Desmond Devlin

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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,[3]" "MAD Deconstructs Talk Shows" and "Graphic Novel Review." He has also written many TV and movie parodies for the magazine, including each of the installments to date of the Harry Potter[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] and Lord of the Rings[10][11] [12] film series.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://users.ipfw.edu/slaubau/madlist.htm
  2. ^ The Harvey Awards
  3. ^ Mad magazine: Encyclopedia II - Mad magazine - Recurring features
  4. ^ Mad Magazine, March 2000 
  5. ^ Mad Magazine, December 2001 
  6. ^ Mad Magazine, December 2002 
  7. ^ Mad Magazine, September 2003 
  8. ^ Mad Magazine, July 2004 
  9. ^ Mad Magazine, December 2005 
  10. ^ Mad Magazine, December 2001 
  11. ^ Mad Magazine, December 2002 
  12. ^ Mad Magazine, December 2003