Mad (1952 EC) Magazine 200

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Cover art by Jack Rickard. "Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind," script by Stan Hart, art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," a possible contact with an alien race has ordinary people acting sillier than usual. "The Rime of the Modern Skateboarder," script by Tom Koch, art by Don Martin; In a parody of the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, three over-aged skateboarders try to attract girls. "You Can Never Escape From Stress," script by Tom Koch, art by Jack Davis; Examples of how no matter what you do, stress is going to get you. "The Lighter Side of Fads," script and art by Dave Berg; Examination of how people flock to, or from, fads. "Graduating Class Pictures as Staged by Some of the World's Best-Known Picture-Makers," script by Paul Peter Porges, art by Harry North; Graduation pictures taken by film auteurs Busby Berkeley, Federico Fellini, Sam Peckinpaugh, Cecil B. De Mille, Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen, John Ford, Mel Brooks and Steven Spielberg. "When Those Old-Time Comic Strips Follow the New Wave, Cerebral Doonesbury Trend," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Jack Rickard; Veteran comic strip characters try the Garry Trudeau way of comedy. "Mad's College Concert Comic of the Year," script by Lou Silverstone, art by George Woodbridge; Mad interviews popular college circuit stand-up comedian Carl Carnal. Mad Fold-In by Al Jaffee . 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.60.