Second Chance: Can You Guess What Will Be on the Cover of MAD #517?

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We're willing to admit when we're impressed. Some of you have gotten THISCLOSE to figuring out what will be on the cover of MAD #517. But NO ONE has given us exactly what we're looking for. Here's the second piece of the puzzle, so have at it in the comments! (The first image can be found here.)

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Can You Guess What Will Be on the Cover of MAD #517?

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It's time once again to play the hottest game in town! Nope, we're not talking about "Spy vs Spy" for the iPhone and iPad (on sale now in the iTunes store for 99¢ — Cheap!) Instead, we're excited to present another round of "Can You Guess What Will Be on the Cover of MAD Magazine?", where you combine your deductive skills and encylopedic knowledge of MAD cover history to prove that you have nothing better to do than stare at a cropped piece of art all day!

Without further ado...take a look at the image below, figure out what the bigger picture might be, and tell us your guess in the comments below! (Click here to jump to the comments page.) Good luck!

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Now or Never: What Will Be on the Cover of MAD #514?

ATTENTION IDIOTICAL READERS! This is (probably) your last chance to figure out what will be on the cover of our next issue!

The guesses have been coming fast and furious. Moneyball isn't a bad try, but no dice. (Those double chins don't belong to Jonah Hill.) Somehow, the Meryl Streep movie The Iron Lady is gaining support. Yeah, that Margaret Thatcher is really hot with the kids.

One of you is headed very much in the right direction, and it's not Ted Parsnips with his admittedly worthwhile attempts. (We'll be sure to tackle "Best Sound Editing Snubs" in a future Fold-in, Ted.)

Speaking of, we were right about our Oscar prediction.

We're going to debut this cover soon, so get cracking in the comments!

Check out the other clues here, here and here. Good luck!

Third Time's the Charm? WHAT Will Be on the Cover of MAD #514?

We've now offered Idiotical readers two opportunities to figure out what will be on our next cover. We have provided cropped images. We have provided hints. But still, the answer eludes you!

Let's review:

    • The cover features a hand holding something metal, as seen here.

    • There's an eyebrow on this cover. (Actually: several eyebrows.) And some sweat. (Take a look.)

    • The person (or persons) represented is NOT Hillary Clinton, J. Edgar DiCaprio or Lindsay Lohan. (Nor is it any of your other knuckleheaded guesses.)

Today, we present a third piece of the puzzle and the following hint: someone on this cover might be nominated for an Oscar tomorrow.

Have at it in the comments!

Let's Try This Again: Can You Guess What Will Be on the Cover of MAD #514?

Back on January 5th, we posed this challenge: "Can you guess what will be on the cover of MAD #514?" We showed a shockingly important piece of the art and provided this painfully obvious hint: "There is at least ONE eyebrow on this cover." Even with all of that plopped in your laps, not one Idiotical reader gave us the correct answer. This is the best we can say about your guesses: not all of you got it wrong, but no one got it right.

Needless to say, we were terribly disappointed.

But we are nothing if not forgiving! We'll now grant you another chance to answer the question: "What will be on the cover of MAD #514?" Take a look at the cropped image below (we TOLD you were there was an eyebrow), and leave your answer in the comments!

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