Mad the Best of the Worst (2012) comic books

Cover by Mark Fredrickson. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Drew Friedman, Peter Kuper, Kelly Freas, Gary Hallgren, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Stan Hart, Dick DeBartolo, Larry Siegel, Don (Duck) Edwing, Max Brandel, Tom Koch, John Caldwell, Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola, Desmond Devlin, Mike Snider, Anthony Barbieri, John Prete, Jonathan Bresman, Eugene St. Jean, Jacob Lambert, David Connor, Russ Cooper, Mike May, Scott Maiko, Butch D'Ambrosio, Don Vaughan, Arie Kaplan, Josh Malinow, Darren Johnson, Justin Heimberg, L.P. Ferrante, Ryan Pagelow, Arnie Kogen, Dave Croatto, Kit Lively, Andy Ross, Tim Carvell, Tom Cheney, Douglas Paszkiewicz, Frank Jacobs, Jack Rickard, Mort Kunstler, Paul Peter Porges, Paul Coker, Jr., Gerry Gersten, Bob Clarke, Bill Wray, Sam Viviano, Rick Tulka, Mark Stutzman, Scott Bricher, James Warhola, Irving Schild, Timothy Shamey, Kevin Pope, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Liz Lomax, Mark Fredrickson, Scott Nickel, Jason Yungbluth, Noah Van Sciver, Box Brown, Christopher Baldwin, Peet Tamburino, Brian Durniak, Carl Peterson, George Woodbridge, Deborah Mills Woodbridge, Richard Williams, Hermann Mejia, Tom Richmond, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohias and Sergio Aragones. A MAD special featuring highlights of the magazine through the decades, from the 1950s to the 2000s. Rules for Mad's legendary unplayable game, 43-Man Squamish. A fake shampoo ad features Beatle Ringo Starr as drawn by art legend Frank Frazetta. Other stories drawn by noted artists, including Drew Friedman, Peter Kuper, Kelly Freas, Gary Hallgren, and Jack Davis. Mad spoofs of classic TV and movies, including Star Trek, All in the Family, and Dirty Dancing, featuring art by Mort Drucker and others. Some rare latter-day strips by founding MAD artists Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Mad's take on satirical newspaper The Onion. Who Is Alfred E. Neuman?; Crust Gum Paste; Beer Belongs; Scenes We'd Like to See - Driving the Golden Spike; Park-David Great Moments in Medicine; The Lighter Side of Teenage Parties; Mad's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions; Blecch Shampoos; Self-Portrait; In the Delicatessen; Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam Scar; Early One Morning in the Jungle; Mad Magazine Introduces 43-Man Squamish; Star Blecch; Fold-In; A Psychedelic Diary; One Day in a Crash-Pad; Hawks & Doves; Gall in the Family Fare; Spy Vs. Spy; Back In the Operating Room With Don Martin; During a Heart Transplant; A Moving Jungle Tale; Pay As You Go! - The Practice of Modern Medicine; The Shadow Knows; Scenes We'd Like to See - Pinocchio; Ms. Liberty; Mad Salutes the Automobile Industry; One Wednesday Evening in a Restaurant Men's Room; Urologist Office Pick-Up Lines; Pastimes for the Bedridden; Horrifying Cliches; Garbage Pail Adults; A Mad Look at Airline Safety Instructions; The Reagan; Obituaries for Merchandising Characters; A Mad Look at Disney Classics; Dorky Dancing; The Mad Nasty File - Vol III; The Dreaded Dental Debacle; A Poem For Mother; Mad Raps Up Shakespeare; The Belching Dragon Menu; Washington Cross-Dressing the Delaware; The Dysfunctional Family Circus; If Norman Rockwell Depicted the 90's: Last Parking Space at the Mall; The Raunchy Restroom Revulsion; Psychic Fiends Network; Monroe & the Curse; Monopoly Cards That Reflect the Way Business Is Really Done Today; The 60's and The 90's; When Priests Go Bad; The Boose Wavy Radio; Monicagate/ Starr Wars; Bored of the Rings - The Feebleschtick of Ka-Ching!; The Bunion - America's Phoniest News Source; Unconscious Racists...; The Bush Campaign's TV Commercial If He Was Running Against Jesus; Howard Dean's Scream; The Art of the Heel/ Forrest Trump; What if Chris Rock Performed at a Bar Mitzvah?; Mish-mosh Accomplished/ The Iraqi Quagmire Chess Set; When the Government Allows Product Placement in The Pledge of Allegiance; Facts That Sound For a Second Like They Might Be True... But Aren't; The U.S. Army: Don't Make Us Draft You!; The Mad Guide to Man Boobs; Glee Blows; Chia Bieber Pet; 30 Crock; Barry Bonds/ The Sultan of Squat; Foolastic Book Club; A Mad Look At Avatar; The Strip Club; Stop the Spread of Germs!; The KFC Triple By-Pass!; Dead Lobster; Planet TAD!; Are You a Candidate For the Zit Hall of Fame?; The Soft Stool Diner Placemat; CNN.con; Native American Sputum. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $11.99.