Issue Details

Issue	#36
Published	Fall 1981
Cover Price	1.50 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Albert B. Feldstein
Notes	Mad looks at comic strips over the years, culled from past issues of "the best newspaper comics satires, comic magazine hero parodies, Don Martin insanity and Sergio Aragones madness."

Cover Details - "The Comics"

Characters	Alfred E. Neuman; Daddy Warducks; Nannie; Dick Tracy; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Superduperman; Lone Ranger
Genre	Humor; Satire
Notes	Mad looks at comic strips over the years, culled from past issues of "the best newspaper comics satires, comic magazine hero parodies, Don Martin insanity and Sergio Aragones madness."

1 page Mad story "One Day in the Comics Suburbs"

Characters	Popeye; Olive Oyl; Dagwood; Blondie; Daisy Mae; Li'l Abner
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Arnoldo Franchioni
Pencils	Jack Rickard
Inks	Jack Rickard
Notes	Inside Front Cover (full color)
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #153 (September 1972)

1 page Mad Super Special foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Genre	Humor; Satire
Letters	Typeset

4 page Strip Teasers Dept. story "Comic Strips They'd Really Like to Do"

Characters	Charlie Brown; Pogo; Mary Worth; Beetle Bailey; Miss Peach
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Charles Schulz; Walt Kelly; Allen Saunders; Mort Walker; Mell Lazarus
Pencils	Charles Schulz; Walt Kelly; Ken Ernst; Mort Walker; Mell Lazarus
Inks	Charles Schulz; Walt Kelly; Ken Ernst; Mort Walker; Mell Lazarus
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Also includes photos (no credits given) of Schulz, Kelly, Ernst, Saunders, Walker, and Lazarus.
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #89 (September 1964)

3 page Rush Money-Order Today Dept. story "If Comic Strip Characters Answered Those Little Ads"

Characters	Little Orphan Annie; Dick Tracy; Donald Duck; Nancy; Sluggo; Alley Oop; Henry; The Phantom; Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie; Popeye; Olive Oyl
Genre	Humor; Satire
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #35 (October 1957)

6 page Song of India Ink Dept. story The Mad "Comic" Opera

Characters	Dick Tracy; Mickey Finn; Tarzan; Rex Morgan; Dagwood Bumstead; Henry; Sandy; Flash Gordon; Clark Kent [Superman]; Steve Canyon; Daddy Warbucks; Annie; Snuffy Smith; Loweezy; Gumps; Prince Valiant; Donald Duck; Jiggs; Maggie; Joe Palooka; Humphrey; Mark Trail; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Red Ryder; Mandrake; Archie; Fritzi Ritz; Katzenjammer Kids; Eugene the Jeep; Alley Oop; Moon Mullins; Kayo; Linus Van Pelt; Blondie Bumstead; Mary Worth; Mr. Dithers; Olive Oyl; Smokey Stover; Phantom; Dondi; Smilin' Jack
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Frank Jacobs
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #56 (July 1960)

2 page From "Super" to Nuts Dept. story "More Powerful Than a Locomotive ..."

Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #172 (January 1975)

3 page Drawing on an Old Format Dept. story "Adult TV Cartoons"

Characters	Freddy Flintstoner; Barney; Ralphy; Norton; Mickey Mouse; Croc Paar; Groucho Owl
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Al Jaffee
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Parodies of The Flintstones, The Honeymooners, Untouchables, Candid Camera, To Tell the Truth, Jack Paar Show, You Bet Your Life, and Person to Person.
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #63 (June 1961)

4 page No Longer Working for Peanuts Dept. story "Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?"

Characters	Shermy; Lucy; Schroeder; Linus; Pigpen; Violet; Peppermint Patty; Snoopy; Patty; Charlie Brown
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Larry Siegel
Pencils	Jack Rickard
Inks	Jack Rickard
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #117 (March 1968)

3 page Don Martin Dept. story "Don Martin Looks at Spider-Man"

Characters	Spider-Man
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Don Martin
Pencils	Don Martin
Inks	Don Martin
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #212 (January 1980)

5 page Funnies Are People Dept. story "Comicland"

Characters	Orphan Annie; Sandy; Prince Valiant; Superman; Donald Duck; Henry; Daisy Mae; Nancy; Smitty; Dondi; Alexander Bumstead; Charlie Brown; Little Lulu; Kayo Mullins; Marcia Mason; Junior Tracy; Mary Worth; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Frank Jacobs; E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #82 (October 1963)

