No More Mad Magazine
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RCinNC
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Frankly, an almost 70 year run for a magazine is pretty good. I read it as a kid, and it has those same nostalgic overtones for me, but I honestly haven't even seen a copy of it since probably the early 80's.
Maybe people don't need a magazine any more for satire; they have the news for that.
Maybe people don't need a magazine any more for satire; they have the news for that.
Seems that this is really just about being at news stands. It'll still be online and you can get paper mailed if on a subscription list.
RCinNC
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Yes, but there will be no new material; it will all be reprints from earlier issues, with just new covers. It'll only be sold in what they call the Direct Market, which means only in comic book stores. Mad's sales were never much from those locations; they were primarily from news stands and bookstores. Going to the direct market with reprint-only issues is the death knell for the magazine; it means they can't even afford to pay for the contributing writers. With no new material being generated, and sales probably a hundredth of what they were during the days when they sold 2 million copies of an issue not counting pass-arounds, it won't survive for long as an internet and subscription only production. In fact, I believe I read that, while they will be honoring their previously established subscriptions, they won't be soliciting new ones.
If it's still around in 18 months, I'll be surprised.
If it's still around in 18 months, I'll be surprised.