RIP MAD Magazine

[Lorraine]

All good things must come to an end. :codger: The print edition of MAD will cease publication. :boo hiss:

 

 

https://uproxx.com/entertainment/mad-magazine-cease-publication-twitter-reactions/

 

[JohnRogers]

Did MAD ever cover Battlestar Galactica 2.0?

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

I wonder if they're quitting simply because print media is going away, or if the staff's creative juices are drying up. After 67 years, maybe both?

[Lorraine]

[Babycat]

Holy moly! :o

[Lorraine]

[blueschica]

Oh,that's sad! It's how I learned the plots of all the big 70s movies! My sisters and I also loved the Spy vs Spy cartoons, the back cover fold ins, and "The Lighter Side" features. We thought those issues were so funny we kept them in a box and my kids ended up reading them too. Rest in Paradise MAD. :(

[Lorraine]

Oh,that's sad! It's how I learned the plots of all the big 70s movies! My sisters and I also loved the Spy vs Spy cartoons, the back cover fold ins, and "The Lighter Side" features. We thought those issues were so funny we kept them in a box and my kids ended up reading them too. Rest in Paradise MAD. :(

I used to buy the magazine all the time when I was a little girl too. I used to think it was funny. I'm sure I had no idea why. I doubt if I understood the satire.

Edited July 4, 2019 by Lorraine

[Fordgalaxy]

When I was a kid, I took money out of my dad's change bowl to buy one of the "Al Jaffee Spews Out Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" book. My interest in sarcasm started early.

[Lorraine]

When I was a kid, I took money out of my dad's change bowl to buy one of the "Al Jaffee Spews Out Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" book. My interest in sarcasm started early.

And may I say it has borne fruit! :)

 

 

;)

[Nova Carmina]

I used get a copy of MAD from the grocery store when my mom took us shopping with her. I'll never forget Thulsa Doom from Conan parodied as Thirsty Goon.

 

End of so many eras . . .

Edited July 4, 2019 by Nova Carmina

[pjbear05]

Bill Gaines. Don Martin. Al Jaffe. Antonio Prohias. And the list goes on.

 

I remember when the covers said "Cheap 25¢".

 

Loved the song and musical parodies. Their take on "West Side Story" was classic.

 

RIP, MAD.

Edited July 4, 2019 by pjbear05

[Pressure/Hopenosis]

When I was a kid, I took money out of my dad's change bowl to buy one of the "Al Jaffee Spews Out Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" book. My interest in sarcasm started early.

One of my all time favs!!!!!!

[OldRUSHfan]

I wonder if they're quitting simply because print media is going away, or if the staff's creative juices are drying up. After 67 years, maybe both?

 

I can't see that. I think it's the first thing you stated...printed media is going away...

[ReRushed]

I'm bummed about this.

[goose]

Kind of wish I hadn't given my old mags away.

 

MAD was a staple of my youth. Sad to see it end.

[grep]

[RushFanForever]

Here's something of interest posted by CBC.

 

What it was like to work at MAD magazine in its heyday

[Derek19]

I didn't, and wasn't a regular, and daily reader of "MAD". I've had nothing against it. When it comes to anything that's stupid funny including satire, I don't like, and haven't liked it. I like anything I think, and feel is funny. R.I.P., MAD. Edited July 5, 2019 by Derek19

[goose]

[Principled Man]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_futdGfvHR4/TyIiz2mzunI/AAAAAAAABN8/rNU7y3_iW-0/s1600/don-martin-stamp-out-acne.jpg

 

There can be only one DON MARTIN. :ebert:

Edited July 6, 2019 by Principled Man

[OldRUSHfan]

Sergio Aragones was my favorite MAD artist. He made those 'margin of the page' scribbles' all through the magazine...

[BigMontanaSKY]

MAD was "the t*ts" …..sigh. That magazine was a huge influence on me.....