Mad #521

Mad's June 2013 issue takes dead aim at Game of Thrones, and Mark Fredrickson's cover delivers the perfect visual punchline: a grinning, long-haired figure sits atop a throne built from garden tools, swords, and household implements — plunger in hand, toilet bowl beneath him — while a raven perches ominously to the left. The cover also teases parodies of James Bond and gun shows, plus the return of Planet Tad, making this a genuinely packed issue. For fans of HBO's hit series or anyone who appreciates MAD at its most gleefully irreverent, issue #521 is hard to resist.