4 page Pen and "Shrink" Dept. story "If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed"

Characters	Dagwood; Blondie; Cookie; Alexander; Mr. Dithers; Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Donald Duck; Beetle Bailey; Sarge; Mary Worth
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Frank Jacobs
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #125 (March 1969)

4 page Comic Shnook's Dept. story "A Mad Look at Super Heroes"

Characters	Superman; Wonder Woman; Plastic Man; Batman; Billy Batson [Captain Marvel]; Flash; Captain America; Spider-Man; Thor; Green Lantern
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #177 (September 1975)

2 page Newspaper Comics Dept. story "Nansy"

Characters	Nansy; Pinocchio; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy
Genre	Humor; Satire
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #32 (April 1957)

4 page Roasted Peanuts Dept. story "Misery Is a Cold Hot Dog"

Characters	Charlie Brown; Marcia Mason; Herbie; Nancy; Sluggo; Dondi; Kayo Mullins; Orphan Annie; Little Iodine; Archie; Henry; Little Lulu; Dennis Mitchell; Swee'pea; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Chip Flagston; Junior Tracy; Alexander Bumstead; Jughaid; Pepper; Trixie Flagston
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Larry Siegel
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #80 (July 1963)

4 page What Mortals These Fools Be Dept. story "If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People"

Characters	Charlie Brown; Lucy; Snoopy; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Daddy Warbucks; Annie; Superman; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Mandrake; Lothar; B.C.; Maggie; Jiggs; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Al Jaffee
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #81 (September 1963)

4 page High Flown Balloons Dept. story "If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics"

Characters	Huey; Dewey; Louie; Donald Duck; Dick Tracy; Flattop; Pruneface; Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Lucy; Schroeder; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Captain; Rex Morgan; Little Orphan Annie; Daddy Warbucks; Asp; Sandy; Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz; Dennis Mitchell
Synopsis	Premise: what if Paddy Chayefsky wrote Donald Duck? Gilbert & Sullivan, Dick Tracy? Rudyard Kipling, Peanuts? Walt Whitman, The Katzenjammer Kids? Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rex Morgan, M.D.? Tennessee Williams, Little Orphan Annie? Mickey Spillane, Nancy? And Edgar Allan Poe, Dennis the Menace?
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Frank Jacobs
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series)#46 (April 1959)

4 page "Pop" Goes the Easel Dept. story "If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics"

Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Frank Jacobs
Pencils	Jack Rickard
Inks	Jack Rickard
Notes	Comics drawn in the styles of Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Grant Wood, Millet, Rousseau, and Whistler.
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #137 (September 1970)

3 page Punch in the Noise Dept. story "A Mad Portfolio of Appropriate Comic Strip Sound Effects"

Characters	Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mutt; Jeff; Charlie Brown; Dagwood Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Oliver Warbucks; Beetle Bailey; Mary Perkins; Dick Tracy; Rick O'Shay; Marcia Mason
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Earle Doud
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #128 (July 1969)

5 page Funny Pitches Dept. story "Future Educational Comic Pamphlets"

Characters	Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Popeye; President Kennedy; Olive Oyl; Bluto; Mary Worth
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Larry Siegel
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #85 (March 1964)

2 page Shnook ... Up in the Sky! Dept. story "A Mad Look at Superman"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Hulk; Batman; Wonder Woman
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Don Edwing
Pencils	Don Martin
Inks	Don Martin
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #208 (July 1979)

4 page Doing It Up "Brown" Dept. story If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series

Characters	Charlie Brown; Schroeder; Lucy Van Pelt; Snoopy; Linus Van Pelt; Peppermint Patty; Sally Brown; Woodstock
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Lou Silverstone
Pencils	Jack Rickard
Inks	Jack Rickard
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #138 (October 1970)

2 page Never on Sunday-Pages Dept. story "The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party"

