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What’s Happening

Okay so The team-up between MAD Magazine and DC Comics is guest-edited by Chip Zdarsky and arrives (when else?

April Fools Day is always an occasion to be lowkey, careful about what you read, see, or hear about, especially online—but this is locked in to be real: MAD About DC , a team-up between the legendary humor magazine and legendary comics imprint that releases April 1. Its a 64-page one-shot guest-edited by yet another legend : Chip Zdarsky . (let that sink in)

Your imagination has already put this together, but an official press release promises the issue brings together an all-star lineup of writers and artists to lovingly roast, parody, and generally make a mess of the characters the fandom hold dear.

The Details

© Chip Zdarsky/DC Comics Among those stepping up for the roast include Sergio Aragonés (A MAD Look at Comic Book Stores), Jim Zub and Ramon Perez doing Guy vs. Spy, and a DC take on the classic MAD fold-in and Ryan Browne.

Other luminaries laying into DCs heroes, villains, and beloved tropes, filtered through MADs trademark humor, include Kyle Starks, Dave Johnson, Tini Howard, Mattie Lubchansky, Mark Waid, Ty Templeton, Rainbow Rowell, Vita Ayala, M. Sanapo, Mark Russell, Steve Lieber, Jeff Parker, Lukas Ketner, Gerry Duggan, Scott Aukerman, Mitch Gerads, Joanne Starer, Joe Quinones, Scott Snyder, Josh Williamson, Deniz Camp, Gail Simone, Colleen Doran, Joe Kelly, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Mariko Tamaki, Riley Rossmo, Al Ewing, PJ Holden, Shannon Wheeler, Leah Williams, Isaac Goodhart, Cody Ziglar, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Daniel Kibblesmith, Brandt&Stein, Casey Gilly, J.

Why This Matters

Bone, Skottie Young, Andrew Wheeler, Stephen Byrne, Colleen Coover, Benjamin Errett, Matt Fraction, Kagan McLeod, Lee Gatlin, Joseph Starkey, Graham Roumieu, and more. Clearly, this was a popular pitch! © Dan Panosian/DC Comics You can pick up a copy of MAD About DC wherever comics are sold April 1.

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The Bottom Line

© Dan Panosian/DC Comics You can pick up a copy of MAD About DC wherever comics are sold April 1. The main cover is ($8); there will also be cardstock variants and Chip Zdarsky ($9), and a foil variant also by Panosian ($11).

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