Mad #463

Mad's March 2006 issue leans hard into mid-2000s gadget culture, with Alfred E. Neuman rendered in a striking photorealistic style — earbuds running straight across his grinning face, an iPod mini clutched in one hand, and his signature "What, Me Worry?" motto emblazoned on his shirt. The warm orange-and-yellow palette gives the whole cover an almost sun-scorched energy that perfectly suits the promised "iPod iToons" feature inside. Rounding out the lineup are promised takes on Everybody Hates Chris, gay cowboys, stupid Barbie dolls, and exclusive Trapped in the Closet outtakes — a snapshot of pop culture that captures 2006 in full, gloriously ridiculous form.