Chad Burdette
This week DC Comics proudly (and slightly concerned) is publishing MAD About DC, a 64-page one-shot arriving April 1, 2026.
Yes, April 1. And no, this isn’t a prank—unless you count letting Chip Zdarsky run this thing as its Guest Editor a prank on the DC Universe itself. You’d have to ask Chip.
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Whether you’re a lifelong MAD Magazine fan, a DC diehard, or simply someone who enjoys watching respected creators make questionable choices, MAD About DC promises to fulfill your every comic book dream…or at least three or four of them.
Simon Bisley Variant Cover:
Chip Zdarsky Variant Cover:
Dan Panosian Foil Virgin Variant Cover:
MAD About DC #1
Chip Zdarsky is a funny guy. Remember when he made that whole April Fools’ gag comic with rub ‘n’ smell farts?
Oh, wait, that was me, DC Comics E-I-C Marie Javins.
Chip was the one saying, “I’d turn back if I were you,” but he couldn’t stop me. Editors are a self-destructive lot.
Which is why this year, I said, “I give up, you do it, Chip, you are so much funnier and prettier and also better with cats than I am.”
And look, he went and did it. Chip demoted himself to “editor.”
Chip is turning the DC universe on its ear and bringing you savage mockery of all we hold dear, and he is assisted in this brutal task by Matt Fraction, Gail Simone, Skottie Young, and many, many more. Next year? Back to farts.
Inside MAD About DC, readers will find:
- Sergio Aragonés with “A MAD Look at Comic Book Stores”
- Jim Zub & Ramon Perez teaming for “Guy vs. Spy”
- A brand-new DC Fold-In by Charles Soule & Ryan Browne
- A parade of MAD-style parodies skewering the DC comic books you love, and a few you’ve always hated anyway, from Kyle Starks, Dave Johnson, Tini Howard, Mattie Lubchansky, Mark Waid, Ty Templeton, Rainbow Rowell, Vita Ayala, M.L. 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. Bone, Skottie Young, Andrew Wheeler, Stephen Byrne, Colleen Coover, Benjamin Errett, Matt Fraction, Kagan McLeod, Lee Gatlin, Joseph Starkey, Graham Roumieu…and more?!
- Cover Artist: Dan Panosian
- Variant Cover Artists: Simon Bisley; Chip Zdarsky; Dan Panosian
- Editor: Chip Zdarsky
- Format: Oneshot
- Page Count / Cover Price: 64 pages / $10.99
DC Comics proudly (and slightly concerned) announced MAD About DC, a 64-page one-shot arriving April 1, 2026, featuring a Who’s Who all-star lineup of creators to lovingly roast, parody, and generally make a mess of the #DCComics characters fans hold dear.
