Bored of the Rings (comic)
| Bored of the Rings | |
|---|---|
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| Author | Desmond Devlin (writer) Hermann Mejia (art) |
| Publisher | Mad Magazine |
| Released | 2002-2004 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 7 |
Following the release of The Lord of the Rings (film series), Mad published spoofs of them under the title Bored of the Rings.
The Feeble Shtick of Ka-Ching! was published in #416 (cover date April 2002), The Two+ Hours in #428 (cover date April 2003) and Rehash of the Thing in #440 (cover date April 2004). The stories were translated for Mad Special the German version of the magazine.
Synopsis
The comic satirizes the The Lord of the Rings film drawing in seven pages of cartoons. The story is contained in a series of standalone drawings, each spoofing a major scene in the movies, or referencing a then-current event in American media.
Though it shares a name with the famous Harvard Lampoon book of the same name, it takes only some names, like Legolamb and Spam Gangrene, and shares no plot elements.
Names
Changed and location names, in alphabetical order.
| The Lord of the Rings | Bored of the Rings |
|---|---|
| Aragorn, Strider, Longshanks, Elfstone, Telecontar | Peppercorn, Spider, Longstinks, Elfdrone of Telemundo |
| Arwen | Argon |
| Bilbo Baggins | Billboard Gaggins |
| Boromir | Borderline |
| Elrond | Elbow |
| Galadriel | Galapagos |
| Gandalf | Gandoof |
| Gimli | Gimmicki |
| Gollum, Smeagol | Golfclub, Cheeseball (and Jar Jar Jr.) |
| Háma | Hans Blix |
| Hobbits | Slobbits |
| Legolas | Legolamb |
| [Meriadoc] Brandybuck | Baggybuns |
| Mordor | Torpor |
| Nazgûl | Fazool |
| Orc | Dorc |
| Pippin | Pimple |
| Sam Gamgee | Spam Gangrene |
| Saruman | Aspercreme |
| Sauron | Sorehead |
| Uruk-hai | Gesund-heit Orcs |
| Witch-King of Angmar | Wirch-King of Angrymaw |
| Andúril | Advil |
Gríma, Éowyn, Treebeard, Théoden, Durin's Bane, Haldir, Denethor and Gothmog also appear, but go unnamed
External links
- Mad #416 at ComicVine.com
- Mad #428 at ComicVine.com
- Mad #440 at ComicVine.com
- Mad Special #7 at ComicVine.com
- Mad (magazine) at Wikipedia