Characters	Mr. Dithers; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Moonbeam McSwine; Dick Tracy; Rex Morgan; Steve Canyon; Terry Lee; Little King; Louie; Henry; Ferd'nand; Col. Potterby; Pottsy; Fearless Fosdick; Mickey Finn; Hi Flagston; Lois Flagston; Joe Palooka; Archie; Penny; Tarzan; Prince Valiant; Mary Perkins; Phantom; Mandrake; Lothar; Fritzi Ritz; Snuffy Smith; Major Hoople; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Churchy La Femme; Pigpen; Charlie Brown; Popeye; Saint; Horace Dripple; Dotty Dripple; Swee'pea; Lucy Van Pelt; Nancy; Junior Tracy; Smitty; Herby; Moon Mullins; Smokey Stover; Schroeder; Alley Oop; Felix the Cat; Shmoo; B.C.; Eugene the Jeep; Mary Worth; Lone Ranger; Maggie; Jiggs; Snoopy; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Quincy Magoo; Miss Peach; Marcia Mason; Oliver Warbucks; Annie; Sandy; Kayo Mullins; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Jeff; Rip Kirby; Desmond; Dondi; Mark Trail; Gravel Gertie; Hairless Joe
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Gary Belkin
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Notes	Two-page spread.
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #68 (January 1962)

4 page Someday Supplement Dept. story "Comics for Publications That Don't Have Comics"

Characters	Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie Bumstead; J.C. Dithers; Charlie Brown; Goofy; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Annie; Oliver Warbucks; Sandy; Hy Fashion; General Abercrombie; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Ty Coon; Dennis Mitchell
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Frank Jacobs
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #88 (July 1964)

2 page With a Little Bit of Puck Dept. story "If Comic Strip Artists Drew Editorial Cartoons"

Characters	Alley Oop; Mary Worth; Jiggs; Superman; Charlie Brown; Linus; Snoopy; Lucy; Schroeder; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Oliver Warbucks; Annie; Popeye; Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Nancy; Sluggo; Morticia Addams
Genre	Humor; Satire
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #45 (March 1959)

3 page True-to-Form Dept. story "Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons"

Characters	Rex Morgan; Lois Flagston; Trixie Flagston; J.C. Dithers; Dagwood Bumstead; Popeye; Olive Oyl; Mary Worth; Brenda Starr; Scamp; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Major Hoople; Andy Capp; Charlie Brown; Lucy; Linus; Schroeder; Patty; Violet; Smitty; Redeye; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Genre	Humor
Script	Don Edwing
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #160 (July 1973)

1 page You Kent Win 'Em All Dept. story "A Super Opportunity"

Characters	Clark Kent [Superman]
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #190 (April 1977)

4 page The Yellowed Kids' Dept. story "If Comic Strip Characters Were as Old as Their Strips"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy; Popeye; Bluto; Swee'pea; Wimpy; Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae Yokum; Fearless Fosdick; Mandrake; Lothar; Tarzan; Jane; Henry; Dennis Mitchell
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Earle Doud
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #72 (July 1962)

2 page West-Ward-Ho-Ho! Dept. story "A Mad Look at Batman"

Characters	Batman; Robin
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Letters	Sergio Aragones
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #106 (October 1966)

4 page Installment Overdue Dept. story "The End of Comics"

Characters	Little Orphan Annie; Oliver Warbucks; Mandrake; Lothar; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Porky Pine; Churchy La Femme; Mamselle Hepzibah; Howland Owl; Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy; Pat Patton; Mary Worth; Mammy Yokum; Al Capp; Pappy Yokum; Li'l Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae; Dennis Mitchell; Smilin' Jack; Blondie Bumstead; Henry
Genre	Humor; Satire
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #43 (December 1958)

3 page R.I.P. Kirby Dept. story "Obituraries for Comic Strip Characters"

Characters	Oliver Warbucks; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Nancy Fritz; Donald Duck; Smilin' Jack Martin; Dick Tracy; Mandrake J. Mandrake; Henry Smith; Dagwood Bumstead
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Frank Jacobs
Pencils	various
Inks	various
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Indexer originally listed art credits, both pencils and inks, as "Fabian Madrach; Bradford Madrach" but art appears to be parts of art from other sequences listed in this issue, and neither Madrach is listed in credits for any MAD issue on the "Totally MAD" CD.
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #106 (October 1966)

1 page Mad Fold-In activity "Which Modern Artist Is Most Successfully Communicating With His Audience?"

Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Al Jaffee
Pencils	Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks	Al Jaffee
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Back Cover (full color)
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #126 (April 1969)

1 page [Don Martin Dept.] story "Superman's Super-Hernia"

Characters	Superman
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Don Edwing
Pencils	Don Martin
Inks	Don Martin
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back Cover. Title from table of contents of "Totally MAD" CD.
Reprinted	From MAD (EC, 1952 series) #208 (July 1979)