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Mad Magazine to Stop Publishing Issues with New Content this Fall

posted by martyb on Friday July 05 2019, @02:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the time-to-worry? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mad-magazine-stop-publishing-issues-content-fall/story?id=64126360

The publication was founded in 1952 by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines, but it was Al Feldstein, who took over for Kurtzman and led the magazine for almost 30 years, who brought the outlet to national -- and international -- prominence, especially in the 1970s.

It peaked at 2.8 million subscribers in 1973, but had just 140,000 left as of 2017.

As news of the magazine's closure trickled across the internet, several contributors eulogized the publication. David DeGrand, a writer and artist who contributed to the magazine, was one of the first to confirm on Twitter the magazine was ending as rumors began to grow.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday July 05 2019, @06:52AM (5 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday July 05 2019, @06:52AM (#863387) Homepage

    MAD magazine probably folded because truth became stranger than satire or fiction, so there was no longer any point in reading it.

    AKA we're in Clown World.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @07:35AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @07:35AM (#863396)

    A rare moment of lucidity for EF. Mark the date in your calendar, nobody knows if there'll be another.

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday July 05 2019, @08:14AM (1 child)

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday July 05 2019, @08:14AM (#863403) Homepage

      Suck my dick, you goddamn sacksuck.

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday July 05 2019, @04:22PM

        by Gaaark (41) on Friday July 05 2019, @04:22PM (#863523) Journal

        Phew!: I thought for a second someone had hacked your account!
        ;)

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        --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @07:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @07:47AM (#863399)

    No, Everybody knows that MAD Magazine has to fold in order for us to see the secret answer to the ultimate question.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by NPC-131072 on Friday July 05 2019, @06:47PM

    by NPC-131072 (7144) on Friday July 05 2019, @06:47PM (#863575) Journal

    Orange Alfred E. Neuman bad! [comicbook.com]

    The 2017 reorganization and subsequent 2018 reboot both struggled with finding an identity for MAD in an increasingly satire-saturated world. Between websites that can deliver topical comedy in real time and a fiercely divided American populace who cannot agree on what comedy is because their preferences break down along party lines, MAD struggled to find an elusive niche. When political humor seemed to work, MAD doubled down on lampooning the Trump administration, which earned some critical praise but likely alienated conservative readers as well as putting the magazine in direct competitions with late night shows that were delivering content nightly rather than once every two months.