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Similarities Between The Avengers and One Direction
GROUPSTINK DEPT.
Two of the hottest things in entertainment today are The Voice and The Hunger Games. Unfortunately, we don’t have anything funny on either of them. So instead, we’ve come up with something on a mediocre boy band, One Direction, and yet another men-in-Spandex movie, The Avengers. You might think that these two time-wasters have nothing in common — but, as usual, you’d be wrong.
Why Did "The Scream" Sell for $119.9 Million?
THE LAST AUCTION HERO DEPT.
As we mentioned earlier, a version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” sold for $119.9 million — that’s the most ever paid for a work of art at auction! To give you an idea of just how much $119.9 million is: if you had 119 million $1 bills and stacked them one on top of the other…it would be a better use of time and money than whatever Michael Bay would do with the same amount of cash! Still — what makes this particular smear of pastel so special? As usual, we’ve got the answers…
MAD's Parodies of Edvard Munch's "The Scream"
CLASSIC MAD DEPT.
A version of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream sold for $119.9 million at auction yesterday, which got us wondering: could any of our classic parody masterpieces fetch a similar amount?
"Edvard Munkee's 'The Screech'" from "MOMA — The Museum of Monkey Art",
MAD #488, April 2008 Artist: James Warhola
"Howard Dean's Scream" from MAD #449, January 2005
Writer: Desmond Devlin Artist: James Warhola
From "The 50 Worst Things About America", MAD #515, June 2012
Artist: Hermann Mejia
Reasons Why Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom Will Get a Divorce
SPLITTING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS DEPT.
Rumors have been swirling that Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian’s marriage is in trouble and that, any day now, they’ll announce they’re getting a divorce! But that’s crazy talk — they’d never announce that! Not when they could do a special episode of their show and milk the news for all the money it’s worth! And when they do, here are the...
Celebrity Snaps: Candice Bergen
PICS OF THE LITTER DEPT.
If Candice Bergen does return to TV as Murphy Brown, we hope she's gotten over her grudge. We can't afford to lose any more copies of MAD this way.
Occupy Wall Street's May Day Poster Revised
CAUSE AND DEFECTS DEPT.
Occupy Wall Street organizers had a full slate of protests planned for today, but there was only one problem — the phrase “OWS organizers” is a bit of an oxymoron. And after a few months of protestors putting aside their white-hot rage (because the weather got a little nippy), their vague, scattered demands just resulted in today’s vague, scattered protests. Oh well — at least they got to make a pretty poster!
Sock Puppets Ruin Everything: Presidential Edition
STRIKE UP THE HAND DEPT.
The MAD Strip Club — Just Below the Surface: Hero
STRIPS TEASED DEPT.
"Just Below the Surface" is by Douglas Paszkiewicz!
From MAD #474, February 2007
To read more "Just Below the Surface", click here! To read more comics from The MAD Strip Club, click here!
The Space Shuttle Enterprise's New York City Photo Album
ON A LAUNCH BREAK DEPT.
The space shuttle Enterprise came to New York City today. But before heading over to its new home at the Intrepid Air and Space Museum, it decided to take in some of the Big Apple.
Artist Spotlight: Sam Sisco
SKETCHY CHARACTERS DEPT.
They say Mitt Romney is a boring guy, but not when Canada's favorite son Sam Sisco draws him. (Oops! We meant to say "favourite.") MAD #515 features the return of Mr. Sisco to our pages, and he's in fine form with this incredible caricature of the less-than-incredible Republican candidate.
See more of Sam's work for MAD here and check out even more from his portfolio here!
To find out what's got Mitten's billion-dollar knickers in a twist, read "Stunning Revelations in The Real Romney" in MAD #515. The issue's on sale NOW at newsstands and on your iPad!
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