What, Me Worry? MAD Magazine Going Quarterly

theodp writes "MAD Magazine is about to put out its 500th issue, but starting with its April publication, the mag is cutting down to only four issues per year. The feedback we've gotten from readers,' quipped Editor John Ficarra, 'is that only every third issue of MAD is funny, so we've decided to just publish those.' MAD Kids and MAD Classics are ceasing publication entirely. Keep up the what-me-worry game face, Alfred!"

Comments

I stopped reading it

[mangu]

I stopped reading Mad when Don Martin died. His cartoons were pure, unadulterated, fun. He had that rare insight that humor must be fun, it needs not always carry a transcendental message...

Re:This sucks.. I hope they make the mag 200+ page

[Ron Bennett]

8 more pages per issue (48 to 56) is what I've read.

The change to quarterly shifts their nearly inevitable demise a little further into the future; to next year, if they're lucky.

Ron

Re:Sad sign on the status of comedy

[popmaker]

On the lighter side though, we now have www.cracked.com. Cracked used to be a kind of a Mad rip-off, but is now doing fantastic as an internet magazine.