Sad News for Mad Fans

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Sad News for Mad Fans

 

Mad Magazine mascot Alfred E. Neuman (along with the magazine itself) will be appearing less frequently starting in April.It’s a less Mad world. Starting with issue no. 500, to be released in April, the monthly satirical publication will become a quarterly, though it will expand to 56 pages from 48. The changes were announced by DC Comics, which publishes Mad Magazine and is owned by Warner Brother Entertainment. As befits the what-me-worry? attitude of the magazine, its editor, John Ficarra, had a sardonic spin on the news. “The feedback we’ve gotten from readers is that only every third issue of Mad is funny,” he said in a statement. “So we decided to just publish those.” On the bright side, anyone with a subscription to Mad will find that it now lasts longer. The fate of Mad Kids and Mad Classics is less kind. The final issues of those publications will be Feb. 17 and March 17, respectively.

 

By George Gene Gustines

The New York Times

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

 

[precodekeith]

Sad thing is, I haven't seen MAD on the general newstands in years, and I never even knew Mad Kids and Mad Classics even existed. I used to see Mad all the time on the mag racks at the grocery store or wherever.

[DiceX]

I just renewed my subscription. I wonder if it will last 3 years instead of 1.

 

 

[Boba]

If the magazine even lasts 3 years . . .

[thehumantorch]

If Mad magazine is struggling than not too many magazines are gonna be around for long.

[DiceX]

I hope it hangs on. Mad has been a part of my life since the beginning.

 

 

[Boba]

I will never forget "Midnight Wowboy" and "Sleazy Riders" ...

[shiverbones]

I always see it in Airports. I bought the Katrina issue after the storm but lost it. It's a great mag, though as a kid I always preferred Cracked It was the Severin Art & all the Monster issues that got me.

[precodekeith]

It's a great mag, though as a kid I always preferred Cracked It was the Severin Art & all the Monster issues that got me.

 

Me, too! I even liked the one with Obnoxio the Clown, what was that one called... Crazy??? I can't remember, I'm on a Lux Interior mourning bender!

[Rommin]

It's a great mag, though as a kid I always preferred Cracked It was the Severin Art & all the Monster issues that got me.

 

Me, too! I even liked the one with Obnoxio the Clown, what was that one called... Crazy??? I can't remember, I'm on a Lux Interior mourning bender!

 

I would buy Cracked and Crazy at times, but MAD was always the first purchase. Sadly, I stopped buying MAD when I started collection comics in '86. I shoulda oughta kept up that collection too.