Desmond Devlin

Desmond Devlin is an American comedy writer. His work has appeared in the pages of MAD for a quarter-century, and he ranks as one of the magazine's ten most frequent non-illustrating writers.^[1] He was nominated for a Harvey Award in 2001 for Best Writer for his work at MAD.^[2]

Devlin's recurring features have included "Melvin and Jenkins' Guide to ____," "Badly-Needed Warning Labels for Rock Albums," "Chilling Thoughts," "Pop-Off Videos," "MAD Deconstructs Talk Shows" and "Graphic Novel Review." He has also written many TV and movie parodies for the magazine, including all eight of the Harry Potter films^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]} and Lord of the Rings^{[4][5] [9]} film series.

References

1. ^ http://users.ipfw.edu/slaubau/madlist.htm
2. ^ The Harvey Awards
3. ^ Mad Magazine, March 2000 
4. ^ ^{a b} Mad Magazine, December 2001 
5. ^ ^{a b} Mad Magazine, December 2002 
6. ^ Mad Magazine, September 2003 
7. ^ Mad Magazine, July 2004 
8. ^ Mad Magazine, December 2005 
9. ^ Mad Magazine, December 2003 

External links

• Complete list of Devlin's MAD articles
• Desmond Devlin at the Internet Movie Database

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