Mad #353
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Marred Attack!" delivers a sharp, satirical dive into the absurdities of modern life through the lens of a single, escalating miscommunication in an office setting. Written and illustrated by Dave Berg in his signature deadpan style, the story skewers everything from corporate jargon to the illusion of expertise, all with a wry, self-aware wit. The cover by Mark Fredrickson captures the issue’s tone with a perfectly timed, exaggerated expression of disbelief.
In "The Lighter Side of..." from Mad #353, a sharp, satirical take on modern absurdities unfolds across five pages, skewering everything from corporate jargon to therapy sessions, school elections to medical bureaucracy, all through the magazine’s signature deadpan wit. With no writer or artist credited beyond typeset letters, the story stands as a self-contained, acerbic snapshot of late-90s anxieties, where irony and absurdity are the only reliable truths.
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Reprinted in Mad about Comic Strips #[nn] (2003), Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs #[nn] (2015)
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