Xbox Kinect," script and art by John Caldwell. "Undercover Boob," script by Dick DeBartolo, art by Tom Bunk; Parody of the TV show "Undercover Boss." "How Barack Obama Stacks Up Against The Other 42 U.S. Presidents," script by Jeff Kruse. Mad Fold-In by Al Jaffee. 60 pgs., B&W. Cover price $5.99.