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. He was nominated for a Harvey Award in 2001 for Best Writer for his work at MAD.

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 and The Lord of the Rings film series.