Mad #512 (John Ficarra) - Another Zombie Issue - December 2011

Fittingly, the December issue distributed two weeks before Halloween, was filled with zombies and vampires.  Hermann Mejia drew Desmond Devlin's parody of the AMC television series, The Walking Dead.  I have never watched the show.  Zombies do not seem to have much of an acting range.  Artist Tom Richmond got the better assignment to draw the Supremes who are the real rulers of this country ("Punitive Damages: A Game of Supreme Justice").  Zombies ate most of them.  Other spooks are found in marginals and The Strip Club: "Just Below the Surface" and "It Only Hurts When I Laugh."  The best article was by veteran Mad writer Dick DeBartolo ("Recycling - it's everybody's job!").  Mr. D explains that you can get rid of those old wire hangers by taking them with you to the airport security line.  The TSA may want to have a few words with him.  I also like the "Which Panel Doesn't Belong" by S.A. Johnson and Jen Sorensen because it is just too silly.  It is hard to find good non sequitur humor these days. [JAM 10/15/2011]

Departments:
Random Acts of Mindless - The Fundalini Pages
If You Can't Eat 'Em, Join 'Em - The Walking Dud
R.I.P.-ed from Today's Headlines - The Mad Obituary Pages
All Jaffee - Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
Serge-In General - A Mad Look at the Apocalypse
In One Year And Out the Other - The Mad 60th Anniversary 2012 Calendar
In Blog We Trust - Planet Tad!!!!!
The Dulling of the Sense! - Signs Your Tae Kwon Do Instructor May Be over the Hill
Birth of a Combination - Movie Mashups We'd Hate to See
Plane Nonsense - One Day on the Hudson River (What Really Happened)
Wii the People - Punitive Damages
Never Judge a Hook by It's Cover - Mad Asks: What If Pirates Wore Gloves? [fake department]
Rotten to the Encore - The Mad Vault
Pen And Stink - The Mad Strip Club
An Embarrassment of Richard's - The Mad Guide to Recycling
Making Funny Hand over Fist - Celebrity Rock, Paper, Scissors
Joke And Dagger - Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy
Pus And Minus - Are You a Candidate for the Zit Hall of Fame?

Fold-In - Gay Couple