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Artist Spotlight: Anton Emdin

SKETCHY CHARACTERS DEPT.

Here's a frothy delight to start your holiday weekend: former lovebirds Katy Perry and Russell Brand as illustrated by MAD's very own Australian Stallion, Anton Emdin! Sate your sweet tooth with the hilarious image below, then spend some time feasting on the goodies at Anton's site by clicking here!

To find out what really broke up this match made in tabloid heaven, read "The Real Reasons Katy Perry and Russell Brand Got Divorced" in MAD #515. (Written by Jeff Kruse!) The issue's on sale now at newsstands AND on your iPad!

Don't stop there: subscribe to MAD today! Get the print edition here and the iPad version here!

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Artist Spotlight, Celebrities, Movies, Music, Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Divorce, Anton Emdin, Jeff Kruse

Why "The Avengers" Made $200 Million Last Weekend

THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX OFFICE DEPT.

Over the weekend, The Avengers shattered all box office records, raking in over $200 million domestically. Why were so many Americans willing to shell out their hard-earned unemployment checks to go see a bunch of guys in Spandex blow up stuff? You don't have to be Batman to deduce that the reasons were many.

MAD Magazine Why The Avengers Made $200 Million The Idiotical

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.

MAD Magazine Avengers vs. One Direction

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Idiotical Originals, Movies, Music, The Avengers, One Direction, The X Factor, The Delightful Nell Carter

MAD About the Titanic

CLASSIC MAD DEPT.

April 15th marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. And while we’re celebrating one horrific disaster, let’s celebrate some others — namely our coverage of the 1997 movie!

Cover Artist: Mick McGinty
Border Artist: Angelo Torres Border Writer: Duck Edwing

Writer: Dick DeBartolo Artist: Sam Viviano

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Classic MAD, MAD Covers, Titanic, Disasters, Movies, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, James Cameron, Dick DeBartolo, Sam Vivano, Angelo Torres, Duck Edwing, Mick McGinty

New Scenes in "Titanic 3D"

WHEN THE SHIP HITS THE FAN DEPT.

A 3D version of Titanic is coming to theaters starting tomorrow! At first we weren’t sure they’d be able to make a 194-minute weep-fest from 1997 fresh and exciting for a 3D-loving audience. Thankfully, visionary genius (his words) James Cameron decided to add a bunch of new scenes that really make use of the exciting 3D technology! Brilliant! (also his words)

MAD Magazine New Scenes in Titanic 3D Kate Winslet Leonardo DiCaprio James Cameron The Idiotical

MAD Magazine New Scenes in Titanic 3D Kate Winslet Leonardo DiCaprio James Cameron The Idiotical Skateboarding Dog

MAD Magazine New Scenes in Titanic 3D Kate Winslet Leonardo DiCaprio James Cameron The Idiotical Laser Grandma

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Movies, Idiotical Originals, Titanic, James Cameron, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, 3D

MAD’s Batman Special!

PULLING THE PLUG DEPT.

We know it’s a little early, but we just had to share! On July 18th, MAD will be releasing a special all-Batman issue to tie in with the release of The Dark Knight Rises! This 80-page special will feature reprints of classic Batman material (SIX movie spoofs! TWO TV show satires! AND the classic Kurtzman/Wood “Bat Boy and Rubin” comic parody!), plus all-new pieces (including a Make-Your-Own Dark Knight sequel!) Check back here for updates!

MAD Magazine Battyman Scene Batman The Idiotical Michael Caine Dark Knight Rises Begins Christian Bale Bruce Wayne Scarecrow

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MAD Specials, Batman, MAD Issues, MAD Presents, Movies, Super Heroes, Comic Books

Afghanistan: 'No Country for Our Men'

THE WAR ON ERROR DEPT.

After peeing on Taliban corpses, accidentally burning the Koran and a tragic shooting spree by a deranged soldier, it’s not exactly shocking that America has failed to win the hearts and minds of the Afghani people. Today, Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked President Obama to get U.S. troops out of his country NOW! Like Vietnam and more recently, Iraq, we’ve seen this movie before.

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Politics, Movie Posters, Movies, War, Afghanistan, Troop withdrawal, President Obama, Hamid Karzai, Idiotical Originals

'The Godfather' Turns 40

MAD CLASSICS DEPT.

It was 40 years ago today that the movie The Godfather debuted, ushering in an era of stand-up comics stuffing cotton in their mouths to do bad Marlon Brando impressions and providing hack screenwriters an endless supply of classic lines to reference (READ: steal) in their movies. (“Make him an offer he can’t refuse,” “Leave the gun, take the cannoli,” “It’s not personal, it’s just business.”) Not to be left out of the fun, MAD published a spoof of "Don Minestrone” and his loving (but violent) family in MAD #155, December 1972.

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